§ 205. — General duty as to services; revocation of registration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC205]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
SUBCHAPTER III--STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS
Sec. 205. General duty as to services; revocation of
registration
All stockyard services furnished pursuant to reasonable request made
to a stockyard owner or market agency at such stockyard shall be
reasonable and nondiscriminatory and stockyard services which are
furnished shall not be refused on any basis that is unreasonable or
unjustly discriminatory: Provided, That in any State where the weighing
of livestock at a stockyard is conducted by a duly authorized department
or agency of the State, the Secretary, upon application of such
department or agency, may register it as a market agency for the
weighing of livestock received in such stockyard, and upon such
registration such department or agency and the members thereof shall be
amenable to all the requirements of this chapter, and upon failure of
such department or agency or the members thereof to comply with the
orders of the Secretary under this chapter he is authorized to revoke
the registration of such department or agency and to enforce such
revocation as provided in section 216 of this title.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, Sec. 304, 42 Stat. 164; May 5, 1926,
ch. 240, 44 Stat. 397; Pub. L. 90-446, Sec. 1(c), July 31, 1968, 82
Stat. 474.)
Amendments
1968--Pub. L. 90-446 inserted provision requiring that stockyard
services which are furnished not be refused on any basis that is
unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory.
1926--Act May 5, 1926, inserted proviso.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 211 of this title.
