Local produce or fruit associations or other shippers located in the neighborhood where farm products are grown may receive a reasonable compensation for loading, shipping, and securing persons to handle the products on commission in markets away from the locality where grown. Dealers receiving consignments of farm products from a number of consignors under written agreements or under written authority from them to market the products in season and prorate the net proceeds of the consignments among all consignors or to market the same in connection with other products of the same class may withhold the proportion of the net returns of sales of the consignments as may be necessary to carry out the agreements pertaining to the consignments until final sales have been made. In every case, final settlement shall be made within fifteen days after the final sale of the consignment, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the consignor.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 35-37-115 and amended by 2020 Ch. 160, § 2, eff. 6/29/2020.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-16-113 and amended by 2017 Ch. 262, § 2, eff. 8/9/2017.L. 2020: Entire article amended with relocations, (HB 20-1213), ch. 751, p. ded by 2020 Ch. 160, § 2, eff. 6/29/2020.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-16-113 and amended by 2017 Ch. 262, § 2, eff. 8/9/2017.L. 2020: Entire article amended with relocations, (HB 20-1213), ch. 751, p. 751, § 2, effective June 29.This section is similar to former § 35-37-115 as it existed prior to 2020.
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