§ 206. — Rates and charges generally; discrimination.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC206]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
SUBCHAPTER III--STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS
Sec. 206. Rates and charges generally; discrimination
All rates or charges made for any stockyard services furnished at a
stockyard by a stockyard owner or market agency shall be just,
reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, and any unjust, unreasonable, or
discriminatory rate or charge is prohibited and declared to be unlawful:
Provided, That rates and charges based upon percentages of the gross
sales prices of livestock shall not be prohibited merely because they
are based upon such percentages rather than on a per head basis.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, Sec. 305, 42 Stat. 164; Pub. L. 95-
409, Sec. 1(a), Oct. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 886.)
Amendments
1978--Pub. L. 95-409 inserted proviso that rates and charges based
upon percentages of gross sales of livestock shall not be prohibited
merely because based on such percentages rather than on a per head
basis.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 211 of this title.
