§ 87g. — Relation to State and local laws; separability.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC87g]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 3--GRAIN STANDARDS
Sec. 87g. Relation to State and local laws; separability
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, Sec. 18, as added Pub. L. 90-487,
Sec. 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 769; amended Pub. L. 94-582, Sec. 20,
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2886.)
Amendments
1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-582 substituted in first sentence
``official inspection or weighing function'' for ``official inspection
function''.
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 94-582 effective 30 days after Oct. 21, 1976,
see section 27 of Pub. L. 94-582, as amended, set out as a note under
section 74 of this title.
Effective Date
For effective date of section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 90-487, set
out as an Effective Date of 1968 Amendment note under section 78 of this
title.
