PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary may hire or license qualified people to sample, weigh, or inspect tobacco. At an owner’s or other financially interested person's request, those workers can take official samples, measure and certify weight, and report type, grade, condition, and other facts the Secretary needs. The Secretary must set fees that roughly cover the cost of these services, including administration and supervision. Fees go into the law’s designated account. Fees collected under agreements or licenses can be handled as those agreements or licenses say. Travel and living costs that the applicant must pay can be credited back to the fund that paid them or to other funds allowed by this law. These services are only provided on request.

Title 7, §511e

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The Secretary, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Government, State agencies, or persons whether operating in one or more jurisdictions, is authorized to employ and/or license competent persons as samplers to take official samples of tobacco, or as weighers to weigh and certify the weight of tobacco, or as inspectors of tobacco to determine and certify, upon the request of the owner or other financially interested person, the type, grade, weight, condition, and/or such other facts as the Secretary may deem necessary. The Secretary shall fix and collect such fees or charges in the administration of this section as will cover, as nearly as practicable, the costs of the services provided, including administrative and supervisory costs. Such fees and charges shall be credited to the account referred to in section 511d of this title. Fees or charges collected under an agreement with a State, municipality, or person, or by an individual licensed to inspect or weigh or sample tobacco under this chapter, may be disposed of in accordance with the terms of such agreement or license. Charges for expenses for travel and subsistence incurred by inspectors or weighers or samplers employed by the Secretary when required to be paid by the applicant for service, may be credited to the appropriation, or any other funds authorized in this chapter from which they were paid. This section is intended merely to provide for the furnishing of services upon request of the owner or other person financially interested in tobacco to be sampled, inspected, or weighed and shall not be construed otherwise.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1981—Pub. L. 97–35 substituted provisions requiring the Secretary to fix and collect fees and charges to cover cost of services, for provisions authorizing the Secretary to fix and collect fees and charges as he deems reasonable and provisions respecting fees or charges collected under an agreement with a State, etc.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 157(b) of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as a note under section 511d of this title.

§511e Sampling and Weighing; Cost; Disposition of Moneys Received; Expenses; Purpose