Ind. Code § 24-4-4-1

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 24-4-4-1 - Sale of coal and coke; duplicate ticket; contents

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation, by himself or itself, or by his or its servants or as the servant or agent of another, to sell or offer for sale or delivery at retail any coal or coke which is sold by weight, unless each such delivery is accompanied by a delivery ticket and a duplicate thereof, upon each of which tickets and duplicates thereof shall be written or otherwise indicated:

(a) the name and address of the person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, or association selling and delivering or attempting to sell or deliver such commodity;

(b) the gross weight of the load, the tare weight of the delivering vehicle, and the net amount in weight of the commodity being delivered in such vehicle;

(c) the name or identifying initials of the party who weighed it;

(d) the state in which the coal was mined, the name of the coal, brand or trade name, if any;

(e) the number of the vein or seam from which the coal was taken; and

(f) the size and grade thereof, which size of all grades must be designated according to the openings in the screens over and through which each such size of coal is made at the place of production.

One (1) of such delivery tickets or the duplicate thereof shall be delivered and surrendered to the person or persons in charge of the delivery of such load of commodities to the purchaser thereof or to his agent or representative, and the other ticket or duplicate shall be retained by the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation making such sale for a period of not less than twelve (12) months from date of sale. All coal or coke so sold or delivered shall consist of the kind, quality, and weight in all respects as described and indicated in such delivery ticket and duplicate thereof, and it shall constitute a violation of this chapter to sell or deliver or substitute any other kind and quality or weight of coal or coke than that so described and indicated, and proof of the sale, delivery, or substitution of any coal or coke which is not of the kind, quality, and weight so described and indicated shall constitute prima facie evidence and proof of intent to violate this section.

IC 24-4-4-1

(Formerly: Acts 1931, c.177, s.1; Acts 1935, c.278, s.1.) As amended by P.L. 152-1986, SEC.52; P.L. 8-1993, SEC.347.