(a) Every handler subject to any stabilization and marketing plan established pursuant to Division 21 (commencing with Section 58001), including a producer-handler, shall deduct an assessment from payments made to producers for market milk, including the handler’s own production, a sum not to exceed one-tenth of one cent ($0.001) per hundredweight of market milk.
The amount of the assessment so deducted shall be paid to the director on or before the 45th day following the last day of the month during which the market milk was received.
(b) Every handler subject to the provisions of any stabilization and marketing plan that purchases or handles milk from producers, including the handler’s own production, if any, shall pay a fee not to exceed five-hundredths of one cent ($0.0005) per hundredweight of market milk.
The amount of the fee shall be paid to the director on or before the 45th day following the last day of the month in which the market milk was received.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 627, Sec. 2.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018