Penalty for short weight

If any commercial fertilizer in the possession of the consumer is found by the commissioner to be short in weight, the registrant of the commercial fertilizer shall, within thirty (30) days after official notice from the commissioner, pay to the consumer a penalty equal to three (3) times the value of the actual shortage. Acts 1969, ch. 102, § 14; T.C.A., § 43-1134; Acts 1986, ch. 659, § 9. If any commercial fertilizer in the possession of the consumer is found by the commissioner to be short in weight, the registrant of the commercial fertilizer shall, within thirty (30) days after official notice from the commissioner, pay to the consumer a penalty equal to three (3) times the value of the actual shortage. Acts 1969, ch. 102, § 14; T.C.A., § 43-1134; Acts 1986, ch. 659, § 9.