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HOUSE BILL NO. 273 – Bonded warehouse law, misc. amens

HOUSE BILL NO. 273

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H0273...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
BONDED WAREHOUSES - Amends existing law relating to bonded warehouses to
revise terms; to provide penalties for operating a public warehouse
production facility or as a dealer without a license; to provide for
license application; to provide for investigations of certain facilities;
to provide a determination of suitability of certain storage facilities for
seed crops; to require inspections; to provide duties in regard to seed
crops for warehousemen; to require approval of the Department of
Agriculture of drawings depicting warehouse storage facilities; to increase
the penalty fee for expired licenses; to require bonds; to revise a fee
schedule; to provide for examination of seed crops; to provide an exception
to the requirement of a weighmaster license; to provide for delivery of
commodities and seed crops to a warehouse for storage; to provide for
inspection and grading of diseased or insect-infested seed crops; to
provide for issuance of receipts and scale weight tickets; to provide for
negotiable warehouse receipts; to provide standards for seed crops; to
provide remedies in situations where a warehouseman does not have
sufficient seed crops in his possession to cover outstanding receipts; to
provide for audits; to provide for liability; to provide for purchase of
seed crops by contract; to provide for disbursements from the Production
Commodity Indemnity Fund; to provide for claims of producers; to provide
for appeals; and to provide a limitation on the payment of certain claims.
                                                                        
02/15    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/16    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
03/02    Rpt out - to Gen Ord
03/20    Ret'd to Agric Aff

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 273
                                                                        
                             BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE BONDED WAREHOUSE LAW; AMENDING SECTION 69-202, IDAHO CODE,  TO
  3        REVISE DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 69-204, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE PENAL-
  4        TIES FOR PERSONS OPERATING A PUBLIC WAREHOUSE, PRODUCTION FACILITY OR AS A
  5        DEALER  WITHOUT A LICENSE OR MISREPRESENTING VALID LICENSURE AND TO MAKE A
  6        TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING SECTION 69-205, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE  FOR
  7        LICENSE  APPLICATION FOR PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND FOR DEALERS, TO PROVIDE
  8        FOR INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, TO PROVIDE FOR A DETERMINATION OF
  9        SUITABILITY OF CERTAIN STORAGE FACILITIES FOR SEED CROPS, TO  PROVIDE  FOR
 10        THE  INSPECTION OF PRODUCTION FACILITIES, TO REQUIRE ANNUAL INSPECTIONS BY
 11        THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF ALL LICENSED  WAREHOUSES  AND  PRODUCTION
 12        FACILITIES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND
 13        DEALERS, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN DUTIES IN REGARD TO SEED CROPS FOR CERTAIN
 14        WAREHOUSEMEN  AND TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY; AMENDING SECTION 69-206,
 15        IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR PRODUCTION FACILITY  AND  DEALER  LICENSES,  TO
 16        PROVIDE  FOR  CERTAIN  INSURANCE,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR PROPER STORAGE OF SEED
 17        CROPS, TO REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  AGRICULTURE  OF  DRAWINGS
 18        DEPICTING WAREHOUSE STORAGE FACILITIES AND CAPACITY, TO STRIKE A REFERENCE
 19        TO REVIEWED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, TO STRIKE A REFERENCE TO LICENSED PUBLIC
 20        ACCOUNTANTS, TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMI-
 21        NOLOGY,  TO  STRIKE REFERENCE TO REGULATIONS AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
 22        PENALTY FEE FOR CERTAIN EXPIRED LICENSES; AMENDING SECTION  69-207,  IDAHO
 23        CODE,  TO  STRIKE REFERENCE TO REGULATIONS, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY
 24        AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 69-208, IDAHO CODE, TO
 25        STRIKE REFERENCE TO CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS AND ANNUITIES, TO REQUIRE  AS
 26        A CONDITION TO LICENSURE THAT WAREHOUSEMEN HOLDING SEED CROP DEPOSITS POST
 27        A  CERTAIN  BOND,  TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
 28        BOND IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT  SUSPEND  OR  REVOKE
 29        LICENSES  OF  WAREHOUSEMEN  IN  CERTAIN SITUATIONS, TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO
 30        ACCRUED INTEREST UPON CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS OR  ANNUITIES,  TO  PROVIDE
 31        FOR  LETTERS  OF  CREDIT,  TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR
 32        ANNUITIES AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL  CORRECTIONS;  AMENDING  SECTION  69-208A,
 33        IDAHO  CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR BOND FOR SEED CROPS, TO PROVIDE FOR BOND WHERE
 34        A VARIETY OF COMMODITIES ARE STORED AND  TO  MAKE  TECHNICAL  CORRECTIONS;
 35        AMENDING  SECTION  69-210,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY;
 36        AMENDING SECTION 69-211, IDAHO  CODE,  TO  REVISE  THE  FEE  SCHEDULE,  TO
 37        REQUIRE  A  CERTAIN  FEE  BE ASSESSED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR MAINTAINING AN
 38        EMPLOYEE AT A WAREHOUSE TO OVERSEE A CORRECTION OF CERTAIN VIOLATIONS,  TO
 39        CORRECT  A  CODIFIER'S  ERROR  AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING
 40        SECTION 69-212,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  POSTING  OF  CONDITIONING
 41        CHARGES,  TO  PROVIDE FOR POSTING OF DISCOUNTS, TO PROVIDE FOR CHARGES FOR
 42        THE HANDLING AND STORAGE OF SEED CROPS, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN  ACTION  BY
 43        THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REGARDING CHARGES FOR HANDL-
 44        ING AND STORAGE OF SEED CROPS AND TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY; AMENDING
 45        SECTION  69-213,  IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXAMINATION OF SEED CROPS
 46        STORED, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CONDITIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION  OF  SEED  CROPS
                                                                        
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  1        AND  TO  PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYEES OF A WAREHOUSEMAN; AMENDING SECTION 69-214,
  2        IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYMENT OF  PERSONNEL,  TO  PROVIDE  CORRECT
  3        TERMINOLOGY  AND TO PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYMENT OF INVESTIGATORS; AMENDING SEC-
  4        TION 69-215, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION TO THE REQUIREMENT  OF  A
  5        WEIGHMASTER  LICENSE  FOR CERTAIN SEED CROPS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORREC-
  6        TIONS; AMENDING SECTION 69-218, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR  RECEIPT  BY  A
  7        WAREHOUSEMAN  OF  SEED  CROPS  FOR STORAGE; AMENDING SECTION 69-219, IDAHO
  8        CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR DELIVERY OF COMMODITIES AND SEED CROPS TO A WAREHOUSE
  9        FOR STORAGE, TO PROVIDE FOR COMMODITIES AND  SEED  CROPS  DELIVERED  TO  A
 10        WAREHOUSE  UNDER  THE  TERMS  OF  A  CONTRACT, TO PROVIDE FOR DELIVERY, TO
 11        STRIKE REFERENCE TO STORAGE, TO PROVIDE FOR DELIVERY OF SEED CROPS AND  TO
 12        STRIKE  REFERENCE  TO REGULATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 69-220, IDAHO CODE, TO
 13        PROVIDE FOR THE INSPECTION AND GRADING OF DISEASED OR INSECT INFESTED SEED
 14        CROPS, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR  DISEASED  OR  INSECT  INFESTED
 15        SEED  CROPS  AND  TO  STRIKE  REFERENCE  TO  REGULATIONS; AMENDING SECTION
 16        69-222, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO STORAGE, TO  PROVIDE  FOR  SEED
 17        CROPS  DELIVERED  TO  A  LICENSED  WAREHOUSE,  TO  PROVIDE FOR ISSUANCE OF
 18        RECEIPTS AND SCALE WEIGHT TICKETS FOR CERTAIN SEED CROPS  AND  TO  PROVIDE
 19        THAT A PRODUCER MAY REQUEST A NEGOTIABLE RECEIPT; AMENDING SECTION 69-223,
 20        IDAHO  CODE,  TO PROVIDE FOR NEGOTIABLE WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS FOR SEED CROPS,
 21        TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO REGULATIONS, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND  TO
 22        MAKE  TECHNICAL  CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 69-224, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO-
 23        VIDE FOR STANDARDS FOR SEED CROPS  AND  TO  PROVIDE  CORRECT  TERMINOLOGY;
 24        AMENDING  SECTION 69-225, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR OUTSTANDING WAREHOUSE
 25        RECEIPTS FOR SEED CROPS AND TO PROVIDE FOR LOSS OF WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS  FOR
 26        SEED  CROPS; AMENDING SECTION 69-226, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE A REFERENCE TO
 27        REGULATIONS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING  SECTION  69-227,
 28        IDAHO  CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR EXAMINATION OF SEED CROPS, TO PROVIDE FOR COM-
 29        MODITIES RECEIVED IN LICENSED WAREHOUSES, TO PROVIDE CORRECT  TERMINOLOGY,
 30        TO  STRIKE  A REFERENCE TO REGULATIONS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION;
 31        AMENDING SECTION 69-228, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO
 32        STRIKE REFERENCE TO REGULATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 69-229, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 33        PROVIDE  CORRECT TERMINOLOGY; AMENDING SECTION 69-230, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO-
 34        VIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY; AMENDING SECTION 69-231, IDAHO CODE,  TO  STRIKE
 35        REFERENCE TO REGULATIONS AND TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY; AMENDING SEC-
 36        TION  69-232, IDAHO CODE, TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING SECTION
 37        69-233, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE A REFERENCE TO REGULATIONS  AND  TO  MAKE  A
 38        TECHNICAL  CORRECTION; AMENDING SECTION 69-236, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR
 39        CERTAIN REMEDIES IN SITUATIONS WHERE A WAREHOUSEMAN DOES NOT  HAVE  SUFFI-
 40        CIENT  SEED CROPS IN HIS POSSESSION TO COVER OUTSTANDING RECEIPTS, TO PRO-
 41        VIDE FOR CERTAIN REMEDIES WHERE A WAREHOUSEMAN DOES NOT HAVE  THE  ABILITY
 42        TO  PAY  PRODUCERS  FOR CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO
 43        NOTIFY THE WAREHOUSEMEN TO COMPLY WITH DESIGNATED REQUIREMENTS IN  CERTAIN
 44        SITUATIONS,  TO  RESTRICT  THE AMOUNT OF TIME A WAREHOUSEMAN HAS TO COMPLY
 45        WITH THE TERMS OF A NOTICE OF REQUIRED ACTION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPART-
 46        MENT OF AGRICULTURE SHALL PETITION CERTAIN DISTRICT COURTS  FOR  AUTHORITY
 47        TO  SEIZE  CERTAIN SEED CROPS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY
 48        CERTAIN HOLDERS AND PRODUCERS OF RECORD, TO PROVIDE  THAT  THE  DEPARTMENT
 49        SHALL  HAVE  CERTAIN  HOLDERS  AND PRODUCERS OF RECORD PRESENT EVIDENCE OF
 50        OBLIGATIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  AUDIT  THE  AFFAIRS  OF
 51        CERTAIN  WAREHOUSES  IN REGARD TO SEED CROPS IN WHICH THERE IS AN APPARENT
 52        SHORTAGE, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO RETAIN  POSSESSION  OF  SEED  CROPS
 53        PENDING SATISFACTION OF CERTAIN CLAIMS, TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE SITUATIONS IN
 54        WHICH THE OBLIGATIONS EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF BOND, TO PROVIDE FOR HOLDERS OF
 55        EVIDENCE  OF  OBLIGATIONS WHERE WAREHOUSEMEN ARE INSOLVENT, TO PROVIDE FOR
                                                                        
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  1        ORDERS TO SHOW CAUSE BY A WAREHOUSE WHERE THE DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN POSSES-
  2        SION OF CERTAIN SEED CROPS AND TO PROVIDE  CORRECT  TERMINOLOGY;  AMENDING
  3        SECTION  69-237,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  PROVIDE FOR PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF SEED
  4        CROPS BY A DEPOSITOR, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN  MODIFICATION  OF  NEGOTIABLE
  5        RECEIPTS  AND  TO  PROVIDE LIABILITY FOR A WAREHOUSE THAT FAILS TO DELIVER
  6        CERTAIN SEED CROPS SPECIFIED IN A RECEIPT; AMENDING SECTION 69-238,  IDAHO
  7        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE DUTY FOR WAREHOUSES TO DELIVER STORED SEED CROPS AND TO
  8        PROVIDE FOR DAMAGES WHEN A WAREHOUSE FAILS TO DELIVER STORED  SEED  CROPS;
  9        AMENDING  SECTION  69-239, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR WAREHOUSE RECORDS OF
 10        CERTAIN SEED CROPS; AMENDING SECTION 69-242, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE A  REF-
 11        ERENCE TO REGULATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 69-245, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR
 12        SERVICE  ON  LICENSE  HOLDER  BY FACSIMILE; AMENDING SECTION 69-248, IDAHO
 13        CODE, TO PROVIDE A VIOLATION FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS BY  WAREHOUSES  TO  PRO-
 14        DUCERS  OF SEED CROPS MADE UPON AN ACCOUNT WITH INSUFFICIENT FUNDS; AMEND-
 15        ING SECTION 69-249, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PURCHASE OF SEED  CROPS
 16        BY  CONTRACT, TO PROVIDE A CODE REFERENCE, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN CONTRAC-
 17        TUAL TERMS, TO PROVIDE FOR TITLE TO SEED CROPS SOLD BY CONTRACT, TO STRIKE
 18        A REFERENCE TO CREDIT SALE AND TO PROVIDE FOR A DETERMINATION  OF  CERTAIN
 19        SEED CROP PRICES; AMENDING SECTION 69-250, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR DIS-
 20        CLOSURE  OF  CERTAIN  PRODUCTION  RECORDS;  AMENDING SECTION 69-251, IDAHO
 21        CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE FOR SEED CROPS BY WARE-
 22        HOUSES AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR WRITTEN  AGREEMENTS  ALTERING  TIME
 23        FOR PAYMENT; AMENDING SECTION 69-256, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR DISBURSE-
 24        MENTS  FROM  THE  PRODUCTION COMMODITY INDEMNITY FUND AS AUTHORIZED BY THE
 25        DIRECTOR AND DETERMINED BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TER-
 26        MINOLOGY AND TO PROVIDE FOR USE OF CERTAIN INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL FROM THE
 27        COMMODITY INDEMNITY FUND FOR COSTS OF REINSURANCE FOR THE  FUND;  AMENDING
 28        SECTION  69-257, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE A REFERENCE TO REGULATIONS, TO PRO-
 29        VIDE A REFERENCE TO SEED CROPS, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO MAKE
 30        TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 69-259, IDAHO  CODE,  TO  INCREASE
 31        THE  MAXIMUM  FUND  BALANCE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT CODE REFERENCES, TO STRIKE
 32        OUTDATED LANGUAGE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND  TO  MAKE  TECHNICAL
 33        CORRECTIONS;  AMENDING  SECTION  69-261,  IDAHO  CODE, TO REQUIRE THAT THE
 34        ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEET AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR AND TO MAKE  TECHNICAL  COR-
 35        RECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 69-262, IDAHO CODE, TO CORRECT A CODE REFERENCE
 36        AND  TO  PROVIDE A CODE REFERENCE, TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO WRITTEN EVIDENCE
 37        OF A SALE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROCESSING OF CERTAIN CLAIMS  OF  PRODUCERS,
 38        TO  SET FORTH COMMODITIES COVERED BY THE INDEMNITY FUND PROGRAM, TO STRIKE
 39        UNNECESSARY TERMINOLOGY, TO PROVIDE FOR NOTICE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  AGRI-
 40        CULTURE  TO CERTAIN PRODUCERS, TO PROVIDE FOR INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPART-
 41        MENT OF AGRICULTURE AND DETERMINATION OF THE NATURE OF CLAIMANTS' COMMODI-
 42        TIES, TO PROVIDE FOR REFERENCE TO THE CONTRACT PRICE IN  DETERMINATION  OF
 43        VALUE  OF  A  PRODUCER'S CLAIM, TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXAMINATION OR AUDIT OF
 44        FAILED DEALERS, TO PROHIBIT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF  AGRICULTURE
 45        FROM  APPROVING OR PAYING CERTAIN CLAIMS ON THE PRODUCTION CONTRACT INDEM-
 46        NITY FUND, TO PROVIDE FOR APPEALS OF FINAL DECISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT  OF
 47        AGRICULTURE,  TO  PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL COR-
 48        RECTION; AND AMENDING SECTION 69-264, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE  MINIMUM
 49        BALANCE  OF THE FUND, TO PROVIDE A LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS
 50        AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
                                                                        
 51    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 52        SECTION 1.  That Section 69-202, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 53    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        69-202.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
  2        (1)  "Agricultural  commodity"  means  any  grain, dry peas wheat, barley,
  3    oats,  corn,  rye,  oilseeds,  dry  edible  beans,  peas,  lentils  and  other
  4    leguminous or other small seeds, and feeds (not  including  minerals)  (except
  5    true seed crops) or any other commodity as determined by the director.
  6        (2)  "Bailee"  means  a person who receives personal property from another
  7    as a bailment.
  8        (3)  "Bailment" means a delivery of personal property by  one  (1)  person
  9    (the bailor) to another (the bailee) who holds the property for a certain pur-
 10    pose  under  an  express or implied-in-fact contract. Unlike a sale or gift of
 11    personal property, a bailment involves a  change  in  possession  but  not  in
 12    title.
 13        (4)  "Bailment  contract" means a contract between two (2) or more parties
 14    that creates a "bailor" and "bailee" relationship wherein the bailor transfers
 15    property (seed) to the bailee, but does not  transfer  title  along  with  the
 16    property.  For  the  purposes of this chapter, the term "bailment contract" is
 17    interchangeable with the term "production contract."
 18        (5)  "Bailor" means a person who delivers personal property to another  as
 19    a bailment.
 20        (6)  "Commodity  dealer"  or  "dealer" means any person who solicits, con-
 21    tracts for, negotiates the consignment or purchase, or obtains from  an  Idaho
 22    producer  or  producers, title, possession or control of any agricultural com-
 23    modity or seed crop through his place of business  located  in  the  state  of
 24    Idaho  or through his place of business located outside the state of Idaho for
 25    the purposes of sale or resale or who buys, during a calendar year,  at  least
 26    ten thousand dollars ($10,000) worth of agricultural commodities or seed crops
 27    from  an Idaho producer or producers of the commodities or seed crops. Commod-
 28    ity dealer or dealer shall not mean any person who purchases agricultural com-
 29    modities or seed crops for his own use as seed or feed within his  own  opera-
 30    tion.
 31        (37)  "Contract"  means  an written agreement between two (2) or more par-
 32    ties for the sale of an agricultural commodity stipulating the terms and  con-
 33    ditions  of performance of the parties and agricultural contract as defined in
 34    chapter 50, title 22, Idaho Code, which may includes, but is not  limited  to,
 35    those contracts commonly referred to as credit sales,  bailment, deferred pay-
 36    ment, deferred delayed or price later contracts.
 37        (8)  "Deliver"  or  "delivery" means the physical transfer of agricultural
 38    commodity or seed crop from one (1) party to another.
 39        (49)  "Department" means the Idaho state department of agriculture.
 40        (510) "Depositor" means any person who deposits an agricultural  commodity
 41    or seed crop in an Idaho state licensed warehouse for storage, handling, proc-
 42    essing,  reconditioning  or shipment, or who is the owner or legal holder of a
 43    negotiable warehouse receipt, outstanding scale weight  ticket,  nonnegotiable
 44    warehouse receipt or other evidence of such deposit, or any person whose agri-
 45    cultural  commodity  or  seed  crop  has been sold to or is under control of a
 46    warehouseman for selling, processing, reconditioning or  handling  whether  or
 47    not such agricultural commodity or seed crop is within the warehouse.
 48        (611) "Director" means the director of the Idaho state department of agri-
 49    culture.
 50        (712) "Failure" means:
 51        (a)  An inability to financially satisfy claimants in accordance with this
 52        chapter and the time limits provided for in it;
 53        (b)  A public declaration of insolvency;
 54        (c)  A  revocation  of license and the leaving of an outstanding indebted-
 55        ness to a depositor, producer or bailee;
                                                                        
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  1        (d)  A failure to redeliver  any  commodity  to  a  depositor  or  to  pay
  2        depositors  or producers for commodities purchased by a licensee or to pay
  3        a bailee for commodity delivered under the provisions of the  contract  in
  4        the ordinary course of business;
  5        (e)  A  failure  to make application for license renewal within sixty (60)
  6        days after the annual license renewal date; or
  7        (f)  A denial of the application for a license renewal.
  8        (813) "Historical depositor" means any person who, in the normal course of
  9    business operation has consistently made deposits in  the  same  warehouse  of
 10    commodities    produced  on  the  same land. In addition, anyone purchasing or
 11    leasing that particular land directly from the original depositor or receiving
 12    that particular land by devise, descent, bequest or  gift  directly  from  the
 13    historical  depositor  shall  also  be considered an historical depositor with
 14    regard to the commodities produced on that land.
 15        (914) "Person" means any individual, firm,  association,  corporation,  or
 16    partnership or limited liability company.
 17        (105) "Producer" means the owner, tenant or operator of land in this state
 18    who  has an interest in and receives all or part of the proceeds from the sale
 19    his assignment, sale, transfer, exchange or obligation created under a produc-
 20    tion contract of agricultural commodities or seed crops produced on that land.
 21        (16) "Production  facility"   means   any   elevator,   mill,   warehouse,
 22    subterminal commodity warehouse, public warehouse or other structure or facil-
 23    ity in which agricultural commodities or seed crops are received, partially or
 24    wholly, through the use of production contracts or bailment contracts.
 25        (117) "Public  warehouse"  or  "warehouse" means any elevator, mill, ware-
 26    house, subterminal commodity warehouse, public warehouse or other structure or
 27    facility in which agricultural commodities or  seed  crops  are  received  for
 28    storage,  shipment,  processing, reconditioning, or handling, or that may con-
 29    duct at least a portion of business through the use of production contracts or
 30    bailment contracts.
 31        (128) "Receipt" means a warehouse receipt.
 32        (139) "Revocation" means the permanent removal of a warehouse license fol-
 33    lowing a hearing on violations of this  chapter  by  the  hearing  officer  or
 34    director.
 35        (1420) "Scale  weight  ticket"  means a load slip or other evidence, other
 36    than a receipt, given to a depositor by a warehouseman licensed under the pro-
 37    visions of this chapter, upon initial delivery of the commodity to  the  ware-
 38    house.
 39        (21) "Seed  crops"  means  any true seed crop that may include, but not be
 40    limited to, dry edible bean seed, dry garden bean seed, alfalfa  seed,  clover
 41    seed,  forage  grass seed, ornamental grass seed, vegetable seed, flower seed,
 42    peas, lentils and other leguminous seeds or any other seed crop as  determined
 43    by the advisory committee.
 44        (1522) "Subterminal  warehouse" means any warehouse at which an intermedi-
 45    ate function is performed in which agricultural commodities or seed crops  are
 46    customarily received from dealers rather than producers and where the commodi-
 47    ties are accumulated prior to shipment.
 48        (1623) "Suspension"  means the temporary removal of a warehouse license by
 49    the department pending a hearing for violations of this chapter. Correction of
 50    the violations prior to a hearing may result in the reinstatement of a license
 51    without a hearing.
 52        (1724) "Termination" means the expiration of a warehouse  license  due  to
 53    failure  to  meet minimum licensing requirements, failure to renew a warehouse
 54    license or as requested by the licensee, unless a  complaint  has  been  filed
 55    against the licensee alleging a violation of any provision of this chapter.
                                                                        
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  1        (1825) "Warehouse receipt" means every receipt, whether negotiable or non-
  2    negotiable, issued by a warehouseman, except scale weight tickets.
  3        (1926) "Warehouseman"  means  a  person  operating or controlling a public
  4    warehouse or production facility.
                                                                        
                                                                        
  5        SECTION 2.  That Section 69-204, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  6    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  7        69-204.  PENALTY FOR OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENSE -- MISREPRESENTATION. (1)
  8    Any  person  operating  a public warehouse, production facility or as a dealer
  9    without a license or in any way representing, by actions or  words,  that  the
 10    warehouse,  production  facility or dealer is so licensed when such warehouse,
 11    production facility or dealer is not so licensed or any person who shall  mis-
 12    represent,  forge,  alter,  counterfeit  or  falsely  represent  a  license as
 13    required by the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty  of  a  felony  and
 14    punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten (10) years,
 15    or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both.
 16        (2)  Any  person  who shall issue, utter, or aid in the issuance or utter-
 17    ance or attempt to issue or utter a false or fraudulent receipt for  any  com-
 18    modity  shall  be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment in the state
 19    prison for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not  more  more  than
 20    ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both.
                                                                        
 21        SECTION  3.  That  Section  69-205, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 22    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 23        69-205.  INSPECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF WAREHOUSES,  STORAGE,  WAREHOUS-
 24    ING, WEIGHING AND CERTIFICATION OF COMMODITIES -- DUTIES OF WAREHOUSEMEN. Upon
 25    application  by  any  person  for  license  to conduct a warehouse, production
 26    facility or act as a dealer under this chapter, the Idaho state department  of
 27    agriculture  is authorized to investigate and determine whether the warehouse,
 28    production facility or dealer storage facility, if any, for which licenses are
 29    applied, or have been previously issued, under this chapter, are  is  suitable
 30    for the proper storage of agricultural commodities or seed crops and the Idaho
 31    state  department of agriculture is authorized with or without application, to
 32    wit:
 33        To inspect any warehouse or production facility licensed under this  chap-
 34    ter.  The  Idaho state department of agriculture shall inspect every warehouse
 35    or production facility licensed under this chapter at least once every  calen-
 36    dar  year;  to  investigate the storage, warehousing, classifying according to
 37    grade, and otherwise weighing and certification of agricultural commodities or
 38    seed crops therein conducted; to classify  warehouses,  production  facilities
 39    and dealers, licensed or applying for license, in accordance with their capac-
 40    ity  and  to  prescribe, within the limitations of this chapter, the duties of
 41    the warehousemen  conducting  warehouses  licensed  under  this  chapter  with
 42    respect  to  their  care of and responsibility for agricultural commodities or
 43    seed crops.
                                                                        
 44        SECTION 4.  That Section 69-206, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 45    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 46        69-206.  LICENSES  TO  WAREHOUSEMEN,  PRODUCTION  FACILITIES OR DEALERS --
 47    ISSUE -- RENEWAL -- CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. The Idaho state department of  agri-
 48    culture  is authorized, upon application to it, to issue or renew to any ware-
                                                                        
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  1    houseman a license for the conduct of a warehouse or warehouses in  accordance
  2    with  this  chapter  and  such rules and regulations as may be made hereunder,
  3    providing the following conditions are met:
  4        (1)  Each person, as a condition precedent to  operating  a  warehouse  in
  5    this state, shall file and maintain satisfactory evidence with the director of
  6    the  Idaho  state  department  of agriculture of the existence of an effective
  7    policy of insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to  do  business
  8    in this state, insuring all agricultural commodities or seed crops that may be
  9    stored or accepted for storage on the premises, including commodities owned by
 10    the  warehouseman,  for which such license is sought for the full market value
 11    of such agricultural commodities or seed crops against loss by fire,  internal
 12    explosion, lightning, or tornado or other casualty;
 13        (2)  That  each  warehouse be found suitable for the proper storage of the
 14    particular agricultural commodity or commodities or seed crop(s) for  which  a
 15    license is requested;
 16        (3)  A license fee is submitted to the department as prescribed by section
 17    69-211, Idaho Code;
 18        (4)  A current drawing of the warehouse which shows storage facilities and
 19    the  capacity  of  the  warehouse  is submitted to and must be approved by the
 20    department;
 21        (5)  A sufficient and valid bond is filed and maintained  as  required  by
 22    section 69-208, Idaho Code;
 23        (6)  The  applicant  shall submit to the department an audited or reviewed
 24    financial statement prepared by an independent certified public accountant  or
 25    licensed  public  accountant  showing  that the licensee has and does maintain
 26    current assets equal to or greater than current liabilities,  a  statement  of
 27    current  assets  and current liabilities, and a statement of net worth, all of
 28    which shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting prin-
 29    ciples;
 30        (7)  For a warehouseman license an applicant shall have and maintain a net
 31    worth of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or maintain a bond  in  the
 32    amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each one thousand dollars ($1,000)
 33    or  fraction thereof of net worth deficiency financial requirement; however, a
 34    person shall not be licensed as a warehouseman if the person has a  net  worth
 35    of less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). A bond submitted for pur-
 36    poses  of  this subsection shall be in addition to any bond otherwise required
 37    under the provisions of this chapter;
 38        (8)  The applicant has complied with and abided by all the terms  of  this
 39    chapter and the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder;
 40        (9)  That  all  materials  required  for  renewal  of  a  license shall be
 41    received by the department prior to  the  expiration  date  of  the  warehouse
 42    license.  A  warehouse  license  which  has  expired  may be reinstated by the
 43    department upon receipt of all necessary licensing materials required  by  the
 44    provisions  of this chapter and a penalty fee in the amount of fifty five hun-
 45    dred dollars ($50.00), providing that this material  is  filed  within  thirty
 46    (30)  days from the date of expiration of the warehouse license. At the end of
 47    the thirty (30) day penalty period, a warehouse license shall be terminated by
 48    the department. All license applications  completed  and  received  after  the
 49    thirty  (30)  day penalty period shall be considered original applications and
 50    license fees shall be assessed according to section 69-211, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 51        SECTION 5.  That Section 69-207, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 52    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 53        69-207.  TERM  OF  LICENSE  -- RENEWAL. Each license issued under sections
                                                                        
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  1    69-206 and section 69-215, Idaho Code, shall be issued for a period to be pre-
  2    scribed by regulation rule by the Idaho state department of agriculture.
                                                                        
  3        SECTION 6.  That Section 69-208, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  4    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  5        69-208.  BOND  OF  APPLICANT  FOR LICENSE -- ADDITIONAL BOND -- ADDITIONAL
  6    OBLIGATIONS -- CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, ANNUITY OR IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT
  7    IN LIEU OF BOND. Each warehouseman applying for a license to conduct  a  ware-
  8    house  in  accordance  with this chapter shall, as a condition to the granting
  9    thereof, execute and file with the department a good and sufficient bond other
 10    than personal security to the state to secure the faithful performance of  his
 11    obligations as a warehouseman under all the laws of the state, including obli-
 12    gations  arising by operation of the commodity indemnity account fund program,
 13    and the rules prescribed hereunder, and of such additional  obligations  as  a
 14    warehouseman  as  may  be  assumed  by him under contracts with the respective
 15    depositors of agricultural commodities or seed crops in such  warehouse.  Said
 16    bond shall be in such form and amount, shall have such surety or sureties, and
 17    shall  contain  such  terms  and conditions as the department may prescribe to
 18    carry out the purposes of this chapter. Whenever the department  shall  deter-
 19    mine that a bond approved by it is, or for any cause has become, insufficient,
 20    it may shall require an additional bond or bonds to be given by the warehouse-
 21    man  concerned,  conforming  with the requirements of this section, and unless
 22    the same be given within the time fixed  by  a  written  demand  therefor  the
 23    license of such warehouseman may shall be suspended or revoked.
 24        The bond shall be approved by the department and shall be conditioned upon
 25    the  faithful performance by the warehouseman of the duty to keep in the ware-
 26    house for the depositor the agricultural commodity or seed crop delivered  and
 27    to  deliver the agricultural commodity or seed crop to or for such depositors.
 28    The bond shall also be conditioned upon the faithful performance by the  ware-
 29    houseman of any additional obligations involving marketing transactions with a
 30    depositor.
 31        The  warehouseman  may give a single bond meeting the requirements as pro-
 32    vided in this chapter and all warehouses operated by the warehouseman shall be
 33    as one (1) warehouse for the purpose of compliance with the provisions of this
 34    section. Any changes in the capacity of a warehouse or installation of any new
 35    warehouses involving a change in the bond liability under  the  provisions  of
 36    this  chapter  shall  be  reported  to  the  department prior to the operation
 37    thereof.
 38        At the discretion of the director, any person required to submit a bond to
 39    the department in accordance with this chapter, may at his option give to  the
 40    department  a  certificate  of deposit, an annuity or an irrevocable letter of
 41    credit payable to the director as trustee in lieu of the bond required herein.
 42    The principal amount of the certificate, annuity or letter of credit shall  be
 43    the  same as that required for a surety bond pursuant to this chapter. Accrued
 44    interest upon the certificate of deposit or annuity shall be  payable  to  the
 45    purchaser of the certificate or annuity. The certificate, annuity or letter of
 46    credit  shall  remain  on  file with the department until it is released, can-
 47    celled canceled or discharged by the director.  The  letter  of  credit  shall
 48    remain in force so long as the director of the Idaho state department of agri-
 49    culture  is  notified  thirty  (30) days in advance of such time the aforemen-
 50    tioned document is renewed, altered or amended. Failure to  comply  with  such
 51    requirement to notify may result in the suspension of a warehouseman or dealer
 52    license. The provisions of this chapter that apply to a bond required pursuant
 53    to  this  chapter  apply  to each certificate of deposit, annuity or letter of
                                                                        
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  1    credit given in lieu of such bond.
  2        Under provisions of this chapter, an irrevocable letter  of  credit  shall
  3    not  be  acceptable  unless  it is issued by a national bank in Idaho or by an
  4    Idaho state-chartered  bank insured by the federal deposit insurance  corpora-
  5    tion.  Under  the provisions of this chapter, an annuity shall not be accepted
  6    by the department unless it is issued by an insurance company, bank  or  other
  7    financial  institution  found acceptable by the director and shall have a cash
  8    value equal to the bond requirement less any penalty for early withdrawal.
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 7.  That Section 69-208A, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        69-208A.  AMOUNT  OF  BOND  -- CANCELLATION. The amount of bond to be fur-
 12    nished for each warehouse shall be fixed at a rate of twenty cents  (20)  per
 13    bushel  of  licensed  capacity  or  six percent (6%) of the total value of the
 14    agricultural commodities or seed crops stored, whichever is  greater.  In  the
 15    event  a  variety  of  commodities are stored, the bond rate may be calculated
 16    using either factor, or a combination thereof. In any case, the amount of  the
 17    bond  shall  not be less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and shall
 18    not be more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). This bond shall run
 19    continuously with the warehouse license until suspended, revoked or  cancelled
 20    canceled  by  the  bonding  company. A ninety (90) day written notice shall be
 21    given to the department by the bonding company before any bond  is  suspended,
 22    revoked  or  cancelled canceled.  The director reserves the right to waive the
 23    ninety (90) day cancellation period.
                                                                        
 24        SECTION 8.  That Section 69-210, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 25    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 26        69-210.  DESIGNATION  OF  WAREHOUSE  AS  BONDED WAREHOUSE. Upon the filing
 27    with and approval by the Idaho state department of agriculture of a  bond,  in
 28    compliance  with  this chapter, for the conduct of a warehouse, such warehouse
 29    shall be designated as bonded hereunder; but no warehouse shall be  designated
 30    as bonded under this chapter, and no name or description conveying the impres-
 31    sion  that  it is so bonded, shall be used, until a bond, such as provided for
 32    in section 69-208, Idaho Code, has been filed with and approved by the depart-
 33    ment of agriculture, nor unless the license issued under this chapter for  the
 34    conduct of such warehouse remains unsuspended and unrevoked.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  9.  That  Section  69-211, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 36    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        69-211.  FEES OF DEPARTMENT. (1) The department shall charge, assess,  and
 38    cause  to  be  collected  an  annual fee for each warehouse license or renewal
 39    thereof, according to the following schedule:
 40        (1)For each original application --
 41             Capacity in Hundredweight                                        Rate
 42             0 to 50,000                                                  $1080.00
 43             50,001 to 100,000                                            20360.00
 44             100,001 to 250,000                                           30540.00
 45             250,001 to 500,000                                          400715.00
 46             500,001 to 750,000                                           50890.00
 47             Over 750,0001                                              601,070.00
                                                                        
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  1        For each renewal application --
  2             Capacity in Hundredweight                                        Rate
  3             0 to 50,000                                                   $350.00
  4             50,001 to 100,000                                             6100.00
  5             100,001 to 250,000                                           90145.00
  6             250,001 to 500,000                                            1290.00
  7             500,001 to 750,000                                           15240.00
  8             Over 750,0001                                                18290.00
  9        (2)  The department shall assess  and  collect  a  fee  of  fifty  dollars
 10    ($50.00)  for  each inspection of a warehouse or station which is done for the
 11    purpose of amending a warehouse license.
 12        (3)  The department may shall assess and collect a fee of one hundred  and
 13    fifty  dollars  ($150) per day or fraction thereof for maintaining an employee
 14    of the department at a warehouse to oversee the correction of a  violation  of
 15    this chapter.
 16        (4)  Upon  approval  by the department, a warehouseman may operate two (2)
 17    or more warehouses under a single warehouse license.
 18        (5)  All fees shall be deposited into the state treasury and  credited  to
 19    the general account fund.
                                                                        
                                                                        
 20        SECTION  10.  That  Section 69-212, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 21    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 22        69-212.  SCHEDULE OF CHARGES -- POSTING. Every licensed warehouseman shall
 23    annually, during the first week of July, publish by posting in  a  conspicuous
 24    place  in  his warehouse, a schedule of storage, and handling, conditioning or
 25    any other charges or discounts for the ensuing year, which schedule  shall  be
 26    kept  posted in a conspicuous place in said warehouse. Further, the warehouse-
 27    man shall annually, during the first week in July, mail  to  the  Idaho  state
 28    department  of  agriculture,  a  copy of such charges. All charges made by any
 29    public warehouseman hereunder for the handling  and  storage  of  agricultural
 30    commodities or seed crops shall be just, fair and reasonable; and the director
 31    of  the  Idaho state department of agriculture of the state of Idaho is hereby
 32    vested with the power and authority upon the complaint of  any  person  inter-
 33    ested  or  upon  his own motion, after a full hearing, to declare any existing
 34    charge for the handling or storage of any agricultural commodity or seed  crop
 35    to  be  unreasonable or unjust and to determine and order what shall be a just
 36    and reasonable charge to be imposed or enforced in place of that found  to  be
 37    unreasonable  or  unjust.  Failure  to file and post scheduled charges for the
 38    current year will keep in full force and effect the latest  previously  posted
 39    and filed schedule of rates.
                                                                        
 40        SECTION  11.  That  Section 69-213, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 41    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 42        69-213.  PRIVILEGE OF EXAMINING COMMODITIES AND SEED CROPS  STORED.  Every
 43    depositor having an interest in any agricultural commodity or seed crop stored
 44    in  any  such warehouse, and every state inspector authorized by the director,
 45    shall have the right to examine at any reasonable time during  ordinary  busi-
 46    ness  hours  any commodity or seed crop so stored, and all parts of such ware-
 47    houses, provided the warehouse or the agricultural commodities or  seed  crops
 48    stored  therein  is not endangered by such inspection; and every warehouseman,
 49    his agents and servants employees shall furnish safe and reasonable access and
 50    facilities for such examination.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION 12.  That Section 69-214, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        69-214.  EMPLOYMENT OF INSPECTORS PERSONNEL. The Idaho state department of
  4    agriculture  may  employ such inspectors, investigators, samplers and weighers
  5    as it may deem necessary.
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 13.  That Section 69-215, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        69-215.  LICENSES  TO  WEIGH  COMMODITIES  FOR  STORAGE.  Every  warehouse
  9    licensed  under this chapter shall have a weighmaster licensed pursuant to the
 10    provisions of the Wweighmaster's Llicensing Aact; provided, however,  that  if
 11    agricultural  commodities  or  seed  crops  are not received or delivered by a
 12    warehouse over scales, a weighmaster's license shall not be required.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION 14.  That Section 69-218, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        69-218.  WAREHOUSEMEN  TO  RECEIVE  COMMODITIES OR SEED CROPS ACCORDING TO
 16    CAPACITY. Every warehouseman conducting a warehouse licensed under this  chap-
 17    ter  shall  receive  for  storage therein, so far as its capacity permits, any
 18    agricultural commodity or seed crop of the kind customarily stored therein  by
 19    him  which  may  be tendered to him by historical depositors, bearing certifi-
 20    cate, when required, of an official inspector showing suitable condition,  for
 21    warehousing, in the usual manner in the ordinary and usual course of business.
 22    A  warehouseman  may  accept  agricultural  commodities or seed crops from new
 23    depositors who qualify to the extent of the capacity of the warehouse.
                                                                        
 24        SECTION 15.  That Section 69-219, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 25    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 26        69-219.  COMMODITIES  AND  SEED CROPS DELIVERED TO A WAREHOUSE FOR STORAGE
 27    OR UNDER THE TERMS OF A CONTRACT ARE DEEMED  DEPOSITED  DELIVERED  SUBJECT  TO
 28    LAW.  Any person who deposits delivers agricultural commodities for storage in
 29    or seed crops to a warehouse licensed under this chapter shall  be  deemed  to
 30    have deposited delivered the same subject to the terms of this chapter and the
 31    rules and regulations prescribed hereunder.
                                                                        
 32        SECTION  16.  That  Section 69-220, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 33    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 34        69-220.  INSPECTION AND GRADING OF DISEASED OR INSECT INFESTED COMMODITIES
 35    AND SEED CROPS. Any diseased or insect infected infested agricultural  commod-
 36    ity or seed crop complained of by the department or any person having interest
 37    in  the  warehouse or agricultural commodities or seed crops stored in a ware-
 38    house licensed under this chapter shall be inspected and graded by a represen-
 39    tative of the department of agriculture or a person duly licensed to grade the
 40    same under this chapter, and if such inspection or grading shows such agricul-
 41    tural commodity or seed crop to be in such condition that its continued  stor-
 42    ing  or  retention  would  injure or damage the warehouse or other commodities
 43    stored therein the owner shall, by order of the director, forthwith remove and
 44    dispose of such agricultural commodity as directed. If the owner of such  com-
 45    modity  is  unknown  to  the inspector or warehouseman, the warehouseman shall
 46    proceed to remove or make disposition of such commodity in a manner that  will
                                                                        
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  1    tend  to save and realize the values contained in such commodity by the owner,
  2    under such rules and regulations as may be promulgated under this  chapter  or
  3    the uniform commercial code.
                                                                        
  4        SECTION  17.  That  Section 69-222, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  5    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  6        69-222.  RECEIPTS -- SCALE WEIGHT TICKETS. For all  agricultural  commodi-
  7    ties  stored  in  or  seed  crops delivered to a warehouse licensed under this
  8    chapter original negotiable or  nonnegotiable  warehouse  receipts,  or  scale
  9    weight  tickets,  shall be issued by the warehouseman conducting the same, but
 10    no receipts, or scale weight tickets, shall be issued except for  agricultural
 11    commodities or seed crops actually stored in delivered to the warehouse at the
 12    time  of  the  issuance thereof; provided, however, that no negotiable receipt
 13    need be issued except when requested by the depositor or producer.
                                                                        
 14        SECTION 18.  That Section 69-223, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 15    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 16        69-223.  NEGOTIABLE  WAREHOUSE  RECEIPTS  FOR  COMMODITIES  OR  SEED CROPS
 17    STORED -- CONTENTS -- CONDITIONS  --  PENALTIES.  Every  negotiable  warehouse
 18    receipt  issued  for  agricultural commodities or seed crops stored in a ware-
 19    house licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall be issued in  accor-
 20    dance with, but not limited to, the following:
 21        (1)  Every  negotiable  warehouse receipt issued for agricultural commodi-
 22    ties or seed crops stored in delivered to a warehouse licensed under the  pro-
 23    visions of this chapter shall embody within its written or printed terms:
 24        (a)  All  the  requirements  of  a  negotiable warehouse receipt under the
 25        Uuniform Ccommercial Ccode -- Ddocuments of Ttitle.
 26        (b)  A description of the agricultural commodities or seed crops received,
 27        showing the quantity thereof, or, in case of agricultural  commodities  or
 28        seed  crops customarily put up in bales or packages, a description of such
 29        bales or packages by marks, numbers, or other means of identification  and
 30        the weight of such bales or packages.
 31        (c)  The  grade  or  other  class  of the agricultural commodities or seed
 32        crops received and the standard or description in  accordance  with  which
 33        such  classification  has  been  made:; provided, that such grade or other
 34        class shall be stated according to the official  standards  of  the  state
 35        applicable  to such agricultural commodities or seed crops as the same may
 36        be fixed and promulgated under authority of law:;  provided  further  that
 37        until  such official standards of the state for any agricultural commodity
 38        or commodities or seed crop(s) have been fixed and promulgated, the  grade
 39        or  other  class  thereof  may be stated in accordance with any recognized
 40        standard; provided, that unless otherwise required by law, when  requested
 41        by  the  depositor of other than fungible agricultural commodities or seed
 42        crops, a receipt omitting compliance with this subdivision may  be  issued
 43        if  it  has  plainly  and conspicuously embodied in its written or printed
 44        terms a provision that such negotiable warehouse receipt is not graded.
 45        (d)  A statement that the negotiable warehouse receipt is  issued  subject
 46        to the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations prescribed
 47        hereunder.
 48        (e)  Such  other terms and conditions within the limitations of this chap-
 49        ter as may be required by the Idaho state department of agriculture.
 50        (f)  All negotiable warehouse receipts issued under the provisions of this
 51        chapter, shall be upon forms prepared and supplied by  the  department  of
                                                                        
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  1        agriculture  and  issued upon requisition of the warehouseman at a reason-
  2        able cost.
  3        (2)  Any warehouseman, agent, employee or manager of  a  public  warehouse
  4    licensed  under the provisions of this chapter who shall remove or allow to be
  5    removed any commodities or seed crops from the facility on which the  negotia-
  6    ble  warehouse  receipt  was  issued, except to preserve the same from fire or
  7    other damage, or except when an emergency storage situation exists  as  deter-
  8    mined by the director, without the return and cancellation of any and all out-
  9    standing  negotiable warehouse receipts that may have been issued to represent
 10    such commodities or seed crops shall be guilty of a felony and be punished  by
 11    imprisonment in the state prison not to exceed ten (10) years, or by a fine of
 12    not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION  19.  That  Section 69-224, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        69-224.  STANDARDS FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND SEED CROPS. The  Idaho
 16    state department of agriculture is authorized, from time to time, to establish
 17    and  promulgate standards for agricultural commodities and seed crops by which
 18    their quality or value may be judged or determined.
 19        So far as practicable such standards shall conform to the  official  stan-
 20    dards  of  the United States or the state of Idaho applicable to such agricul-
 21    tural commodities and seed crops as the same may from time to  time  be  fixed
 22    and promulgated.
 23        No  warehouseman  in  this state shall insert in any receipt issued by him
 24    any language in anywise limiting or modifying his liabilities, or responsibil-
 25    ities, as imposed by the laws of this state.
                                                                        
 26        SECTION 20.  That Section 69-225, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 27    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 28        69-225.  LOSS  OF  RECEIPTS  --  CONDITIONS  OF REISSUE. While an original
 29    receipt issued under this chapter is outstanding and uncanceled by  the  ware-
 30    houseman  issuing the same no other or further receipt shall be issued for the
 31    agricultural commodity or seed crop covered thereby or for any  part  thereof.
 32    In order to issue a new warehouse receipt supplementing one that has been lost
 33    or  destroyed or to cancel an outstanding warehouse receipt that has been lost
 34    or destroyed, the licensed warehouseman shall require the depositor  or  other
 35    applicant  to  submit to the warehouseman: (1) an affidavit stating that he is
 36    lawfully entitled to possession of the original receipt, that he has not nego-
 37    tiated or assigned it and how the original receipt was lost or destroyed,; and
 38    (2) a bond in an amount double the market value of the agricultural  commodity
 39    or  seed  crop  represented by the lost or destroyed receipt. The market value
 40    shall be determined at the time this bond is submitted for the lost receipt. A
 41    warehouse receipt issued in lieu of a lost or destroyed receipt  shall  dupli-
 42    cate  the  original and bear a statement that it is issued in lieu of the lost
 43    or destroyed receipt. A duplicate receipt must clearly state on its face  that
 44    it  is  a duplicate receipt, the number of the receipt it is replacing and the
 45    license number under which the original receipt was issued.
                                                                        
 46        SECTION 21.  That Section 69-226, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 47    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 48        69-226.  RECORDS  OF WAREHOUSES -- CONDUCT OF WAREHOUSES. Every warehouse-
 49    man conducting a warehouse licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall
                                                                        
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  1    keep in a place of safety complete and correct records and shall conduct  said
  2    warehouse  in all other respects in compliance with this chapter and the rules
  3    and regulations made promulgated hereunder.
                                                                        
  4        SECTION 22.  That Section 69-227, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  5    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  6        69-227.  EXAMINATION  OF COMMODITIES AND SEED CROPS -- RECORDS -- PUBLICA-
  7    TION OF FINDINGS. The Idaho state department of agriculture is  authorized  to
  8    cause examination to be made of any agricultural commodity stored or seed crop
  9    received,  or any record pertaining to commodities stored received therein, in
 10    any warehouse licensed under the provisions of this chapter.  Whenever,  after
 11    opportunity  for  hearing  is  given to the warehouseman conducting such ware-
 12    house, it is determined that he is not performing fully the duties imposed  on
 13    him  by this chapter and the rules and regulations made promulgated hereunder,
 14    the department may publish its findings in a local daily or  weekly  newspaper
 15    in the area where the warehouse is located.
                                                                        
 16        SECTION  23.  That  Section 69-228, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 17    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 18        69-228.  SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE. The Idaho  state  department
 19    of  agriculture  may,  after  opportunity for hearing has been afforded to the
 20    licensee concerned, suspend or revoke any license issued to any  person  under
 21    the provisions of this chapter, for any violation of or failure to comply with
 22    any provision of this chapter, chapter 7 of the uniform commercial code or the
 23    rules  and  regulations made promulgated hereunder or upon the ground that the
 24    licensee has used his license or allowed it to be used for any  improper  pur-
 25    pose.  Pending investigation, the Idaho state department of agriculture, when-
 26    ever it deems necessary, may suspend a license temporarily without hearing.
                                                                        
 27        SECTION 24.  That Section 69-229, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 28    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 29        69-229.  PUBLICATION OF REPORTS. The Idaho state department of agriculture
 30    from time to time may publish the results of any investigations made under the
 31    provisions of this chapter; and it may publish the names and addresses of per-
 32    sons  licensed  under this chapter and a list of all licenses terminated under
 33    this chapter and the causes therefore.
                                                                        
 34        SECTION 25.  That Section 69-230, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 35    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 36        69-230.  EXAMINATION  OF  BOOKS. The Idaho state department of agriculture
 37    is authorized through officials, employees, or agents of the department desig-
 38    nated by it, to examine all books, records, papers, and accounts of warehouses
 39    relating thereto.
                                                                        
 40        SECTION 26.  That Section 69-231, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 41    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 42        69-231.  RULES  AND REGULATIONS. The Idaho state department of agriculture
 43    shall from time to time make such rules and regulations as it may deem  neces-
 44    sary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this chapter.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION  27.  That  Section 69-232, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        69-232.  COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND PRIVATE  ASSOCIATIONS.
  4    The  director  may  cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental
  5    agencies of this state, other states, agencies of the federal government,  and
  6    private  associations in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this
  7    chapter and the United States warehouse act (7 U.S.C.A. section 241, et seq.).
  8    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, such agreements may also
  9    relate to a joint program for licensing, bonding and inspecting stations. Such
 10    a program should be designed to avoid duplication of effort on the part of the
 11    licensing authority and requirements for operation, and promote more efficient
 12    enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and comparable provisions of the
 13    laws of the states of Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Utah,  and  Nevada
 14    and the province of British Columbia, Canada.
                                                                        
 15        SECTION  28.  That  Section 69-233, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 16    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        69-233.  VIOLATION OF LAW -- PENALTY. Any person who violates  any  provi-
 18    sion  of  this  chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, or
 19    who shall impede, obstruct, hinder or otherwise prevent or attempt to  prevent
 20    the  director  or his duly authorized representative in the performance of his
 21    duty in connection with the provisions of this chapter, except as provided  in
 22    sections  69-204,  69-212, 69-223 and 69-248, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a
 23    misdemeanor and be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six
 24    (6) months, or by a fine or of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or
 25    by both.
                                                                        
 26        SECTION 29.  That Section 69-236, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 27    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 28        69-236.  NONCOMPLIANCE  -- FAILURE -- REMEDIES OF DEPARTMENT. (1) Whenever
 29    it appears, after any investigation, that a warehouseman does not have in  his
 30    possession sufficient agricultural commodities or seed crops to cover the out-
 31    standing  warehouse receipts, scale weight tickets, or other evidence of stor-
 32    age liability issued or assumed by him, or the ability to  pay  producers  for
 33    contract  obligations,  or  when the warehouseman refuses to submit his books,
 34    papers, or property to lawful inspection, the Idaho state department of  agri-
 35    culture may shall give notice to the warehouseman to comply with all or any of
 36    the following requirements:
 37        (a)  Cover such shortage;
 38        (b)  Give an additional bond as requested by the department; or
 39        (c)  Submit to such inspection as the department may deem necessary.
 40        (2)  If  the  warehouseman  fails  to comply with the terms of such notice
 41    within twenty-four (24) hours from the date of  issuance  of  the  notice,  or
 42    within  such  further  time as the department may allow not to exceed ten (10)
 43    working days, the department may shall petition  the  district  court  in  the
 44    county  where  the licensee's principal place of business is located (as shown
 45    by the license application) for an order:
 46        (a)  Authorizing the department to seize and take possession of any or all
 47        agricultural commodities or seed crops  in  the  warehouse  or  warehouses
 48        owned,  operated,  or  controlled  by  the warehouseman, and of all books,
 49        papers and property of all kinds used in connection with  the  conduct  or
 50        the  operation  of the warehouse business, and any materials which pertain
                                                                        
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  1        in any way to that business; and
  2        (b)  Enjoining the warehouseman from interfering with  the  department  in
  3        the discharge of its duties as required by the provisions of this section.
  4        (3)  Upon  taking  possession, the department shall give written notice of
  5    its action to the surety on the bond of the warehouseman and may shall  notify
  6    the holders or producers of record, as shown by the warehouseman's records, of
  7    all negotiable or nonnegotiable warehouse receipts, or scale weight tickets or
  8    production  contracts  issued  for  agricultural commodities or seed crops, to
  9    present their warehouse receipt or other evidence of  deposits  or  obligation
 10    for  inspection or to account for the same. The department may shall thereupon
 11    cause an audit to be made of the affairs of such warehouse including, but  not
 12    limited  to,  the  agricultural commodities or seed crops in which there is an
 13    apparent shortage, to determine the amount of such shortage  and  compute  the
 14    shortage  as to each depositor as shown by the warehouseman's records, if pos-
 15    sible. The department shall notify the warehouseman and the surety on his bond
 16    of the approximate amount of such shortage and notify each  depositor  thereby
 17    affected  by sending notices to the depositor's last known address as shown by
 18    the records of the warehouseman.
 19        (4)  The department shall retain possession of the  agricultural  commodi-
 20    ties  or seed crops in the warehouse or warehouses, and the books, papers, and
 21    property of the warehouseman, until such  time  as  the  warehouseman  or  the
 22    surety on the bond shall have satisfied the claims of all holders of warehouse
 23    receipts  or  other  evidence of deposits or obligations, in case the shortage
 24    obligations exceeds the amount of the bond, the surety on the bond shall  have
 25    satisfied  such  claims  pro  rata,  or  until  such time as the department is
 26    ordered by the court to surrender possession.
 27        (5)  If during or after the audit provided for in this section, or at  any
 28    other  time  the department has evidence that the warehouseman is insolvent or
 29    is unable to satisfy the claims of all holders of warehouse receipts or  other
 30    evidence  of  deposits  obligation, the department may shall petition the dis-
 31    trict court for the appointment of a receiver  to  operate  or  liquidate  the
 32    business of the warehouseman in accordance with the law.
 33        (6)  At  any  time within ten (10) days after the department takes posses-
 34    sion of any agricultural commodities or seed crops, or the books,  papers,  or
 35    property    of any warehouse, the warehouseman may serve notice on the depart-
 36    ment to appear in the district court of the county in which the  warehouse  is
 37    located,  at  a time to be fixed by the court, and show cause why the agricul-
 38    tural commodities or seed crops, books, papers and other property  should  not
 39    be restored to his possession.
 40        (7)  All necessary expenses incurred by the department in carrying out the
 41    provisions of this section may be recovered in a separate civil action brought
 42    by  the department in district court or recovered at the same time and as part
 43    of the receivership or seizure action filed under the provisions of this chap-
 44    ter.
 45        (8)  As a part of the expenses so incurred, the department or the receiver
 46    is authorized to include the cost of adequate liability insurance necessary to
 47    protect the department, its officers, and others engaged in carrying  out  the
 48    provisions of this section.
 49        (9)  The  provisions  and  remedies  of  this section are not limited to a
 50    warehouse shortage.
                                                                        
 51        SECTION 30.  That Section 69-237, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 52    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 53        69-237.  PARTIAL  WITHDRAWAL OF COMMODITIES OR SEED CROPS -- ADJUSTMENT OR
                                                                        
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  1    SUBSTITUTION OF RECEIPT -- DUTIES OF WAREHOUSEMAN. When partial withdrawal  of
  2    an  agricultural commodity or seed crop is made by a depositor, the warehouse-
  3    man shall make appropriate notation thereof on the  depositor's  nonnegotiable
  4    receipt  or  on  other  records.  If  the warehouseman has issued a negotiable
  5    receipt to the depositor he shall claim, cancel, and replace it with  a  nego-
  6    tiable receipt showing the amount of the depositor's agricultural commodity or
  7    seed  crop remaining in the warehouse. For failure to claim and cancel a nego-
  8    tiable receipt which has been issued by him, a warehouseman shall be liable to
  9    anyone who purchases such receipt for value and in good faith, for failure  to
 10    deliver  all the agricultural commodity or seed crop specified in the receipt,
 11    whether such purchaser acquired title to  the  negotiable  receipt  before  or
 12    after  delivery  of any part of the agricultural commodity or seed crop by the
 13    warehouseman.
                                                                        
 14        SECTION 31.  That Section 69-238, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 15    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 16        69-238.  WAREHOUSEMAN'S  OBLIGATIONS -- DUTY TO DELIVER STORED COMMODITIES
 17    OR SEED CROPS -- DAMAGES. (1) The duty of the warehouseman to deliver agricul-
 18    tural commodities or seed crops stored shall be governed by the provisions  of
 19    this  chapter  and  the  requirements of the uniform commercial code. Upon the
 20    return of a properly endorsed negotiable warehouse receipt to  the  warehouse-
 21    man,  and  upon  payment or tender of all advances and legal charges, agricul-
 22    tural commodities or seed crops of the grade and quantity named therein  shall
 23    be delivered to the holder of the negotiable warehouse receipt, except as pro-
 24    vided by the uniform commercial code.
 25        (2)  A  warehouseman's  duty to deliver any agricultural commodity or seed
 26    crop is fulfilled if delivery is made pursuant to the contract with the depos-
 27    itor, or if no contract exists, then to the several owners  in  the  order  of
 28    demand  as  rapidly as it can  be done by ordinary diligence. When delivery is
 29    made within thirty (30) days from date of demand, or as agreed upon in writing
 30    by all parties concerned, such delivery is deemed to comply  with  the  provi-
 31    sions  of  this section. An extension of the delivery period may be granted by
 32    the department upon written request.
 33        (3)  A warehouseman shall not fail to deliver an agricultural commodity or
 34    seed crop as provided in this section, and delivery shall be made at the ware-
 35    house or station where the agricultural commodity or seed crop  was  received,
 36    unless otherwise agreed.
 37        (4)  In  addition  to  being subject to penalties provided in this chapter
 38    for a violation of the provisions of this section, any warehouseman failing to
 39    deliver agricultural commodities or seed crops within  the  time  provided  in
 40    this  section  is  subject  to  suit by the person entitled to delivery of the
 41    agricultural commodities or seed crops and may be ordered by a court of compe-
 42    tent jurisdiction to pay actual damage or liquidated damages of one-half (1/2)
 43    of one percent (1.5%) of the value for each day's delay.
                                                                        
 44        SECTION 32.  That Section 69-239, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 45    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 46        69-239.  DUTIES OF WAREHOUSEMAN -- CONTENTS OF RECORDS. (1) The warehouse-
 47    man  shall  maintain current and complete records at all times with respect to
 48    all agricultural  commodities  or  seed  crops  handled,  stored,  shipped  or
 49    merchandised by him, including agricultural commodities or seed crops owned by
 50    him.  Such  records  shall  include,  but are not limited to, a daily position
 51    record showing the total quantity of each kind and class of agricultural  com-
                                                                        
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  1    modity  or seed crop received and loaded out and the amount remaining in stor-
  2    age at the close of each business day, and the  warehouseman's  total  storage
  3    obligation  for  each kind and class of agricultural commodity or seed crop at
  4    the close of each business day.
  5        (2)  Every warehouseman purchasing any agricultural commodity or seed crop
  6    from a depositor thereof shall promptly make and keep for  five  (5)  years  a
  7    correct record showing in detail the following information:
  8        (a)  The name and address of the depositor;
  9        (b)  The date purchased;
 10        (c)  The terms of the sale; and
 11        (d)  The  quality  and  quantity  purchased by the warehouseman and, where
 12        applicable, the dockage, tare, grade, size and net weight.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION 33.  That Section 69-242, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        69-242.  INJUNCTION.  Any  violation  of the provisions of this chapter or
 16    the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder may be enjoined upon complaint
 17    by the director.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION 34.  That Section 69-245, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        69-245.  DIRECTOR'S  AUTHORITY.  The  director  may,  upon his own motion,
 21    whenever he has reason to believe the provisions of  this  chapter  have  been
 22    violated, or upon verified complaint of any person in writing, investigate the
 23    actions of any warehouseman licensed under the provisions of this chapter, and
 24    if  he finds probable cause to do so, shall file a complaint against the ware-
 25    houseman which shall be set down for hearing before the director  upon  thirty
 26    (30)  days' notice served upon such license holder by personal service, regis-
 27    tered mail or telegram facsimile.
 28        The director shall have the power to  administer  oaths,  certify  to  all
 29    official acts and shall have the power to subpoena any person in this state as
 30    a  witness;  to  compel  through subpoena the production of books, papers, and
 31    records; and to take the testimony of any person on  deposition  in  the  same
 32    manner  as prescribed by law in the procedure before the courts of this state.
 33    A subpoena issued by the director shall extend to all parts of the  state  and
 34    may be served by any person authorized to do so.
 35        All  powers  of the director herein enumerated in respect to administering
 36    oaths, power of subpoena, and other powers in  hearings  on  complaints  shall
 37    likewise  be  applicable  to hearings held on applications for the issuance or
 38    renewal of a warehouse license.
                                                                        
 39        SECTION 35.  That Section 69-248, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 40    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 41        69-248.  DRAWING  CHECKS  INSUFFICIENTLY  COVERED  A VIOLATION. Any person
 42    engaged in business as a bonded warehouseman or  agent,  as  defined  in  this
 43    chapter,  who shall make, draw, utter or deliver any check, draft or order for
 44    the payment of money upon any bank or other  depository,  in  payment  to  the
 45    seller  producer of the purchase or contract price of any agricultural commod-
 46    ity or seed crop or any part thereof  upon  obtaining  possession  or  control
 47    thereof,  or  in  compliance with a contract, when at the time of such making,
 48    drawing, uttering or delivery the maker or drawer  does  not  have  sufficient
 49    funds  in or credit with such bank or other depository for the payment of such
                                                                        
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  1    check, draft or order in full upon its presentation, shall violate the  provi-
  2    sions of this chapter. The word "credit" as used herein shall mean an arrange-
  3    ment  or  understanding  with  the  bank or depository for the payment of such
  4    check, draft or order.
                                                                        
  5        SECTION 36.  That Section 69-249, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  6    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  7        69-249.  CREDIT-SALE  CONTRACTS. (1) A warehouseman who purchases agricul-
  8    tural commodities or seed crops by credit-sale contracts shall maintain books,
  9    records and other documents as required by the department to establish compli-
 10    ance with the provisions of this section.
 11        (2)  In addition to other information as may be  required,  a  credit-sale
 12    the  requirement of chapter 50, title 22, Idaho Code, a contract shall contain
 13    or provide, for all of but not be limited to, the following:
 14        (a)  The seller's name and address;
 15        (b)  The conditions of delivery;
 16        (c)  The amount and kind of agricultural commodities or seed crops  deliv-
 17        ered;
 18        (d)  The price per unit or basis of value; and
 19        (e)  The date payment is to be made.
 20        (3)  Title  to  all agricultural commodities or seed crops sold by credit-
 21    sale contract is in the purchaser as of the time  the  contract  is  executed,
 22    unless  the  contract  provides otherwise. The contract must be signed by both
 23    parties and executed in duplicate. One (1) copy shall be retained by the ware-
 24    houseman and one (1) copy shall be delivered to the seller. Upon revocation or
 25    termination of a warehouseman's license, the payment date for all  credit-sale
 26    contracts  shall be advanced to a date not later than thirty (30) days follow-
 27    ing the effective date of the revocation or termination and the purchase price
 28    for all agricultural commodities or seed crops without a price shall be deter-
 29    mined as of the effective date of revocation or termination in accordance with
 30    all other provisions of the contract. However, if the business  of  the  ware-
 31    houseman  is  sold to another licensed warehouseman, credit-sale contracts may
 32    be assigned to the purchaser of the business.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION 37.  That Section 69-250, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 34    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 35        69-250.  RECORDS. All financial statements and production records of ware-
 36    housemen  required  under  the  provisions of this chapter shall be subject to
 37    disclosure according to chapter 3, title 9, Idaho Code, except as follows:
 38        (1)  Upon written permission by the licensee;
 39        (2)  In actions or administrative proceedings commenced under  the  provi-
 40    sions of this chapter or chapter 5, title 69, Idaho Code;
 41        (3)  When required by subpoena or court order; or
 42        (4)  Disclosure  to law enforcement agencies in connection with the inves-
 43    tigation or prosecution of criminal offenses.
                                                                        
 44        SECTION 38.  That Section 69-251, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 45    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 46        69-251.  PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE. A person required to be licensed to do
 47    business  as a warehouseman under the provisions of this chapter shall pay the
 48    purchase price to the owner or his agent for agricultural commodities or  seed
 49    crops upon delivery or demand by the owner or agent, but not later than thirty
                                                                        
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  1    (30)  days  after delivery by the owner or agent unless otherwise agreed to by
  2    the parties, in writing. As used in this section, "delivery" means the  trans-
  3    fer  of  title  to and possession of agricultural commodities or seed crops by
  4    the owner or agent to the warehouseman or to another person in accordance with
  5    the agreement of the owner or agent and the warehouseman. As used in this sec-
  6    tion, "payment" means the actual payment or tender of  payment  by  the  ware-
  7    houseman to the owner or agent of the agreed purchase price.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  39.  That  Section 69-256, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        69-256.  CREATION OF INDEMNITY ACCOUNT FUND -- USES. (1) There  is  hereby
 11    established  within the dedicated fund an account fund to be known as the com-
 12    modity indemnity account fund. The commodity indemnity account fund shall con-
 13    sist of assessments remitted by producers pursuant to the provisions  of  this
 14    chapter and pursuant to the provisions of chapter 5, title 69, Idaho Code, and
 15    any interest or earnings on the account fund balance.
 16        (2)  All  assessments  shall be paid to the department and shall be depos-
 17    ited in the commodity indemnity account fund. The state treasurer shall be the
 18    custodian of the commodity indemnity account fund. Disbursements shall  be  on
 19    authorization of authorized by the director as determined by the advisory com-
 20    mittee. No appropriation is required for disbursements from this account fund.
 21        (3)  The  commodity  indemnity  account fund shall be used exclusively for
 22    purposes of paying claimants pursuant to this chapter and pursuant to the pro-
 23    visions of chapter 5, title 69, Idaho Code, and paying necessary  expenses  of
 24    administering  the commodity indemnity account fund, provided however, that up
 25    to one-half (1/2) of the interest accumulated by the account fund may be  paid
 26    to  the department and to the state treasurer to defray costs of administering
 27    the bonded warehouse and commodity dealer indemnity program and the  commodity
 28    indemnity  account  fund.  Up to one-half (1/2) of the interest accumulated by
 29    the fund and, if necessary, a portion of the fund may be used  to  defray  the
 30    cost  of  reinsuring the fund at the discretion of the advisory committee. The
 31    state of Idaho shall not be  liable  for  any  claims  presented  against  the
 32    account fund.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION  40.  That  Section 69-257, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 34    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 35        69-257.  ASSESSMENT -- RATE -- MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM ASSESSMENT.  (1)  Every
 36    producer  shall pay an assessment to the Idaho state department of agriculture
 37    for deposit in the commodity indemnity account fund according  to  the  provi-
 38    sions  of this chapter and rules and regulations promulgated by the department
 39    to implement the provisions of this chapter.
 40        (2)  Except as provided in this subsection, the  rate  of  the  assessment
 41    shall  be  established  by rules promulgated by the department. The producer's
 42    annual assessment shall not exceed two-tenths of one per cent percent (.2%) of
 43    the total value, as determined at the time of first sale, of  the  commodities
 44    or seed crops.
                                                                        
 45        SECTION  41.  That  Section 69-259, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 46    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 47        69-259.  MAXIMUM ACCOUNT FUND BALANCE --  CESSATION  OF  ASSESSMENTS.  The
 48    assessments  imposed  pursuant to section 69-257, Idaho Code, shall be imposed
 49    under rules promulgated by the Idaho state department  of  agriculture,  until
                                                                        
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  1    such  time as the commodity indemnity account fund balance, less any outstand-
  2    ing  claims,  reaches  a  combined  total  of   five   ten   million   dollars
  3    ($510,000,000)  for  the  purposes  of  both chapters 2 and 5, title 69, Idaho
  4    Code. If the commodity indemnity account fund balance,  less  any  outstanding
  5    claims, exceeds five ten million dollars ($510,000,000) on an assessment date,
  6    no  assessment  shall be imposed by the department, except as provided in sec-
  7    tion 69-258, Idaho Code. For the two (2) fiscal  years  immediately  following
  8    the  effective  date of the program, an amount not exceeding one hundred thou-
  9    sand dollars ($100,000) per year may be paid to the department to defray costs
 10    of administering the warehouse audit program.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION 42.  That Section 69-261, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        69-261.  ADVISORY  COMMITTEE -- TERMS -- COMPENSATION. (1) There is hereby
 14    created a commodity indemnity account fund advisory committee for the purposes
 15    of both chapters 2 and 5, title 69, Idaho Code, consisting of nine (9) members
 16    to be appointed by the director. Appointments shall  be  for  three  (3)  year
 17    terms, each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term pre-
 18    ceding it. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expi-
 19    ration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold
 20    office for the remainder of the predecessor's term.
 21        (2)  The  committee  shall  be  composed  of  six  (6) producers primarily
 22    engaged in the production of commodities, and three (3) licensed bonded  ware-
 23    housemen or licensed commodity dealers.
 24        (3)  The  committee shall meet at such places and times as it shall deter-
 25    mine and as often as necessary to discharge the duties imposed upon  it,  pro-
 26    vided,  it shall meet not less than once twice per year. Each committee member
 27    shall be compensated in accordance with section  59-509(g),  Idaho  Code,  for
 28    travel  and  subsistence expense. The expenses of the committee and its opera-
 29    tion shall be paid from the commodity indemnity account fund.
 30        (4)  The committee shall have the power and duty to  advise  the  director
 31    concerning  assessments,  administration  of  the  commodity indemnity account
 32    fund, and payment of claims from the account fund.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION 43.  That Section 69-262, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 34    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 35        69-262.  PROOF  OF  CLAIMS  -- PROCEDURE -- HEARING -- INSPECTION OF WARE-
 36    HOUSE. In the event a  warehouse  or  dealer  fails,  as  defined  in  section
 37    69-202(712),  Idaho  Code,  or section 69-602(12), Idaho Code, the Idaho state
 38    department of agriculture shall process  the  claims  of  producers  producing
 39    written  evidence  of  ownership  disclosing a storage obligations, or written
 40    evidence of a sale of commodities, transfer  or  exchange  of  commodities  or
 41    financial  obligation  created  by  a  production contract for the commodities
 42    listed in subsection (1) of this section, for damages caused by  the  failure,
 43    in the following manner:
 44        (1)  Commodities that are covered by this commodity indemnity fund program
 45    are  as  follows:  any  grain; wheat; barley; oats; corn, except sweet corn or
 46    sweet corn seed; rye; oilseeds; dry edible  beans;  peas;  lentils  and  other
 47    leguminous seeds, except true seed crops; or any other commodity as determined
 48    by the advisory committee.
 49        (2)  The department shall give notice and provide a reasonable time of not
 50    less than thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days to producers pos-
 51    sessing  written  evidence  of  ownership  disclosing a storage obligation, or
                                                                        
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  1    written evidence of sale of commodities, transfer or exchange  of  commodities
  2    or  financial obligation created by a production contract for the commodities,
  3    to file their written verified claims with the department.
  4        (23)  The department may investigate each claim and determine whether  the
  5    claimant's  commodities  are  under  a storage obligation or whether a sale of
  6    commodities or financial obligation has occurred, and they are one of the com-
  7    modities listed in subsection (1) of this section. The department shall notify
  8    each claimant, the commodity warehouseman or dealer, and the committee of  the
  9    department's  determination  as  to the validity and amount of each claimant's
 10    claim. A claimant or warehouseman or dealer  may  request  a  hearing  on  the
 11    department's determination within twenty (20) days of receipt of written noti-
 12    fication  and  a hearing shall be held by the department pursuant to title 67,
 13    chapter 52, Idaho Code. Upon determining the amount and validity of the claim,
 14    the director shall pay to the claimant an amount equal to ninety percent (90%)
 15    of the approved claim from the commodity indemnity account fund. Prior to  any
 16    payment from the account fund to a claimant, the claimant shall be required to
 17    subrogate  and  assign his right to recover from any other source. The depart-
 18    ment may then pay up to ninety percent (90%) of  the  approved  claim  to  the
 19    claimant.  The  department  shall  have  a priority claim for that amount. The
 20    claimant shall be entitled to seek recovery of the remaining ten percent (10%)
 21    which was not originally assigned to the department. For the purpose of deter-
 22    mining the amount of the producer's claim, the value of a producer's commodity
 23    shall be the value of the commodity on the  date  the  director  declared  the
 24    warehouse or dealer to have failed or to have failed to comply with the provi-
 25    sions of this chapter or rules promulgated thereunder or the contract price if
 26    commodities were held pursuant to a contractual obligation.
 27        (34)  The  department  may  inspect, and conduct an examination or audit a
 28    failed warehouseman or dealer to determine whether the warehouseman or  dealer
 29    has  in his possession sufficient quantities of commodities to cover his stor-
 30    age obligations. In the event of a shortage, the  department  shall  determine
 31    each  producer's  pro  rata  share of available commodities and the deficiency
 32    shall be considered as a claim of the producer. Each type of  commodity  shall
 33    be treated separately for the purpose of determining shortages.
 34        (45)  The  director shall not approve or pay any claim made on the commod-
 35    ity indemnity account fund if the claim is based on losses resulting from  the
 36    deposit,  sale or storage of commodities in an unlicensed warehouse or dealer.
 37    The director shall not approve or pay any claim made on the  commodity  indem-
 38    nity fund if the claim is for the payment of interest, attorneys' fees, ancil-
 39    lary costs or punitive damages.
 40        (6)  Any  appeal  of the final decision of the department made pursuant to
 41    chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, made against the  commodity  indemnity  fund
 42    program  by any producer, depositor or claimant, will fall under the jurisdic-
 43    tion of Idaho courts applying Idaho law.
                                                                        
 44        SECTION 44.  That Section 69-264, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 45    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 46        69-264.  MINIMUM BALANCE -- SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS. The combined minimum bal-
 47    ance  in  the commodity indemnity account fund for purposes of both chapters 2
 48    and 5, title 69, Idaho Code, shall be five hundred thousand one  million  dol-
 49    lars  ($51,000,000). At no time shall the balance be allowed to fall below the
 50    minimum balance. The director may pay claims, on a pro rata  basis  if  neces-
 51    sary, until the minimum balance is reached. If the director cannot fully pay a
 52    claim  before  the  minimum  balance  is reached, he shall, when the commodity
 53    indemnity account fund contains sufficient funds, pay off the claim.  Provided
                                                                        
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  1    however,  that in no event shall the fund be liable for those claims not fully
  2    paid within the subsequent three (3) year period of time, whether  the  claims
  3    are fully paid or not.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 11117
                                
                                
                                
This bill is a product of the Governor's Task Force on Family
Farm Security. This bill updates, clarifies and strengthens the bonded
warehouse law. The changes were recommended by the task force based 
on experience from two recent warehouse failures that have had a 
severe impact on producers.  The bill also raises the license fee 
schedule in order to assist the Department of Agriculture in doing 
a more thorough job of licensing and inspecting these facilities. 
These fees have not been raised in several years.
The bill also makes changes in the Indemnity Fund Law to clarify
questions that have been raised by these recent warehouse
failures.



                         FISCAL IMPACT
                                
The fiscal impact to the Bonded Warehouse program will be $4,365, 
increase due to a renewal fee increase.  At this time the Department
does not project any additional workload from this increase, but this
will more nearly cover the cost of operating this program.  Additional
revenue will be generated using up to one-half of the interest accrued
from the CIAP fund.


Contact
Name: Rep. Jones,
Phone:  332 2237
Dennis Doshier, Department of Agriculture


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