For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative association organized and existing under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 54001) of Division 20, that acts for producers, including members and any nonmembers of the association, to whom it accounts on a patronage basis, is a producer in any of the following transactions:
(a) Any transaction which involves its receipt or handling of bulk market milk produced or delivered by such producers.
(b) Any transaction which involves the sale or delivery of bulk market milk to any producer, handler, or manufacturer, or other nonprofit cooperative association of producers.
(c) The receipt by it of payment for bulk market milk, packaged market milk, or any other product of market milk produced or delivered by such producers.
(d) Any transaction in connection with accounting to such producers for the proceeds derived from the sale or marketing of bulk market milk, packaged market milk, or any other product of market milk produced or delivered by such producers.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018