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NV Rev Stat § 584.395 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.395 - Legislative declaration.

The Legislature declares that:  1. Fluid milk, fluid cream and other dairy products are necessary articles of food for human consumption.  2. The production and maintenance of an adequate supply of healthful dairy products is vital to the public health and welfare.  3. The production, transportation, processing, storage, distribution or sale of fluid milk, fluid cream and other dairy products in the State of Nevada is an industry affecting the public health and welfare.  4. It is the policy of this state to:  (a) Promote, foster and encourage economical production and orderly marketing of dairy products necessary to its citizens, including milk;  (b) Promote the economic viability of the dairy industry to ensure the availability of pure, fresh and wholesome dairy products necessary for its citizens; and  (c) Eliminate speculation, waste, improper marketing, unfair and destructive trade practices and improper accounting for milk purchased from producers.  [13:387:1955] — (NRS A 2013, 609)
NV Rev Stat § 584.400 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.400 - Necessity for marketing areas; administrative authority of Director.

It is recognized by the Legislature that conditions within the milk industry of this state are such that it is necessary to establish marketing areas wherein different regulations are necessary, and for that purpose the Director shall have the administrative authority, with such additional duties as are herein prescribed, after investigation and public hearing, to prescribe such marketing areas and modify the same when advisable or necessary.  [14:387:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 584.405 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.405 - Legislative determination.

The foregoing statements in NRS 584.390, 584.395 and 584.400, of facts, policy and application of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, are hereby declared a matter of legislative determination.  [15:387:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 584.410 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.410 - Purposes.

The purposes of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, are:  1. To provide money for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter by assessments to be paid by producers of fluid milk or fluid cream, or both, and from licenses issued to distributors in the manner prescribed herein.  2. To authorize and enable the Director to prescribe marketing areas and to fix prices at which fluid milk or fluid cream, or both, may be sold by producers, distributors and retailers, which areas and prices are necessary due to varying factors of costs of production, health regulations, transportation and other factors in the marketing areas of this state, but the price of fluid milk or fluid cream within any marketing area must be uniform for all purchasers of fluid milk or fluid cream of similar grade or quality under like terms and conditions.  3. To authorize and enable the Director to formulate stabilization and marketing plans subject to the limitations prescribed in NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, with respect to the contents of the stabilization and marketing plans and to declare the plans in effect for any marketing area.  4. To promote the economic viability of the dairy industry in this State by developing and maintaining satisfactory marketing conditions, creating a reasonable amount of stability in the production and marketing of fluid milk, fluid cream and other dairy products and enhancing the knowledge of the members of the public concerning the nutritional value of pure, fresh and wholesome fluid milk, fluid cream and other dairy products.  [16:387:1955] — (NRS A 1959, 894; 1975, 1492; 2001, 2434; 2013, 610)
NV Rev Stat § 584.415 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.415 - Construction.

  1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the powers conferred in NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, shall be liberally construed.  2. Nothing in NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, shall be construed as permitting or authorizing the development of conditions of monopoly in the production or distribution of fluid milk or fluid cream.  3. The terms and conditions under which producers, distributors and retailers may sell, purchase and distribute fluid milk or fluid cream shall be established by the Director for the purpose of insuring an adequate and continuous supply of pure, fresh, wholesome fluid milk and fluid cream to consumers at fair and reasonable prices in the several localities and markets of the State and under the varying conditions of production and distribution.  [17:387:1955] — (NRS A 1959, 895)
NV Rev Stat § 584.419 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.419 - Applicability to retail stores.

NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, apply to retail stores in the following particulars only:  1. The examination by the Director of the purchase records of retail stores from distributors.  2. The unfair practices prohibited in NRS 584.581, 584.582 and 584.583, and the penalties provided in NRS 584.670.  3. The provisions of any stabilization and marketing plan which includes retail stores.  4. The provisions for discounts to elderly consumers.  [78:387:1955] — (NRS A 1957, 265; 1959, 899; 1979, 1315; 1983, 260) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 584.690)
NV Rev Stat § 584.547 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.547 - Authority to formulate plan.

The Director may formulate any stabilization and marketing plan as prescribed in NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, and declare the same effective after public hearing and reasonable notice by mail or otherwise to all producers and distributors of record with the Director affected by such plan.  [40:387:1955] — (NRS A 2017, 149)
NV Rev Stat § 584.550 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.550 - Designation of marketing areas; additional areas; modification or consolidation of areas.

  1. The Director shall designate marketing areas which it deems necessary or advisable to effectuate the purposes of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, and wherein the Director finds the conditions affecting the production, distribution and sale of fluid milk, fluid cream and other dairy products are reasonably uniform.  2. The Director may establish additional areas or modify areas theretofore established when the Director deems the establishment or modification of such areas necessary or advisable to effectuate the purposes of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive.  3. When the Director finds, after a public hearing in and for each particular marketing area under consideration for consolidation, that conditions of production and distribution are reasonably uniform in two or more such marketing areas wherein stabilization and marketing plans are in effect, the Director may consolidate the area, provided that at the hearings more than 35 percent of the producers present who supply the areas proposed to be consolidated do not object to such consolidation.  [50:387:1955] — (NRS A 2013, 610)
NV Rev Stat § 584.555 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.555 - Hearing required to determine whether producers desire formation of plan; exception.

The Director shall, prior to the formulation of a stabilization and marketing plan for fluid milk or fluid cream for any marketing area, conduct a public hearing in the area for the purpose of determining whether or not producers whose major interest in the fluid milk or fluid cream business is in the production of fluid milk or fluid cream for the marketing area, and who represent not less than 65 percent of the total number of producers whose major interest in the fluid milk or fluid cream business is in the production of fluid milk or fluid cream for the marketing area, and who produce not less than 65 percent of the total volume of the fluid milk or fluid cream produced for the marketing area by all such producers, desire that a stabilization and marketing plan for fluid milk or fluid cream be formulated for the area; but if a petition is presented to the Director by the producers whose major interest in the fluid milk or fluid cream business is in the production of fluid milk or fluid cream for the marketing area, and who represent not less than 65 percent of the total number of producers whose major interest in the fluid milk or fluid cream business is in the production of fluid milk or fluid cream for the marketing area, and who produce not less than 65 percent of the total volume of the fluid milk or fluid cream produced for the marketing area by all such producers, it is not necessary that the hearing be held.  [51:387:1955] — (NRS A 2013, 610)
NV Rev Stat § 584.565 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.565 - Formulation of plan: Notice; hearing; order declaring plan in effect.

  1. If the Director finds that a stabilization and marketing plan is necessary to accomplish the purposes of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, it shall formulate a stabilization and marketing plan for fluid milk or fluid cream, or both, for such area and issue a notice of public hearing upon the plan formulated to all producers and distributors of record with the Director who may be subject to the provisions of the plan.  2. The notice of hearing may be effected by mail or by publication for 5 successive days in a newspaper of general circulation in the area designated and must specify the time and the place of the hearing, which must not be held before 10 days from the mailing or from the final publication of the notice, but if no daily newspaper of general circulation is published in the area designated, publication of notice for 2 successive weeks in a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the area will be considered proper publication of notice.  3. At the hearing, which must be held in the area to which the plan applies, interested persons shall be heard and records kept of the hearing for determination by the Director whether the plan proposed will accomplish the purposes of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive.  4. If, after public hearing, the Director determines that the proposed plan will tend to accomplish the purposes of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, within the standards herein prescribed, the Director shall issue an order to all producers and distributors of record with the Director and subject to the provisions of the plan, declaring the plan in effect within 30 days from the date of the hearing.  [53:387:1955] — (NRS A 1979, 1308)
NV Rev Stat § 584.566 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.566 - Amendment or termination of plan: Procedure.

  1. In addition to procedures provided for in subsections 3 and 4, the Director may amend or terminate any stabilization and marketing plan, after notice and public hearing as prescribed in NRS 584.550, 584.555 and 584.565, if it finds that the plan is no longer in conformity with the standards prescribed in, or will not tend to effectuate the purposes of, NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive.  2. The hearing may be held upon the motion of the Director and must be held if a proper petition is filed. The Director shall hold the hearing in the marketing area to which the plan applies.  3. If producers wish to abandon an existing stabilization and marketing plan and establish a Federal Milk Marketing Order or other similar type of milk marketing order, the Director may continue a marketing and stabilization plan in effect for any given area, insofar as wholesale and retail provisions are concerned, whenever it appears that 55 percent of the distributors in any given area, whose major interest in the fluid milk and fluid cream business consists of at least 55 percent of the fluid milk and fluid cream distributed within the area by volume, desire that the wholesale and retail provisions, including price regulations, be continued.  4. Areas which are nonproducing may terminate a stabilization and marketing plan which affects wholesale and retail prices if 55 percent of the licensed distributors delivering 55 percent of the products to that area wish to terminate the plan after notice and public hearing as prescribed in NRS 584.550, 584.555 and 584.565.  [41:387:1955] — (NRS A 1959, 895; 1977, 1639; 1979, 1307) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 584.520)
NV Rev Stat § 584.567 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.567 - Amendment or termination of plan: Petition; hearing.

  1. An amendment or termination of a stabilization and marketing plan may be initiated by filing a petition with the Director. The petition, filed in four copies, must include:  (a) The name and address of every person joining in the petition. If the petitioner is a cooperative association of producers, a partnership or corporation, the names of the authorized representative or representatives thereof shall be listed.  (b) A concise statement of the specific relief requested.  (c) A specific statement of the reasons why such relief is needed.  (d) A statement of the substantiating evidence.  2. The petition must be signed by the petitioners, and an affidavit must accompany each petition stating that the facts therein are true and correct to the best of the petitioners’ knowledge, information and belief.  3. There must be attached as an exhibit to the original copy only of each petition filed substantiating evidence in support of the petition. Additional information must be supplied to the Director upon request.  4. Any person may, before the hearing, examine a copy of the petition and accompanying statements, but not the exhibits attached thereto, and file an answer, protest or any other statement concerning the petition.  5. At the hearing, the burden of proof is on the petitioners to show by clear and satisfactory evidence that the amendment or termination of a plan is necessary.  6. After the petitioners have presented their evidence, the staff of the Department shall, and any other person may, present evidence in support of or in protest of the proposed action.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 1496; A 1977, 1640; 1979, 1308) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 584.522)
NV Rev Stat § 584.568 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.568 - Minimum prices; discounts.

  1. Each stabilization and marketing plan may contain provisions fixing the price at which fluid milk and fluid cream is sold by producers, distributors and retailers and must contain provisions regulating all discounts allowed by producers, distributors and retailers, except those discounts offered by retailers to elderly consumers.  2. If the Director establishes minimum prices to be paid by distributors to producers, the Director shall consider, but is not limited to considering, the following factors:  (a) Cost of production.  (b) Reasonable return upon capital investment.  (c) Producer transportation costs.  (d) Cost of compliance with health regulations.  (e) Current and prospective supplies of fluid milk and fluid cream in relation to current and prospective demands for such fluid milk and fluid cream.  3. If the Director establishes minimum prices to be paid by retailers to wholesalers and by consumers to retailers, the Director shall consider, but is not limited to considering, the following factors:  (a) The quantities of fluid milk or fluid cream, or both, distributed in the marketing area covered by the stabilization and marketing plan.  (b) The quantities of fluid milk or fluid cream, or both, normally required by consumers in such marketing area.  (c) The cost of fluid milk and fluid cream to distributors and retail stores, which is the price paid by distributors to producers and the price paid by wholesale customers to distributors, as established pursuant to NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive.  (d) The reasonable cost of handling fluid milk and fluid cream incurred by distributors and retail stores, respectively, including all costs of hauling, processing, selling and delivering by the several methods used in such marketing area in hauling, processing, selling and delivering, as such costs are determined by impartial audits of the books and records, or surveys, or both, of all or such portion of the distributors and retail stores, respectively, of each type or class in such marketing area as are reasonably determined by the Director to be sufficiently representative to indicate the costs of all distributors and retail stores, respectively, in the marketing area.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 899; A 1977, 1641; 1979, 1309; 1983, 258)
NV Rev Stat § 584.569 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.569 - Discount on dairy products sold to elderly consumers.

  1. A retailer may sell dairy products at a discount to an elderly consumer. The discount must not be given to any consumer who is less than 62 years of age.  2. The discount must not reduce the price of the dairy product below the minimum retail price, if any, established by the Director.  3. A retailer who offers the discount shall post a sign at the retailer’s retail store indicating the:  (a) Age of the consumers who may receive the discount;  (b) Type of identification needed to obtain the discount, if such identification is required by the retailer; and  (c) Amount of the discount.  (Added to NRS by 1983, 258)
NV Rev Stat § 584.575 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.575 - Report to producer.

Each stabilization and marketing plan may contain provisions whereby distributors shall report to each producer from whom fluid milk is secured, the volume of fluid milk received from such producer in pounds of milk, the milk fat test of the milk, and both the number of pounds of fluid milk and the number of milk fat pounds paid for in the several classes and the prices paid for the various classes for each month.  [55:387:1955] — (NRS A 1979, 1310)
NV Rev Stat § 584.578 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.578 - Cooperation with other authorities; enforcement of plans.

The Director may confer, enter into agreements, or otherwise arrange with the constituted authorities of this state, other states or agencies of the United States with respect to plans relating to the stabilization and distribution of fluid milk and fluid cream within this state or as between this state and other states or the United States, and may exercise his or her powers hereunder to effectuate and enforce such plans.  [48:387:1955] — (Substituted in revision for NRS 584.540)
NV Rev Stat § 584.580 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.580 - Purchase of milk from noncomplying producers; limitation on production.

No distributor subject to the provisions of any stabilization and marketing plan shall purchase milk from producers who cannot comply with the provisions of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, in such plan. No such plan shall involve a limitation upon the production of fluid milk or fluid cream.  [56:387:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 584.581 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.581 - Certain practices of distributors prohibited whether stabilization and marketing plan in effect or not.

  1. No distributor may engage in any of the practices set forth in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, of subsection 2, whether or not a stabilization and marketing plan is in effect in the area in which the distributor carries on his or her business.  2. Each stabilization and marketing plan must contain provisions for prohibiting distributors and retail stores from engaging in the unfair practices set forth in this subsection:  (a) The payment, allowance or acceptance of secret rebates, secret refunds or unearned discounts by any person, whether in the form of money or otherwise.  (b) The giving of any milk, cream, dairy products, services or articles of any kind, except to bona fide charities, for the purpose of securing or retaining the fluid milk or fluid cream business of any customer.  (c) The extension to certain customers of special prices or services not made available to all customers who purchase fluid milk, fluid cream or any other dairy products of like quantity under like terms and conditions.  (d) The purchase of any fluid milk in excess of 200 gallons monthly from any producer or association of producers unless a written contract has been entered into with the producer or association of producers stating the amount of fluid milk to be purchased for any period, the quantity of milk to be paid for as class 1 in pounds of milk, pounds of milk fat or gallons of milk, and the price to be paid for all milk received. The contract must also state the date and method of payment for the fluid milk, which must be that payment must be made for approximately one-half of the milk delivered in any calendar month not later than the 1st day of the next following month and the remainder not later than the 15th day of the month, the charges for transportation if hauled by the distributor, and may contain other provisions which are not in conflict with NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive. The contract must also provide that the producer is not obligated to deliver in any calendar month fluid milk which is to be paid for at the lowest class price for milk usage established by the Director for that area. A signed copy of the contract must be filed by the distributor with the Director within 5 days from the date of its execution.  The provisions of this subsection relating to dates of payment do not apply to contracts for the purchase of fluid milk from nonprofit cooperative associations of producers.  3. This section does not apply to discounts offered by a retail store to elderly consumers.  [54:387:1955] — (NRS A 1957, 264; 1959, 896; 1975, 1494; 1977, 1642; 1979, 1310; 1983, 259; 2013, 611)
NV Rev Stat § 584.582 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.582 - Unlawful manipulation of prices.

It is unlawful for any distributor or retailer to manipulate the prices of fluid milk, fluid cream or any fresh dairy product for the purpose of injuring, harassing or destroying competition.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 1497; A 1987, 155)
NV Rev Stat § 584.583 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 584 - Dairy Products|NRS 584.583 - Sale of milk, cream or fresh dairy products below cost.

  1. No distributor or retailer may sell fluid milk, fluid cream or any fresh dairy product below cost.  2. Each distributor shall provide to the Director a statement of costs in accordance with the appropriate stabilization and marketing plan.  3. The provisions of this section do not prohibit a retailer from donating or discounting a dairy product within 48 hours before midnight of the date of expiration printed on the dairy product.  4. As used in this section, "cost" means:  (a) When applied to a distributor, the total consideration paid or exchanged for a raw product, plus the total expense incurred for manufacturing, processing, handling, sale and delivery of the raw product.  (b) When applied to a retailer, the invoice price charged to the retailer for the raw product or the cost of replacement of the raw product, whichever is less, plus the retailer’s cost of doing business.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 900; A 1975, 1495; 1979, 1311; 1983, 1239; 1987, 155; 2007, 2119; 2013, 612)