6) The Leave-It-on-the-Doorstep Dairy Company is incorporated and has its princi

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6) The Leave-It-on-the-Doorstep Dairy Company is incorporated and has its principal place of business in Florida. It has decided to expand its business into the South Georgia area. This company is informed by the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade that it must pay an annual "doing business" fee of $15,000. The dairy companies that are considered Georgia organizations are not required to pay any "doing business" fee. Which statement describes the best argument for the Leave-It-on-the Doorstep Dairy Company to make challenging this annual fee?

a. The federal government should preempt this body of regulation since the home delivery of fresh dairy products is in the nation's best interest.

b. The State of Georgia cannot impose an annual "doing business" fee on products that are inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture.

c. The annual fee is a burden, albeit a reasonable one, on those dairies engaged in interstate commerce.

d. The annual fee discriminates against dairies engaged in interstate commerce in favor of those engaged only in intrastate commerce.

Explanation / Answer

"THE ANNUAL FEE DISCRIMINATES AGAINST DAIRIES ENGAGED IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE , IN FAVOUR OF THOSE ENGAGED ONLY IN INTRASTATE COMMERCE" should be the statement describing the best argument for Leave -it-on-the Doorstep Dairy Company to make challenging the annual fee.

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