4-8-4 - Department functions, powers, and duties. - Utah Statutes

4-8-4. Department functions, powers, and duties.
The department has and shall exercise the following functions, powers, and duties, inaddition to those specified in Chapter 1, Short Title and General Provisions:
(1) general supervision over the marketing, sale, trade, advertising, storage, andtransportation practices, used in buying and selling products of agriculture in Utah;
(2) conduct and publish surveys and statistical analyses with its own resources or withthe resources of others through contract, regarding the cost of production for products ofagriculture, including transportation, processing, storage, advertising, and marketing costs;regarding market locations, demands, and prices for such products; and regarding marketforecasts;
(3) assist and encourage producers of products of agriculture in controlling current andprospective production and market deliveries in order to stabilize product prices at prices whichassure reasonable profits for producers and at the same time ensure adequate market supplies;and
(4) actively solicit input from the public and from interested groups or associations,through public hearings or otherwise, to assist in making fair determinations with respect to theproduction, marketing, and consumption of products of agriculture.

Amended by Chapter 324, 2010 General Session