53-9-102 - Licensing requirement.

53-9-102. Licensing requirement.

(a)  No person shall engage in the business of owning and operating, or offering the services of a refrigerated locker plant or a branch locker plant within this state without having first obtained from the department a license or permit for each place of business.

(b)  Application for the license shall be made in writing to the department on the forms, and with the pertinent information, that the commissioner deems necessary.

(c)  Licenses shall be granted as a matter of right on showing that the applicant has complied with the applicable law and of the rules and regulations governing locker plants as provided by this chapter, and shall be conspicuously displayed in each locker plant or branch locker plant authorized.

[Acts 1947, ch. 143, §§ 3, 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 6617.2 (Williams, §§ 6617.14, 6617.17); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 52-1102.]