                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMISSION AND BASKET CHARGE (§ 61.1-55)

No person, firm, association, corporation, partnership, copartnership or other
legal entity, who or which operates any warehouse in which burley tobacco is
sold at public auction, shall charge or receive any commission in excess of four
percent of the sales price of such tobacco, nor shall any basket charge be in
excess of twenty-five cents per basket, which commission and basket charge shall
constitute the entire amount charged by the warehouse operator in connection
with such sale; provided, however, that on or before the opening day of the
market in any year, the warehouse operator may elect to charge a commission of
not exceeding seventy-five cents per 100 pounds, which commission shall
constitute the entire charge made in connection with the sale of tobacco
throughout that market season at the warehouse for which such election is made.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 61-154; 1968, c. 69; 2000, c. 380.