Rates and charges generally; discrimination

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  4. PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
  5. STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS
  6. Rates and charges generally; discrimination

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§206. Rates and charges generally; discrimination

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.

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, §305, 42 Stat. 164 ; Pub. L. 95–409, §1(a), Oct. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 886 .)

Amendments

1978-Pub. L. 95–409 inserted proviso that rates and charges based upon percentages of gross sales of livestock shall not be prohibited merely because based on such percentages rather than on a per head basis.


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