§ 7 §2956-A — Dairy Industry Fund

1.
Fund established; source.
The Dairy Industry Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established. In addition to payments to the commission pursuant to section 2956, a dealer shall deduct 1¢ per hundredweight from amounts paid by the dealer to each Maine milk producer and pay that amount into the fund as a monthly payment.
2.
Distributions from fund.
Notwithstanding section 2957, the commission shall make distributions from the fund to a statewide association that has been approved by the majority of dairy farmers in the State in amounts allocated from the fund for that purpose.

Legislative History

PL 2001, c. 8, §1 (NEW).