NY Agric & Mkts L § 250-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 20 - Licensing of Farm Products Dealers 250-E - Records to Be Kept by Dealer-Processors; Deductions for Payments to Cooperatives.

§  250-e.  Records  to  be  kept  by dealer-processors; deductions for   payments to cooperatives. 1. It  shall  be  unlawful  for  a  dealer  to   purchase  or  receive,  or  for  a  seller to deliver, farm products for   processing as defined by this article  unless  the  party  receiving  or   purchasing  such  farm products thereupon furnishes the party selling or   delivering said farm products with a certificate legibly printed in  the   English  language  upon which there shall be stated the true name of the   party purchasing or receiving such farm  products  for  processing;  the   processing  plant  license  number  of  said  party;  the  date the farm   products are purchased or received; the price to be paid for  such  farm   products  except  where the farm products are delivered to a cooperative   corporation by a member patron or except where  the  farm  products  are   delivered  pursuant  to  a  written  contract of purchase and sale which   specifies the method by which  full  payment  will  be  calculated;  the   method  of  payment  and  a payment schedule; the name of the product or   products purchased or received; the quantity of the product or  products   purchased  or  received; and the name and address of the party from whom   the farm products are purchased or received.2. A member of an agricultural cooperative corporation may by contract   with such cooperative  corporation,  or  by  separate  authorization  in   writing  to the licensee, authorize any person licensed pursuant to this   article to make deductions from money due such member for farm  products   received  or  purchased  by  such licensee for processing. The amount of   such deductions  and  the  names  of  the  members  from  whose  account   deductions  are  to be made, shall be set forth in a written certificate   presented to the licensee by the cooperative, or in the separate written   authorization filed with the licensee by the individual  member  of  the   cooperative.  The  licensee  shall deduct from moneys due such member of   the cooperative the amounts so authorized and shall forward  all  moneys   so  deducted to the designated cooperative on or before the fifteenth of   the month following the month for which payment is due, together with  a   statement  showing  the  amounts  and  agreed  prices  of  farm products   received or purchased from the member by the licensee.3. Every  processor  shall,  at  the  time  of  making  final  payment   according  to agreements or contracts with each producer from whom he or   she has received or purchased farm products, deliver a statement to such   producer showing the  total  quantity  of  farm  products  purchased  or   received,  the  price  per  unit,  the credits claimed and the manner of   computing the amount of such final payment.4. A producer delivering apples to a dealer or a dealer's designee for   processing shall, at the time of delivery, receive from  the  dealer  or   the  dealer's  designee a certificate of official inspection which shall   state the grade of the apples delivered as  determined  by  an  official   federal  or  state  inspection conducted at the time of delivery. In the   absence of a written document signed by the producer and the  dealer  or   the  dealer's  designee  stating  the  standards  to  be  used  in  such   inspection, the current standards for processing apples adopted  by  the   United States Department of Agriculture shall be used.