377a

Whenever a grower or a group of growers who receive their share in the proceeds of their cane in sugar sell said sugar to a sugar broker intermediary, or to any other buyer, on the basis of a given price or a price to be determined in the future, less shipment and marketing expenses, the Department shall have jurisdiction over these transactions and the parties thereto and may determine, motu proprio, or at the request of a party, the fair and reasonable amount of shipping and marketing expenses as provided in § 377 of this title. History —May 13, 1951, No. 426, p. 1138, added as § 8a on June 27, 1961, No. 125 p. 269, § 2; Aug. 5, 1993, No. 43, § 16, retroactive to July 1, 1993.