Pennsylvania § 4613 Duties and authority of department

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 4613 — Duties and authority of department

Pennsylvania § 4613

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 3AGRICULTURE

PartPART VI

Ch. 46PENNSYLVANIA PREFERRED® TRADEMARK

Subch.PENNSYLVANIA PREFERRED® PROGRAM

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Bluebook

3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 4613 (2026).

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(a)Department authority to enter into trademark license agreements.--

(1)The department may enter into a trademark license agreement with a qualified entity.

(2)The department shall establish the terms and conditions under which a person may be licensed to use the Pennsylvania Preferred® trademark or Pennsylvania Preferred Organic® trademark. Terms and conditions shall require a licensee to produce, process, promote or market an agricultural commodity or an organic agricultural commodity in a manner acceptable to the department which protects the reputation of the Pennsylvania Preferred® trademark or Pennsylvania Preferred Organic® trademark.

(3)The department may periodically review a licensing agreement to determine if the terms are being met.

(b)Cooperative activities.--The dep

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(a) Department authority to enter into trademark license agreements.--

(1) The department may enter into a trademark license agreement with a qualified entity.

(2) The department shall establish the terms and conditions under which a person may be licensed to use the Pennsylvania Preferred® trademark or Pennsylvania Preferred Organic® trademark. Terms and conditions shall require a licensee to produce, process, promote or market an agricultural commodity or an organic agricultural commodity in a manner acceptable to the department which protects the reputation of the Pennsylvania Preferred® trademark or Pennsylvania Preferred Organic® trademark.

(3) The department may periodically review a licensing agreement to determine if the terms are being met.

(b) Cooperative activities.--The department may engage in cooperative activities to implement and advance the purposes of this chapter.

Legislative History

(July 1, 2019, P.L.255, No.36, eff. 60 days; Nov. 1, 2023, P.L.148, No.21, eff. 60 days) 2023 Amendment.Act 21 amended subsec. (a)(2). 2019 Amendment.Act 36 renumbered former section 4605 to present section 4613.