Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 60 - MAINE MILK POOL - OPERATION
Section 001-60-XIII - Cost of Administration

A. For the period beginning June 1, 1984 and ending December 31, 1984 and for every calendar year thereafter, the Pool Administrator shall establish a cost of administration, by separate rule.

B. For the period beginning June 1, 1984 and ending December 31, 1984, the Pool Administrator shall estimate the amount of milk subject to assessment for administration. For this period, milk subject to assessment shall be milk received from Maine and Boston market producers by Maine and Boston market dealers and shall not include milk produced by producer-dealers or milk imported by Maine market dealers for sale within the State. For this period, the estimate shall be based on such milk received in the same period of the immediately preceding year.

C. For calendar year 1985 and for every calendar year thereafter, the Pool Administrator shall estimate the amount of milk subject to an assessment for administration. Milk subject to assessment shall be milk received by Maine and Boston market dealers from Maine and Boston market producers and shall not include milk produced by producer-dealers, milk imported by Maine market dealers for sale within the State or milk received from any Boston market producer to whom IV. A. 5. d. applies. For calendar year 1985 and for each calendar year thereafter the estimate shall be based on such milk received in the most recent preceding annual period for which the Pool Administrator has the necessary data.

D. For the period beginning June 1, 1984 and ending December 31, 1984, and for each calendar year thereafter, the Pool Administrator shall establish a rate per hundredweight of milk from which each Maine and Boston market producer's monthly share of the cost of administration shall be calculated. The rate shall be established by dividing the cost of administration for the period or for the year by the amount of milk estimated for the period under B. or for the year under C.

E. For each Maine market producer and for each Boston market producer except those to whom IV. A. 5. d. applies, the Pool Administrator shall calculate a monthly share of the cost of administration by applying the rate calculated under D. for the period of the year in which the month falls to the amount of milk received in the month from the producer by a Maine or Boston market dealer.