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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) No license shall be denied unless the board of agriculture finds, after due notice and opportunity of hearing to the applicant or licensee, one or more of the following:
(1) That the applicant is not qualified or does not possess equipment to conduct the business properly.
(2) That the issuance of the license will tend to promote destructive or demoralizing competition in a market already adequately served.
(3) That the issuance of the license is otherwise not in the public interest.
(b) The board may refuse to renew a license or may suspend or revoke a license, upon due notice and opportunity of hearing to the licensee, when it finds any of the following:
(1) That any licensee has, without reasonable cause, refused to accept milk delivered or failed to deliver milk as agreed, except where a contract has been terminated.
(2) That any licensee has failed to account or make payment, without reasonable cause, for any milk purchased.
(3) That any licensee has been adjudged a bankrupt.
(4) That any licensee has continued in a course of dealing of such a nature as to indicate the licensee's inability or unwillingness to properly conduct the business of producing, processing, delivering, receiving, or selling milk or of the licensee's intent to deceive or defraud producers, producer-distributors, distributors or consumers.
(5) That any licensee has violated the state antitrust law, chapter 480.
(6) That any licensee has failed to keep records or to furnish the statements or information required by the board.
(7) That any licensee has intentionally made a false or misleading statement upon which the license was issued.
(8) That the licensee has violated or failed to comply with this chapter.
(9) That the licensee has ceased to operate the milk business for which the license was issued.
(c) The board may conditionally renew a license or may conditionally decline to suspend or revoke a license, but such condition shall have appropriate relation to the administration of this chapter.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 157-24 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-1-government/hi-rev-st-sect-157-24/
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