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MT Code § 80-11-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-202. Declaration of policy

  80-11-202. Declaration of policy. In the presence of the facts that wheat and barley are the principal grain crops produced in Montana and as such are agricultural resources of the first magnitude in the economy of the inhabitants of Montana, prime factors in the production of wealth and the development and stabilization of property values and of activities and enterprises that are bases and sources of important contributions by taxation to the public revenues, and that Montana wheat and barley are commodities that enter a world market highly competitive in character, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state of Montana to protect and foster the health, prosperity, and general welfare of its people by encouraging and promoting intensive, scientific, and practical research into all phases of wheat and barley culture and production, marketing, and use and into the development of markets for wheat and barley grown in Montana by the department.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 314, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 108, Ch. 218, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 71, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2902; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 507, L. 1991.
MT Code § 80-11-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-203. Compensation -- per diem

  80-11-203. Compensation -- per diem. Members of the committee may not receive a salary but are entitled to compensation as provided in 2-15-122 for each day they are engaged in the transaction of official business and must be reimbursed for travel expenses, as provided in 2-18-501 through 2-18-503, incurred while on official business.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 314, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 110, Ch. 218, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 71, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 439, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2906; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 48, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 700, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 30, L. 2015.
MT Code § 80-11-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-204. Election of presiding officer -- time of meetings

  80-11-204. Election of presiding officer -- time of meetings. At the first meeting of the administrative committee, it shall elect a presiding officer from among its members. The committee shall meet at least once every 3 months and at other times as called by the presiding officer or by any three members of the committee.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 314, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2908; amd. Sec. 2611, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 80-11-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-205. Powers of the committee

  80-11-205. Powers of the committee. (1) The committee may:   (a) adopt rules necessary for the administration of this part;   (b) provide, through the department, for the enforcement of this part;   (c) provide for the conduct of research into the production, marketing, and uses of wheat and barley;   (d) enter into contracts or agreements with units of the Montana university system and other local, state, or national organizations, public or private, for the purposes of improving wheat or barley quality, increasing the efficiency of production, developing marketing knowledge, developing markets, determining new uses for wheat or barley, developing alternative crops for wheat or barley, and carrying out all research and marketing contemplated by this part. The committee may not establish research units or agencies of its own.   (2) Researchers or professional or scientific personnel may not be employed to carry out this part except as provided in subsection (1)(d) of this section.   (3) None of the powers or duties provided for in this part permit participation in state or federal political action by the committee.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 314, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 111, Ch. 218, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 71, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2909; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 630, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 507, L. 1991.
MT Code § 80-11-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-206. Maximum annual assessment on wheat and barley grown, delivered, or stored

  80-11-206. Maximum annual assessment on wheat and barley grown, delivered, or stored. (1) There is an annual assessment of not more than 40 mills per bushel on all wheat and not more than 60 mills per hundredweight on all barley grown, delivered, or stored in the state of Montana and sold through commercial channels.   (2) The assessment is levied and imposed:   (a) in the case of a sale of wheat or barley, at the time of first sale of any wheat or barley by a seller, and must be collected by the first purchaser of the wheat or barley from the seller at the time of each settlement for wheat or barley purchased;   (b) in the case of a pledge or mortgage of wheat or barley as security for a loan under any federal price support program other than the commodity credit corporation and must be collected by deducting the amount of the assessment from the proceeds of the loan at the time the loan is made by the agency or person making the loan; or   (c) in the case of wheat or barley pledged under the federal commodity credit corporation, and the assessment must be collected at the time of purchase, not at the time a lease or loan is made under the program.   (3) The assessment levied under the provisions of this part must be deducted and collected as provided by this part, whether the wheat or barley is stored in this or any other state. The assessment attaches to each transaction, but a seller is not subject to assessment more than once irrespective of the number of times the wheat or barley is the subject of a sale, pledge, mortgage, or other transaction. The assessment is imposed and attaches on the initial sale, pledge, mortgage, or other transaction in which the wheat or barley seller parts with title to the wheat or barley or creates some interest in the wheat or barley in a pledgee, mortgagee, or other person.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 314, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 201, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 71, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2911; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 530, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 31, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 51, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 576, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 270, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 84, L. 2019.
MT Code § 80-11-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-207. Delivery of invoice -- form -- filing of sworn statement -- payment of assessment -- refund

  80-11-207. Delivery of invoice -- form -- filing of sworn statement -- payment of assessment -- refund. (1) The purchaser of the wheat or barley at the time of sale or the pledgee, mortgagee, or other lender at the time of the loan or advance shall give separate invoices for each purchase, delivery, or storage charge to the seller or person delivering the wheat or barley or entering it into storage. The invoices must be on forms approved by the department and must show:   (a) the name and address of the seller or of the person delivering the wheat or barley or entering it into storage;   (b) the name and address of the purchaser or the lender;   (c) the number of bushels of wheat or hundredweights of barley sold, mortgaged, pledged, delivered, or stored;   (d) the date of the purchase, mortgage, pledge, delivery, or storage and the amount of assessment collected and remitted to the department.   (2) The purchaser, mortgagee, or pledgee shall file with the department, on forms prescribed by the department, within 20 days after the end of a month in which a purchaser purchases wheat or barley or in which a lender makes a loan or advance on wheat or barley, a sworn statement of the number of bushels of wheat or hundredweights of barley purchased in Montana, the number of bushels of wheat or hundredweights of barley mortgaged or pledged or otherwise transferred or liened as security for a loan during the preceding calendar month, or the number of bushels of wheat or hundredweights of barley delivered or stored. At the time the sworn statement is filed, the purchaser or lender shall pay to the department the assessment provided for in 80-11-206 for deposit in the wheat and barley account in the state special revenue fund.   (3) The statement referred to in subsections (1) and (2) must be legibly written and entirely free of any corrections or erasures. A person may not alter any part of a statement.   (4) After 30 days and before 90 days following the deduction of the assessment by the first purchaser or the first lender under 80-11-206(2), the seller may, upon the submission of a written, verified request to the department, obtain a refund of the assessment. The request must be accompanied by the original invoices received by the seller at the time of settlement. The department shall keep complete records of all refunds made under the provisions of this section. Records of refunds may be destroyed 2 years after the refund is made. All original invoices must be returned to the seller with the refund payment.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 314, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 201, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 112, Ch. 218, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 71, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2913; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 281, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 48, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 700, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 576, L. 1993.
MT Code § 80-11-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-208. Receipt of gifts, grants, or donations for research purposes

  80-11-208. Receipt of gifts, grants, or donations for research purposes. The department may receive any gifts, grants, or donations for any research of scientific inquiries conducted under this part and may spend them in compliance with the conditions of the grants, gifts, and donations.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 314, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 113, Ch. 218, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2915.
MT Code § 80-11-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-209. Official bonds of employees

  80-11-209. Official bonds of employees. Employees of the department participating in the handling of assessment receipts or other receipts shall be bonded for the faithful and safe handling and accounting for the receipts while in their hands and for faithful compliance with this part.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 314, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 114, Ch. 218, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2916.
MT Code § 80-11-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-210. Wheat and barley account -- sources -- use -- expenditures

  80-11-210. Wheat and barley account -- sources -- use -- expenditures. (1) There shall be an account in the state special revenue fund known as the wheat and barley account. The following shall be placed in the account:   (a) the proceeds of all millage levies collected under this part; and   (b) the proceeds from all gifts, grants, or donations to the department for research authorized under this part.   (2) The account shall be maintained for the purposes of this part and shall be separate from all other accounts of the department.   (3) The department may direct the board of investments to invest funds from the account pursuant to the provisions of the unified investment program for state funds. The income from such investments shall be credited to the wheat and barley account.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 314, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 70, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 115, Ch. 218, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 16, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2917; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 48, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 700, L. 1989.
MT Code § 80-11-211 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-211. Violation -- penalty

  80-11-211. Violation -- penalty. (1) Any person violating any of the provisions of this part is subject to an administrative civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each monthly report not filed but required by administrative rule.   (2) The department shall establish by rule a penalty matrix that schedules the types of penalties, the amounts for initial and subsequent offenses, and other matters necessary for the administration of civil penalties under this section. The issuance of a civil penalty is subject to the contested case procedures of Title 2, chapter 4, part 6. The department shall adopt the rules within 3 months of July 1, 2019. The department may not enforce the penalties provided for in this section until the rules are adopted.   (3) Funds received in the form of civil penalties must be deposited in the general fund.   History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 314, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2919; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 64, L. 2019.
MT Code § 80-11-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-212. Terminated

  80-11-212. Terminated. Sec. 6, Ch. 630, L. 1983.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 630, L. 1983.
MT Code § 80-11-213 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-213. through 80-11-220 reserved

  80-11-213 through 80-11-220 reserved.
MT Code § 80-11-221 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-221. Repealed

  80-11-221. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 31, L. 1983.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 530, L. 1979.
MT Code § 80-11-222 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-222. Repealed

  80-11-222. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 31, L. 1983.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 530, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 615, L. 1981.
MT Code § 80-11-223 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-223. Repealed

  80-11-223. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 31, L. 1983.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 530, L. 1979.
MT Code § 80-11-224 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 2. Wheat and Barley Research and Marketing|80-11-224. Determination of amount and allocation of assessment

  80-11-224. Determination of amount and allocation of assessment. (1) The committee shall set the amount of the assessment each year in accordance with 80-11-206.   (2) Money deposited in the wheat and barley account pursuant to 80-11-210 is available for appropriation to the committee for purposes of carrying out research and marketing under this part.   (3) The committee may be assessed costs by the department for the services it provides upon request or pursuant to 2-15-121. However, the costs charged must have a substantial relationship to the cost of services supplied.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 615, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 48, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 10, L. 2009.
MT Code § 80-11-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 3. Alfalfa Seed Industry|80-11-301. Short title

  80-11-301. Short title. This part may be cited as the "Alfalfa Seed Industry Act".   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 405, L. 1981.
MT Code § 80-11-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 3. Alfalfa Seed Industry|80-11-302. Findings -- purpose

  80-11-302. Findings -- purpose. (1) The legislature finds that:   (a) it is in the best interest of all the people of Montana that the abundant natural resources of the state be protected, fully developed, and uniformly distributed;   (b) economic waste threatens the alfalfa seed industry in Montana because of lack of proper advertising and dissemination of information necessary for the development and promotion of alfalfa seed grown in the state and because of lack of facilities and funds for research to:   (i) develop and improve control measures for diseases and pests which attack alfalfa seed pollinators;   (ii) improve alfalfa seed growing culture; and   (iii) disseminate information to the growers; and   (c) it is in the interest of the people and general welfare of the state that this avoidable economic waste be eliminated by the growers having at their disposal all available information on the best and most advanced methods of culture, growing, harvesting, and marketing of alfalfa seed.   (2) The purpose of this part is to promote the general welfare of the people of the state by improving the culture and production of and expanding the market for alfalfa seed grown in the state.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 405, L. 1981.
MT Code § 80-11-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 3. Alfalfa Seed Industry|80-11-303. Definitions

  80-11-303. Definitions. As used in this part the following definitions apply:   (1) "Committee" means the Montana alfalfa seed committee established in 2-15-3004.   (2) "Dealer" means any person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative, or other business unit or device that first handles, packs, ships, buys, and sells alfalfa seed or that acts as sales or purchasing agent, broker, or factor of alfalfa seed.   (3) "Grower" means any landowner personally engaged in growing alfalfa seed, a tenant personally engaged in growing alfalfa seed, or both the owner and the tenant jointly, and includes a person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative organization, trust, sharecropper, or any and all other business units, devices, and arrangements that grow alfalfa seed or are engaged in the pollination of alfalfa seed.   (4) "Handled in the primary channels of trade" means the time when any alfalfa seed is delivered under a sales contract, sold, or delivered for shipment and sale.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 405, L. 1981.
MT Code § 80-11-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 3. Alfalfa Seed Industry|80-11-304. Powers of the committee

  80-11-304. Powers of the committee. The committee may:   (1) provide, through the department of agriculture, for the administration and enforcement of this part;   (2) enter into contracts in the name of the committee;   (3) authorize the purchase of all office equipment or supplies and incur all other reasonable and necessary expenses and obligations required to carry out the provisions of this part;   (4) become a member of and purchase membership in trade organizations and subscribe to and purchase trade bulletins, journals, and other trade publications;   (5) plan and conduct a research program to improve the quality of alfalfa seed, develop and improve control measures for disease and pests that attack alfalfa and alfalfa seed pollinators, improve alfalfa growing culture, disseminate information among the growers and dealers of the state, financially support the alfalfa leaf-cutting bee program provided for in Title 80, chapter 6, part 11, and enter into research contracts and other agreements as necessary;   (6) plan and conduct a publicity and sales promotion campaign to increase the sale and use of Montana alfalfa seed and enter into publicity and sales promotion contracts and other agreements as necessary;   (7) in cooperation with the director of the department of agriculture, establish and maintain the executive offices of the committee at any location in the state. The location may be changed at the discretion of the director and the committee.   (8) recommend rules and orders to be adopted for the exercise of its power and the performance of its duties, in accordance with the Montana Administrative Procedure Act;   (9) cooperate with any local, state, or national organization or agency, whether voluntary or created by the law of any state or the United States government, engaged in work or activities similar to the work and activities of the committee and enter into contracts or agreements with the organizations or agencies for carrying on a joint campaign of research, education, product protection, publicity, and reciprocal enforcement of these objectives; and   (10) accept grants, donations, and gifts from any source for expenditure for any purpose consistent with Title 80, chapter 6, part 11, or this part, including a purpose specified as a condition of a grant, donation, or gift.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 405, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 102, L. 2015.
MT Code § 80-11-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 3. Alfalfa Seed Industry|80-11-305. Compensation -- per diem

  80-11-305. Compensation -- per diem. Each committee member is entitled to compensation as provided in 2-15-122 for each day that the member is engaged in the transaction of official business and must be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in 2-18-501 through 2-18-503.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 405, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2612, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 30, L. 2015.
MT Code § 80-11-306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 3. Alfalfa Seed Industry|80-11-306. Repealed

  80-11-306. Repealed. Sec. 10, Ch. 220, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 405, L. 1981.
MT Code § 80-11-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 3. Alfalfa Seed Industry|80-11-307. Assessment on alfalfa seed

  80-11-307. Assessment on alfalfa seed. (1) There is hereby levied upon all alfalfa seed grown in this state and sold through commercial channels an assessment of 1/2 of 1% of the grower's price received at the point of first sale.   (2) If it appears from an investigation that the revenue from the assessment levied under subsection (1) is inadequate to accomplish the purposes of this part, the committee shall file with the director of agriculture a report showing the necessity of the industry, extent of public convenience, interest, and necessity, and probable revenue from the additional assessment desired to be levied. The director of agriculture may thereupon increase the assessment to a sum not to exceed 1% of the grower's price received at the point of first sale. No increase may be made prior to filing of the report and recommendation by the committee.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 405, L. 1981.
MT Code § 80-11-308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 3. Alfalfa Seed Industry|80-11-308. Payment of assessment

  80-11-308. Payment of assessment. All assessments levied and imposed under 80-11-307 must be paid to the department of agriculture by the person, either grower or dealer, by whom the alfalfa seed is first handled in the primary channels of trade and must be paid at times that the department may by rule prescribe but not later than 60 days from the date on which the grower received payment for the alfalfa seed. If the party first handling the alfalfa seed in the primary channels of trade is a person other than the grower, that party may charge against or recover from the grower of the alfalfa seed the full amount of any assessment levied and imposed under 80-11-307.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 405, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2613, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 80-11-309 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 80. Agriculture|Chapter 11. Marketing|Part 3. Alfalfa Seed Industry|80-11-309. Refund of assessment

  80-11-309. Refund of assessment. Any person who has paid assessments to the department may request the department to refund all or any portion of the assessment levied under the rules of the department and paid by the producer. All such requests must be in writing, filed not later than August 1 of each calendar year for the preceding crop year, and must be on forms to be available without cost to all producers who pay assessments.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 405, L. 1981.