7 U.S.C. § 87g — Relation to State and local laws; separability
submitted 110 years ago by Pub. L. 90-487 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 140 words · no verdicts yet
States cannot require their own grain inspection standards or licenses as a condition of shipping grain. States also cannot restrict official federal inspectors performing duties under this chapter. Other state laws stay valid unless they conflict with this chapter.
(a) No state* or local government may require its own inspection, or its own description of grain* based on kind, class, quality, condition, or other traits, before grain can be shipped or sold in interstate or foreign commerce*. States also cannot require a license for, or otherwise restrict, official federal or state grain inspectors and weighers doing their job under this chapter. Apart from that, nothing in this chapter cancels out any other state or local law, as long as that law does not conflict with this chapter.
(b) If a court finds any part of this chapter, or the way it applies to some person* or situation, to be invalid, that does not affect the rest of the chapter. The rest of the chapter, and its application to other people and situations, keeps working normally.
No State* or subdivision thereof may require the inspection or description in accordance with any standards of kind, class, quality, condition, or other characteristics of grain* as a condition of shipment, or sale, of such grain in interstate or foreign commerce*, or require any license for, or impose any other restrictions upon the performance of any official inspection* or weighing function under this chapter by official inspection personnel*. Otherwise nothing in this chapter shall invalidate any law or other provision of any State or subdivision thereof in the absence of a conflict with this chapter.
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person* or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Source credit: (Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 18, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 769; amended Pub. L. 94–582, § 20, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2886.)
- 1916Enacted · Pub. L. 90-487 · 82 Stat. 769
- 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-582 · 90 Stat. 2886
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 90-487 on 1916-08-11.
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