Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 60 - MAINE MILK POOL - OPERATION
- Section 001-60-I - Definitions
- Section 001-60-II - Information to Pool Administrator
- Section 001-60-III - Initial Payment and Pool Payment-Base Minimum Price
- Section 001-60-III-A - Initial Payment and Pool Payment - Over- order Premium
- Section 001-60-IV - Calculation of Pool Share - Base Minimum Price
- Section 001-60-IV-A - Calculation of Over-order Premium
- Section 001-60-V - Payment of Amount Due from the Pool to Producer-Base Minimum Price
- Section 001-60-V-A - Payment of Amount Due from the Pool to Producer-Over-Order Premium
- Section 001-60-VI - Interest on Late Payments
- Section 001-60-VII - Reports to Pool Administrator
- Section 001-60-VIII - Recognition as an Eligible Marketing Cooperative
- Section 001-60-IX - Information to be Periodically Furnished by Eligible Marketing Cooperatives
- Section 001-60-X - Delinquent Pool Payments
- Section 001-60-XI - Failure to Provide Necessary Information
- Section 001-60-XII - Costs of Promotion
- Section 001-60-XIII - Cost of Administration
- Section 001-60-XIV - Status of an Agricultural Cooperative as a Producer-Dealer
- Section 001-60-XV - Adjustments
- Section 001-60-XVI - Time Requirements
- Section 001-60-XVII - Audits
- Section 001-60-XVIII - Separability
SUMMARY: This rule establishes the procedures by which the Maine Milk Pool will operate. It sets out requirement for milk dealers and producers who pay into and receive payments out of the Pool and prescribes the duties of the Pool Administrator in managing the operation of the Pool.
Amendments proposed April 25, 1984, and adopted effective June 4, 1984 adjust certain requirements in the time schedule of the Maine Milk Pool to better accommodate the Pool's pay in / pay out schedule to existing systems of the State Controller and Treasury.
Amendments proposed November 20, 1984 and adopted effective January 15, 1985 clarify calculations made in allocating monies out of the Pool to producers; clarify procedures for collection of promotion funds from Maine producers shipping directly to Boston market Zone I plants under certain conditions; clarify the procedure for determining the redistribution rate used to calculate payments to producers from the Pool; and replace the definitions of three terms with their statutory definitions and make related changes.
Amendments proposed August 14, 1985, change the date by which Maine market producers must receive Milk Pool payments from their dealer or cooperative, in accordance with statutory changes made by P.L. 1095, C. 72 ( 7 M.R.S.A., Section2954-A) .
Amendments proposed July 30, 1987 establish procedures for the pooling of over-order premiums in accordance with statutory changes made by P.L. 1987, Title "c." 447.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 7 M.R.S.A. §3153
