An Act To Support the Dairy Industry (AFTER DEADLINE)
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1829
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: PIEH, BRYANT, EDGECOMB, GIFFORD, KENT, O'BRIEN, SHERMAN

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124th MAl E .LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No. 1829 
fJ.P. 131 
House of Representatives, March 26,2010 
An Act To Support the Dairy Industry 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and 
ordered printed. 
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Presented by Representative PIEH of Bremen . 
. Cosponsored by Senator BRYANT of Oxford and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
. Representatives: CRA Y ofPalinyra, EDGECOMB of Caribou, GIFFORD of Lincoln, KENT 
of Woolwich, McCABE of Skowhegan, O'BRIEN of Lincolnville, Senator: SHERMAN of 
Aroostook. 
Prin!l:d on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. PL 2009, c. 467, §10 is amended to read: 
Sec. 10. Administrator authorized to malie monthly adjustments during 
the period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. During the period from July 1, 
I 0 to June 30, 2011, the administrator of the Maine Milk Pool shall monitor milk price 
projections and each month calculate the amounts to be paid out under the dairy 
stabilization program for fiscal year 2010-11 based' on these projections. The 
administrator may adjust the amount requested and the amount distributed in any month 
during this period based on the most recent projections and calculations. The 
administrator may reduce payments only if projections indicate that the total distributions 
under the stabilization program vAll exoeed $17,361,291 in the biennium consisting of 
fiscal years 2009-10 and 2010-11 will exceed $17,361,291 prior to March l, 2011. 
If projections indicate that total distributions will exceed $17,361,291 prior to March 
1, 2011, the administrator shall adjust payments distributed in October )010 to Jtme 
January 2011 on milk produced in the months of September 2010 to May 2011 December 
2010 by multiplying the target price for each tier by the same percent. The administrator 
shall adjust payments distributed in July, August and September 2010 on milk produced 
in June, July and August 2010, respectively, in accordance with sections 11 and 12. 
Sec. 2. PL 2009, c. 467, §11 is amended to read: 
Sec. 11. 
Calculation of payments for milk produced June 1, 2010 to 
August 31,2010. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 7, section 3153-B, 
if projections indicate that total distributions from the dairy stabilization program will 
exceed $17,361,291 prior to March 1,2011, the administrator of the Maine Milk Pool 
shall calculate and make payments to Maine milk producers in accordance with this 
. section for milk produced from June 1,2010 to August 31,2010. 
1. No later than June 15, 2010, the administrator of the Maine Milk Pool shall assign 
each producer to one of 4 tiers based on that producer's total production during the 12-' 
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month period beginning June 1,2009 and ending May 31, 2010. 
2. Upon receiving the monthly production data for June 2010, the administrator shall: 
. A. Calculate the amount of money due each producer in accordance with Title 7, 
section 3153-B, subsection 4; . 
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B. Reduce each producer's payment by a percentage established in section 12; and 
C. Certify to the State Controller the amounts to be transferred and distributed. 
3. The adm inistrator shall calculate payments for milk produced in June 2010, July 
2010 and milk production in August 2010 in the manner prescribed in subsection 2, 
paragraphs A, Band C. 
Sec. 3. PL 2009, c. 467, §12 is amended to read: 
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Sec. 12. Reductions· in payments for milk produced in June 2010, July 
2010 and August 2010. :J=I:te If projections indicate that total distributions from the 
dairy stabilization program will exceed $17,361,291 prior to' March 1, 2011, the 
administrator of the Maine Milk Pool shall determine the percentage reduction in 
payments required under section 11, subsection 2, paragraph B in a manner that results in: 
1. Each producer within a tier receiving the same percentage reducti~m in payment 
for a month as other producers in that tier receive for that month; and 
2. Percentage reductions between adjacent tiers·iri a ratio of 1 to 2, progressing from 
tier 1 to tier.4 .. 
SUMMARY 
This bill directs the administrator of the Maine Milk Pool to reduce payments under 
the dairy stabilization program only if projections indicatethat total distributions from the 
dairy stabilization pliogram will exceed $17,361,291 prior to March 1,2011. It clarifies 
that the mechanism for calculating payments on milk produced in June 2010, July 2010 
and August 2010 is only used if projections indicate that the cap will be reached prior to 
March 1,2011. 
FISCAL ~OTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 03/25/1 0 
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124th MAINE 'LEGISLATURE 
LD Ig~o" 
LR2655(Ol) 
An Act To Support the Dairy Industry 
. Fiscal Note for Original Bill 
Sponsor: Rep. Pieb of Bremen 
Committee: Not Referred 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No net fiscal impact 
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This bill may result in a change in the timing of payments under the dairy stabilization program but does not change. 
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the total amount that may be distributed in the 2010-2011 biennium. 
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