Section 38-14-1 - Price differential between places of purchase as misdemeanor--Differential permittedwhen based on quality or transportation costs.
38-14-1. Price differential between places of purchase as misdemeanor--Differential permitted when based on quality or transportation costs. Any person engaged in the purchase of grain or flaxseed, at more than one place in this state, who shall, with the intent and for the purpose of destroying competition, discriminate, by direct or indirect methods, between different places, by paying a different price for any grain or flaxseed at one place than such person is at the same time paying for the same kind of grain or flaxseed at another place within this state, after taking into consideration the difference, if any, in the grade and quality of such grain or flaxseed and in the cost of transportation from the point where same is purchased to the market where sold or intended to be sold, is guilty of discrimination in the purchase of grains and flaxseed, which is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1937, ch 203, § 1; SDC 1939, § 4.1701; SL 1977, ch 190, § 309.