An Act To Adjust the Milk Handling Fee
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1468
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: PIOTTI, MILLS, CARTER, FLOOD, GIFFORD, GILES, HOTHAM, MAREAN, PIEH, PINEAU, PINGREE, SMITH, TARDY, BRYANT, MITCHELL, PERRY, SHERMAN, WESTON
Amends: 36 MRSA §4902

Legislative Document 
No. 1468 
H.P.1030 
House of Representatives, March 19,2007 
An Act To Adjust the Milk Handling Fee 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and 
ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative PIOTTI of Unity. 
Cosponsored by Senator MILLS of Somerset and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: CARTER of Bethel, CRA Y of Palmyra, FLOOD of Winthrop, GIFFORD of 
Lincoln, GILES of Belfast, HOTHAM of Dixfield, MAREAN of Hollis, MILLS of 
Farmington, PIEH of Bremen, PINEAU of Jay, PINGREE of North Haven, SMITH of 
Monmouth, TARDY of Newport, Senators: BRYANT of Oxford, MITCHELL of Kennebec, 
PERRY of Penobscot, SHERMAN of Aroostook, WESTON of Waldo. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §4902, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 396, §8, is amended 
to read: 
1. Fee. Upon notification by the Maine Milk Commission in accordance with Title 
7, section 2954, subsection 16, the assessor shall levy and impose a fee at the rate 
established in subsection ~ 2-A on the handling in this State of packaged milk for sale in 
this State. With respect to the handling in this State of a particular container of packaged 
milk for sale in this State, the fee must be paid by the handler. There is no fee on the 
handling in this State of packaged milk for sale in containers of less than one quart or 20 
or more quarts in volume, or packaged milk that is sold to an institution that is owned and 
operated by the State or the Federal Government. 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §4902, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 396, §8, is repealed. 
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §4902, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. Rate. The rate of the fee levied under this chapter is established for each fee 
period on the basis of the basic price of milk in effect on the Sunday following the first 
Sunday of the fee period in accordance with the following: 
A. If the basic price is $23.00 per hundredweight and above, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 6¢ per gallon; 
B. If the basic price is $22.50 to $22.99 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 8¢ per gallon; 
C. If the basic price is $22.00 to $22.49 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 10¢ per gallon; 
D. If the basic price is $21.50 to $21.99 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 12¢ per gallon; 
E. If the basic price is $21.00 to $21.49 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 14¢ per gallon; 
F. If the basic price is $20.50 to $20.99 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 16¢ per gallon; 
G. If the basic price is $20.00 to $20.49 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 18¢ per gallon; 
H. If the basic price is $19.50 to $19.99 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 20¢ per gallon; 
I. If the basic price is $19.00 to $19.49 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 22¢ per gallon; 
J. If the basic price is $18.50 to $18.99 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 24¢ per gallon; 
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K. If the basic price is $18.00 to $18.49 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 26¢ per gallon; 
L. If the basic price is $17.50 to $17.99 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 28¢ per gallon; 
M. If the basic price is $17.00 to $17.49 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 30¢ per gallon; 
N. If the basic price is $16.50 to $16.99 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 32¢ per gallon; 
O. If the basic price is $16.00 to $16.49 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk 
handling fee is 34¢ per gallon; and 
P. If the basic price is below $16.00 per hundredweight, the rate of the milk handling 
fee is 36¢ per gallon. 
For any container other than a gallon, the fee is computed on a gallon-equivalent basis. 
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SUMMARY 
This bill increases the maximum rate of the milk handling fee from 12¢ to 36¢ per 
gallon.