Provided further that the State Government in public interest may from time to time, by notification, put ceiling on the rate of collection of user charge.

Declaring warehouse/ silos/ cold storage or other such structure or place as market sub-yard

1. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the State Government may, by notification declare warehouse/ silos/ cold storage or other such structure or place with infrastructure and facilities as maybe prescribed, to function as market sub-yard. Explanation: The expression ‘place’ under this sub-section shall include any structure, enclosure, open space, locality, street including pack house/cleaning grading and processing unit etc.
2. (2) The owner of such warehouse/ cold storage, or other such structure or ‘place’, as the case may be, desirous of declaration of such place as market sub-yard under sub-section (1), shall apply to the Director or an Officer authorized by him, in such form and in such manner and such fee; and also for such period but not less than three years, as may be prescribed.
3. (3) The licensee of such warehouse/ silos/ cold storage or other such structure or place, may collect user charge on notified agricultural produce transacted at the declared market sub-yard under section 12, at the rate ad valorem not exceeding the rate as notified by the state Government. Provided that no user charge shall be collected from agriculturist-seller.
4. (4) A declared market sub- yard licensee shall contribute, of such user charge collection, to the separate “Revolving Marketing Development Fund” maintained by the Director at the rate in percentage at par with Market Committee.