53-7-219 - Fees for licenses and inspections. - Tennessee Statutes

53-7-219. Fees for licenses and inspections.

(a)  The fees for licenses and inspection issued pursuant to this part, which shall be in addition to all other fees or taxes of whatever kind, and shall be the sole fees required for meat and poultry inspection, shall be as follows:

     (1)  (A)  For slaughtering establishments:

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          (B)  In the determination of license and inspection fee brackets, the figures of the applicant for the last twelve (12) months prior to licensing shall be used if available; if not, the commissioner may, after consultation with the applicant, estimate the license fee bracket, subject to adjustment by rebate or additional charge as the facts may warrant at the end of the calendar year for which the license is issued and inspection fee charged.

     (2)  For meat processing establishments whose gross receipts from sales for the twelve (12) calendar months computed prior to issuance of license were:

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     (3)  For poultry eviscerating and processing plants whose gross receipts from sales for the twelve (12) calendar months computed prior to issuance of license were:

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(b)  Payment of all license and inspection fees and meeting the other requirements of this part shall obviate the need for paying local government inspection fees for the same purposes.

(c)  Fees collected shall constitute departmental receipts for use in the enforcement of this part.

[Acts 1967, ch. 99, § 19; 1969, ch. 108, § 3; T.C.A., § 52-933.]