3-714

3-714. Annual licensing; application; fee;
display; exceptions

A. No person shall act as a dealer, producer-dealer or manufacturer engaged in the
business of buying, candling, grading, peddling, distributing, dealing in or trading in
eggs or egg products for resale within this state or engage in the business of breaking
eggs for resale within this state without first obtaining a license from the division.

B. Applications for the license shall be made in writing upon forms obtained from
the division, accompanied by a license fee as provided by this section.

C. The annual license fee shall be twenty-five dollars for each place or location
where the business of the applicant is being or will be conducted. An exclusive retailer
selling to consumers only is exempt from the license fee. The license shall be
conspicuously displayed and posted at each place or location where the business of the
licensee is conducted. Licenses shall expire on February 28 following the issuance
thereof. A new license may be obtained for an additional period of one year upon written
application and payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars for each place or location where
the business is being or will be conducted.

D. Each applicant for a license shall state the name and address of the applicant,
the location of each place or location where the business of the applicant is being or is
intended to be conducted and that the applicant will in the conduct of the business
comply with this article and the rules adopted pursuant to this article.

E. The provisions of this section shall not apply to consumers or persons who are
exclusively retailers of egg products.

F. Persons handling eggs in a retail establishment for retail sale only to a
consumer, or eggs which have been candled, graded and sold by a producer or a licensed
person under this section, having proper refrigeration facilities for handling and
storing the eggs at their retail place of business, shall not be subject to the licensing
provisions of this section.

G. The licensing provisions of this section shall not apply to retailers complying
with section 3-715, subsection A.