A. The Pecan Buyers Licensure Act does not apply to:
(1) a person whose business is a grocery store, retail store, gas station or other similar operation and that conducts in-shell pecan transactions totaling less than one hundred pounds during any twelve-month period;
(2) transactions involving in-shell pecans for personal consumption totaling less than fifty pounds during any twelve-month period; and
(3) brokers or other individuals, as approved by the department, that are engaged in in-shell pecan transactions, but that do not physically receive pecan shipments within the state.
B. Additional exemptions to the licensing requirements of the Pecan Buyers Licensure Act may be granted by the director.