Administrative Rules of the State of Montana

(1) Pursuant to 81-23-202, MCA, the following assessments for the purpose of deriving funds to administer and enforce the Milk Control Act are levied upon the Milk Control Act licensees of this department.

(a) A fee of $0.05 per hundredweight, with no assessment for fees less than $5.00 per month, on the total volume of all milk subject to the Milk Control Act produced and sold by a producer-distributor.

(b) A fee of $0.025 per hundredweight, with no assessment for fees less than $5.00 per month, on the total volume of all milk subject to the Milk Control Act sold by a producer.

(c) A fee of $0.025 per hundredweight, with no assessment for fees less than $5.00 per month, on the total volume of milk subject to the Milk Control Act sold by a distributor, excepting that which is sold to another distributor. If the distributor is foreign, the assessment must be paid either by the foreign distributor or by the import jobber.

(2) The fee assessed in (1) must be paid before the 25th day of each month for milk sold in the preceding month.

(3) The fee assessed in (1) must be paid to the department in accordance with ARM 32.23.102(1).

History: 81-1-102, 81-23-104, 81-23-202, MCA; IMP, 81-1-102, 81-23-103, 81-23-202, MCA; Eff. 7/1/75; TRANS, Eff. 1/4/76; AMD, Eff. 7/1/76; AMD, Eff. 7/5/77; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 1479, Eff. 7/30/82; AMD, 1983 MAR p. 499, Eff. 5/13/83; AMD, 1984 MAR p. 501, Eff. 3/30/84; AMD, 1985 MAR p. 273, Eff. 3/29/85; AMD, 1986 MAR p. 452, Eff. 3/28/86; AMD, 1987 MAR p. 310, Eff. 3/27/87; AMD, 1988 MAR p. 712, Eff. 4/15/88; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 396, Eff. 3/31/89; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 820, Eff. 4/27/90; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 441, Eff. 7/1/91; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 400, Eff. 3/26/93; AMD, 1995 MAR p. 534, Eff. 7/1/95; TRANS, from Commerce, 1996 MAR p. 456; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 1289, Eff. 6/27/03; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2439, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2004 MAR p. 2817, Eff. 11/19/04; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 2254, Eff. 11/11/05; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 144, Eff. 2/13/09; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 2258, Eff. 11/26/09; AMD, 2015 MAR p. 305, Eff. 3/27/15; AMD, 2015 MAR p. 1908, Eff. 10/30/15; AMD, 2016 MAR p. 317, Eff. 2/20/16; AMD, 2017 MAR p. 304, Eff. 7/1/17.