Federal · Title 7 — Agriculture

7 U.S.C. § 206: Rates and charges generally; discrimination

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

Stockyard owners and market agencies must charge just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory rates for services. Percentage-based charges on livestock sales are permitted.

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All rates or charges made for any stockyard services furnished at a stockyard by a stockyard owner or market agency shall be just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, and any unjust, unreasonable, or discriminatory rate or charge is prohibited and declared to be unlawful: Provided , That rates and charges based upon percentages of the gross sales prices of livestock shall not be prohibited merely because they are based upon such percentages rather than on a per head basis.

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