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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Within ninety (90) days of the commissioner's approval of a valid claim, the department shall, in accordance with this section, compensate from the Tennessee grain indemnity fund any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to a failure of a commodity dealer or warehouseman.
(1) Any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to a failure of a commodity dealer shall be entitled to be compensated for eighty-five percent (85%) of a valid claim, to a maximum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), with moneys from the Tennessee grain indemnity fund. To the maximum extent that funds are or may be made available for such purpose, the remaining balance of the claims shall be paid by the department from the assets and other security of the failed dealer.
(2) Any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to the failure of a warehouseman and who has surrendered a warehouse receipt for payment or holds a warehouse receipt and cannot receive value shall be compensated for one hundred percent (100%) of the claim.
(b) To the extent that the balance of the grain indemnity fund increases as a result of § 43-32-207(b), the maximum amount per claimant set forth in subsection (a) shall be adjusted proportionately, so that the maximum amount per claimant shall be maintained at three and one-third percent (3 1/3 %) of the balance of the grain indemnity fund at the time of a failure of a commodity dealer.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 43. Agriculture and Horticulture § 43-32-210 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-43-agriculture-and-horticulture/tn-code-sect-43-32-210/
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