RS 670 - Charter required
A. Each charter shall be personal to the holder and shall be valid only with respect to the facility indicated on the charter. Charters are not transferable.
B. Each livestock market shall be chartered separately.
C. When the owner of a facility has leased the facility to another person who is operating a livestock market at the facility, and the lessee loses his charter for any reason, the owner of the facility shall have the right to apply for a charter to operate the facility as a livestock market prior to any other person. If the owner of the facility qualifies for the charter, the charter shall be issued to him.
D. If a charter is issued to a partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and a total of fifty percent or more of the ownership of the legal entity is transferred incrementally or in a single transaction, the legal entity shall submit to the board a new charter application containing such information as the board may require concerning the transfer and the transferee or transferees. Upon approval by the board, the charter shall be transferred to the new partners, shareholders, or other majority owners of the legal entity.
E. The board may cancel a charter for any one or more of the following actions:
(1) The holder has fraudulently misrepresented: the ownership, brands or weights of livestock; the charges at a sale; the proceeds of a sale; or any other information with respect to a sale.
(2) The holder is unable to meet the bond or financial requirements for operating a livestock market.
(3) The holder has violated the provisions with respect to the custodial account.
(4) The holder has violated the provisions of this Part, the provisions of the rules or regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, or any applicable federal law or rule or regulation governing the operation of a livestock market.
(5) The holder has not operated the facility for ninety days. The board for good cause shown, may allow a holder to not operate the facility without cancelling his charter for a period of up to one year.
F. Charters may be revoked only by a ruling of the board based on an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 142, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 220, §1; Acts 1979, No. 320, §1; Acts 1982, No. 443, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, No. 802, §3; Acts 2020, No. 306, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.