Utah § 4-8-104 - Department functions, powers, and duties.

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§ 4-8-104. Department functions, powers, and duties.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-8-104.  Department functions, powers, and duties.
     The department shall exercise the following functions, powers, and duties, in addition to those specified in Chapter 1, General Provisions:
(1) perform general supervision over the marketing, sale, trade, advertising, storage, and transportation practices, used in buying and selling products of agriculture in Utah;
(2) conduct and publish surveys and statistical analyses with the department's own resources or with the resources of others through contract, regarding:
(a) the cost of production for products of agriculture, including transportation, processing, storage, advertising, and marketing costs;
(b) market locations, demands, and prices for such products; and
(c) market forecasts;
(3) assist and encourage producers of products of agriculture in controlling current and prospective production and market deliveries in order to stabilize product prices at prices that assure reasonable profits for producers and at the same time ensure adequate market supplies;
(4) actively solicit input from the public and from interested groups or associations, through public hearings or otherwise, to assist in making fair determinations with respect to the production, marketing, and consumption of products of agriculture;
(5) make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, in regard to "Utah's Own," a program dedicated to the promotion of locally produced products of agriculture.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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