Weighman license required -- Application -- Fee -- Bond -- Expiration -- Renewal

(1) (a) No person may act as a weighman at a livestock market without a license from the department. (b) Application for a weighman's license shall be made to the department upon forms prescribed and furnished by the department. (c) Upon receipt of a proper application, payment of a license fee in an amount determined by the department pursuant to Subsection 4-2-103(2), and deposit of either a corporate surety bond or trust fund agreement with the department in the principal amount of $1,000, the commissioner shall issue a license allowing the applicant to act as a weighman through December 31 of the year in which the license is issued, subject to suspension or revocation for cause. (d) A weighman's license is annually renewable on or before December 31 of each year upon the payment of an annual license renewal fee in an amount determined by the department pursuant to Subsection 4-2-103(2). (2) (a) Each weighman's surety bond shall be written by a surety licensed under the laws of Utah and name the state, as obligee, for the use and benefit of persons who consign livestock to a livestock market. (b) The bond shall further be conditioned for the faithful and accurate weighing of livestock consigned to a livestock market and for the payment of court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party incident to any suit brought upon the bond.