North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 51 - Milk Marketing Board
Article 51-02 - Dairy Industry Regulations
Chapter 51-02-02 - Disruptive Trade Practices
Section 51-02-02-12 - Secret rebates - Central billing

Payments by dealers to a franchiser, wholesale grocer, or any other person closely connected with a retailer for central billing, customer solicitation, or other services where the purpose or effect of such payment is to induce the recipient of any such payment to influence or attempt to influence the decision of one or more retailers relative to the brands of milk products or frozen dairy products to be purchased and resold by such retailer or relative to the amount of space to be allocated to any brand of milk products or frozen dairy products is prohibited. If a central billing service is solicited and established by a wholesale grocery warehouse to guarantee collection of dealer accounts, all dealers supplying member or corporate stores must be accorded the same service without discrimination and the central billing service fee must not exceed two percent of invoice cost.

General Authority: NDCC 4-18.1-01, 4-18.1-11

Law Implemented: NDCC 4-18.1-11