RS 3:4111 Assessments - Louisiana Statutes

§4111.  Assessments

A.  In order to obtain funds for the administration and enforcement of the regulations and production stabilization plans issued by him pursuant to this Subpart and for the administration and enforcement of that portion of this Subpart for which he is made responsible, the commissioner shall, commencing on August 1, 1974, assess each processor licensed by the commissioner pursuant to this Subpart one and one-half cents per hundredweight on all milk purchased under any production stabilization plan and shall assess each dairy farmer one and one-half cents per hundredweight on all milk sold to a processor regulated by any production stabilization plan.

B.  In order to obtain funds for the administration and enforcement of the regulations issued by the board pursuant to this Subpart and for the administration and enforcement of that portion of this Subpart for which the board is made responsible, the board shall, commencing on October 1, 1976, assess each processor licensed by it three cents per hundredweight on all milk equivalents used in the processing of dairy products.

C.  All assessments authorized in this Section shall be payable monthly on or before the last day of the month following the month during which they accrue.

D.  In the event any processor refuses or fails to obtain a license or refuses or fails to pay this assessment, the commissioner may collect same from the licensed buyer of said dairy products as the agent for said processors or as a user of said products.

E.  Assessments on each dairy farmer and each processor shall be deposited in the state treasury.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 31, §1.  Amended by Acts 1976, No. 695, §1; Acts 1980, No. 331, §1; Acts 1985, No. 75, §1; Acts 1992, No. 984, §2.