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6 V.S.A. § 2924
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2924. Powers and duties; pricing authority; public hearings

§ 2924. Powers and duties; pricing authority; public hearings|(a) Authority over milk prices. The Commission may establish an equitable minimum or maximum price, or both, and the manner of payments, which shall be paid producers or associations of producers by handlers, and the prices charged consumers and others for milk used in dairy products by distributors or handlers. The cost of the contracts and employment pursuant to section 2923 of this title and of administering the collection and distribution of monies collected under this section shall not exceed $100,000.00 annually and may be collected independently from any assessment imposed under this section. The Commission may impose an assessment to cover the initial costs of establishing a pricing order as authorized by this section.(b) Equitable minimum producer prices. The Commission may establish by order after notice and hearing an equitable minimum price to be paid to dairy producers for milk produced in Vermont on the basis of the use thereof in the various classes, grades, and forms. Prices so established which exceed federal order prices shall be collected by the Commission from the handlers for distribution to dairy producers as a blend price.(c) Public hearings. In order to be informed of the status of the State's dairy industry, the Commission shall hold a public hearing at least annually, when directed by the General Assembly, and whenever the chair deems it necessary.(d) Voluntary payments. The Commission may accept voluntary premium payments for distribution to dairy farmers as a blend price.(e) Premiums on handlers and distributors for milk used in dairy products sold at retail in Vermont. The Commission may assess a premium on handlers and distributors for milk used in dairy products sold at retail in Vermont. The premiums assessed and received shall be paid to the State Treasury and deposited in the special fund established pursuant to section 2938 of this chapter. The proceeds of the premium shall be distributed to dairy producers as a blend price. Any applicable provision of subsections 2925(b)-(f) of this title shall apply to the assessment of such premiums. In assessing these premiums, the Commission shall also take into account any similar assessments made by other states.(f) Payment Statements. Payment statements provided to producers of cows' milk shall include in the payment statement the national support price, the Boston, Massachusetts price, the producer price differential, and the amount per hundredweight of any charges or deductions where applicable. The format shall be provided with clear language and with no abbreviations, except where the abbreviation is spelled out elsewhere in the statement. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 42; amended 1991, No. 17, § 4, eff. April 4, 1991; 1991, No. 17, § 4, eff. April 4, 1991; 1991, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2007, No. 38, § 22, eff. May 21, 2007; 2007, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 20, 2008; 2009, No. 48, § 2, eff. May 28, 2009.)
6 V.S.A. § 2926
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2926. Classes and grades

§ 2926. Classes and grades|The Commission may accept established and defined classes and grades of fluid dairy products or may establish classes and grades. It shall specify to what classes or grades the prices fixed under section 2925 of this title shall apply. (1965, No. 175, § 44; amended 1991, No. 17, § 8(a), eff. April 4, 1991.)
6 V.S.A. § 2927
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2927. Interstate conferences and compacts

§ 2927. Interstate conferences and compacts|The Commission shall have power to confer and agree with legally constituted similar boards or authorities of other states, or agencies of the federal government, and to adopt necessary regulations to effect a uniformity in regulation and assure an adequate and proper supply of fluid dairy products in Vermont; also to confer with similar boards or other authorities of other states or of the United States with respect to uniform milk control of milk produced in this State and handled in interstate commerce and may exercise all the powers hereunder for such purpose as well as, but not limited by, the following powers:  (1) To conduct joint investigations and hearings and to issue joint or concurrent orders or enter into agreements or compacts subject to congressional approval and amendments thereto. Also to employ or designate a joint agent or agencies to enforce such order or compacts. No such compact or order or any amendment to such order shall be effective, however, until the Commission finds that it is approved by two-thirds of the producers of this State whose milk is consumed in whole or in part in an area designated by the compact. (2) To make regulations and orders and prescribe procedures for ascertaining approval of producers, where required, by stipulation, direct referendum, or otherwise as the commission may determine. (3) To require payment by handlers of their pro rata shares of the expenses involved in the operation of such order or compact. (4) To provide for classification of milk in accordance with the form in which it is used or moved with uniform minimum prices or methods of fixing such prices for each class; for payment to all producers and associations of producers delivering milk to handlers of uniform prices irrespective of the use made by the handler to whom delivered, subject to adjustments for grade, location, and butterfat content; for adjustment by the handlers with the joint agent in order to ensure uniformity in and equalization of prices as between producers and handlers; compensation for services to producers; and to make such joint regulations by compact or otherwise as may be incidental to the foregoing and not inconsistent thereto and as may be necessary to effectuate the powers enumerated in this section. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 45; amended 1991, No. 17, § 8(a), eff. April 4, 1991; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 30.)
6 V.S.A. § 2931
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2931. Rehearing of orders and decisions

§ 2931. Rehearing of orders and decisions|(a) Within 20 days after any final order or decision has been made by the Commission, any party to the action or proceeding before the Commission, or any person directly affected thereby, may apply for a rehearing in respect to any matter determined in the action or proceeding, or covered or included in the order, specifying in the motion for rehearing the ground therefor. The Commission may grant such rehearing if in its opinion good reason therefore is stated in such motion.(b) The motion shall set forth fully every ground upon which it is claimed that the decision or order complained of is unlawful or unreasonable. No appeal from any order or decision of the Commission shall be taken unless the appellant shall have made application for rehearing as herein provided. When the application has been made, no ground not set forth therein shall be urged, relied on, or given any consideration by the court, unless the court for good cause shown allows the appellant to specify additional grounds. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 51; amended 1991, No. 17, § 8(a), eff. April 4, 1991; 2007, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 20, 2008.)
6 V.S.A. § 2932
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2932. Determination of motion for rehearing

§ 2932. Determination of motion for rehearing|Upon the filing of a motion for rehearing, the Commission shall within ten days either grant or deny the motion, or suspend the order or decision complained of pending further consideration. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 52; amended 1991, No. 17, § 8(a), eff. April 4, 1991; 2007, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. May 20, 2008.)
6 V.S.A. § 2933
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2933. Appeal to Supreme Court

§ 2933. Appeal to Supreme Court|When any application for a rehearing is denied, or if the applicant is aggrieved at the decision on rehearing, the applicant may appeal to the Supreme Court. (1965, No. 175, § 53; amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. March 29, 1972.)
6 V.S.A. § 2935
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2935. Prohibition; administrative penalty; injunctive relief

§ 2935. Prohibition; administrative penalty; injunctive relief|(a) Any handler or distributor that buys, offers to buy, sells, or transfers ownership of milk in any form at any price or for any consideration which is less than the price or prices set by rule of the Commission may be assessed an administrative penalty by the Secretary, in accordance with the standards and procedures set forth in sections 15, 16, and 17 of this title, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 for each violation and not to exceed $50,000.00 per day for multiple violations in a single transaction or a series of related transactions.(b) The Commission, through the Secretary, may seek appropriate injunctive relief to enforce the provisions of this chapter. (Added 1991, No. 17, § 6, eff. April 4, 1991; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2936
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2936. Reports from milk handlers; release of information by handlers

§ 2936. Reports from milk handlers; release of information by handlers|(a) In order that the Commission has adequate information available to proceed under this chapter, as a condition of a handler's license, the Commission may require from a handler:  (1) information on a time schedule established by the Secretary from handlers showing the prices paid to purchase various forms of milk from Vermont producers, the costs of production, processing, transporting, distributing, and marketing milk, together with any other information deemed necessary and relevant by the Commission; and (2) that each milk handler licensed pursuant to section 2721 of this title execute a release with the federal market order administrator authorizing the Secretary and the Commission to obtain all production data which in the discretion of the Secretary and Commission is deemed relevant and necessary.   (b) The Commission shall keep information received under this section confidential except as necessary for the adoption of rules or enforcement actions. (Added 1991, No. 17, § 7, eff. April 4, 1991; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2937
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2937. Periodic report

§ 2937. Periodic report|The Commission may report as needed on its activities to the House and Senate Committees on Agriculture. (Added 2007, No. 50, § 5, eff. May 26, 2007; amended 2019, No. 61, § 15.)
6 V.S.A. § 2938
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2938. Fund established

§ 2938. Fund established|The Vermont Milk Commission Fund is established in the State Treasury and shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets in accordance with the provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5, except that interest earned on the Fund shall be retained in the Fund. Proceeds from this chapter shall be deposited into the Fund. The Fund shall be used as necessary for the purposes of this chapter. The Treasurer shall distribute funds as directed by the Commission. (Added 2007, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. May 20, 2008.)
6 V.S.A. § 2963
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 162 - Agricultural Development|§ 2963. Agricultural Development Division

§ 2963. Agricultural Development Division|(a) A division of agricultural development is created within the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets as the successor to and the continuation of the Agricultural Markets Development Division.(b) The Development Division may:  (1) Assist individuals and organizations in developing ways which will increase the agricultural use of Vermont lands and other agricultural resources; (2) Assist in maintaining a price reporting system to service the agricultural community of Vermont; (3) Develop and maintain a directory of producers of food, livestock, and fiber products; (4) Identify and develop new markets for agricultural products and assist in the development of new products which might play a significant part in the expansion of agriculture in Vermont; (5) Assist in developing the Vermont product identification program created in section 2964 of this title; (6) Develop an advertising program for Vermont agricultural products; (7) Assist in the promotion of research on agricultural products. (Added 1975, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2964a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 162 - Agricultural Development|§ 2964a. Spring or artesian water; labels

§ 2964a. Spring or artesian water; labels|(a) A bottler of spring or artesian water may apply to the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets for a specially designated identification label to indicate that the water originated and was bottled in Vermont and that it complies with any quality requirements adopted by the Agency. The bottler requesting the labels shall annually pay a minimum fee of $20.00 and the cost of all labels requested. The bottler shall also obtain approval from the Department of Environmental Conservation under 10 V.S.A. § 1673 to qualify for a label under this subsection.(b) The labels provided for in this section shall be designed and issued by the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets and shall not be similar to the labels issued under section 2964 of this title.(c) Funds received under this section shall be retained by the Agency for administration of this section in accordance with the provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5.(d) A person who fraudulently utilizes the labels issued under this section, who willingly allows another to use the labels fraudulently, or who applies the labels to water which does not meet quality standards adopted by the Secretary shall be fined not more than $500.00 for each offense. In the case of a continuing violation, each day the offense continues shall constitute a separate offense, with the maximum amount of fine assessed not to exceed $10,000.00 per violation. (Added 1993, No. 47, § 1; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2965
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 162 - Agricultural Development|§ 2965. Misuse of labels; penalty

§ 2965. Misuse of labels; penalty|(a) No person shall use, nor allow another person to use, an identification label designed and issued by the Secretary under section 2964 of this title without authorization of the Secretary.(b) A person who violates this section commits a civil violation and shall be assessed a penalty of not less than $500.00.(c) In addition to the penalties set forth in this section, the Secretary may take any action authorized under 6 V.S.A. chapter 1 to enforce the requirements of section 2964 of this title and the rules adopted pursuant to that section. (Added 1975, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1983, No. 13, § 2; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2009, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 6c.)
6 V.S.A. § 2971
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 163 - Vermont Dairy Promotion Council; Producer Tax|§ 2971. Creation of Council

§ 2971. Creation of Council|(a) There is established within the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets the Vermont Dairy Promotion Council, which shall be composed of the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets and the following: Each milk cooperative with producers subject to the provision of the law with two percent or more of the total producers, shall be entitled to one member of the council plus one additional member for each 15 percent of the total milk subject to the provisions of this section.(b) The milk cooperatives shall provide the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets with two nominees for each entitlement of whom one shall be appointed by the Secretary. The second nominee shall become an alternate to serve in the absence of the appointee. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall appoint three producer members to the council and one alternate to serve in the absence of any one of these three members to represent those producers not members of a milk cooperative and those cooperatives not eligible under the terms of this section, and one distributor representative, after seeking the advice of producer associations, distributor associations, and individual producers and distributors within the State. During the month of February, six members shall be appointed for a one-year term and the balance for a two-year term. Thereafter one-half of the members shall be appointed annually. The council shall serve at the discretion of the Secretary. A milk producer who is serving on the Vermont dairy promotion council shall not be a member of the Agency disbursing the funds. The appointive members shall each receive $75.00 per day for each day spent in actual attendance at meetings of the council, but not exceeding a total compensation of $750.00 per annum for each member, and they also shall receive their actual necessary expenses and mileage while attending to their duties. The Secretary shall serve as chair of the Council and administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. (1965, No. 175, § 58; amended 1979, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1981, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. April 22, 1982; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4, 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1991, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 39, § 7, eff. May 19, 2011.)
6 V.S.A. § 2981
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 163 - Vermont Dairy Promotion Council; Producer Tax|§ 2981. Rate and collection of assessment

§ 2981. Rate and collection of assessment|(a) Each producer shall pay each month an assessment of $0.10 per hundredweight from the price paid to the producer for milk produced by him or her and received by a handler. The funds shall be deducted from the producer's check, and the deduction identified on the producer's statement furnished by the handler. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10 of this title, the assessment on the producer imposed by this subchapter shall be collected by and paid to the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets of the State of Vermont, and shall be paid by him or her to the Treasurer of the State of Vermont, to be held by the Treasurer in a separate account entitled "Vermont Dairy Promotion Fund." The interest earned by the Fund shall be retained as part of the Fund and shall be disbursed as provided by the provisions of this subchapter. Each handler receiving milk from a producer shall be liable for the assessment due under this subchapter from the producer; and each handler shall withhold from monies due any producer the assessment due from that producer to the State under this subchapter, shall be responsible to the Secretary for the payment and collection thereof, and shall not be liable to the producer or to any other person for the amount of the payment if the payment is paid to the State.(b) [Repealed.]  (Added 1965, No. 175, § 61; amended 1966, No. 52 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 12, 1966; 1979, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1981, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 22, 1982; 1987, No. 6, § 2, eff. April 1, 1987; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1991, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1999, No. 49, § 123; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2007, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. May 20, 2008; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 18.)
6 V.S.A. § 2983
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 163 - Vermont Dairy Promotion Council; Producer Tax|§ 2983. Tax withholding agreement as condition for license

§ 2983. Tax withholding agreement as condition for license|No person shall be granted a handler's license unless he or she first agrees to withhold for the account of the State the tax imposed under this subchapter upon producers whose milk he or she has received. (1965, No. 175, § 63.)
6 V.S.A. § 2984
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 163 - Vermont Dairy Promotion Council; Producer Tax|§ 2984. Milk received by more than one handler

§ 2984. Milk received by more than one handler|In case the same milk is received by more than one handler, the first handler handling or receiving milk shall be the handler within the meaning of this chapter. (1965, No. 175, § 64.)
6 V.S.A. § 2985
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 163 - Vermont Dairy Promotion Council; Producer Tax|§ 2985. Transactions outside Vermont

§ 2985. Transactions outside Vermont|Any transaction between a producer and a handler relating to milk or dairy products produced in Vermont is subject to the operation of this chapter whether a contract or sale is set forth or claimed to be entered into, or to have been entered into, outside Vermont. (1965, No. 175, § 65.)
6 V.S.A. § 2986
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 163 - Vermont Dairy Promotion Council; Producer Tax|§ 2986. Payment of assessment

§ 2986. Payment of assessment|Each licensed handler and distributor shall pay the sums required with respect to each producer's payment received by him or her and the distributor's fee to the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets by monthly payments, and shall file monthly reports on forms provided by the Secretary for this purpose of all matters of account for which a record is required to be kept. These payments and reports shall be due not later than the 28th day of the month following the month for which the payments and reports are made. A penalty of one percent per month on overdue payments shall be collected by the Secretary. (1965, No. 175, § 66; amended 1979, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1981, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. April 22, 1982; 1991, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2987
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 163 - Vermont Dairy Promotion Council; Producer Tax|§ 2987. Use of Dairy Promotion Fund

§ 2987. Use of Dairy Promotion Fund|(a) No expense of the Council shall be paid out of any funds of the State except from the Dairy Promotion Fund, which Fund shall be subject at all times to the accounting controls of the State. The Dairy Promotion Fund may be used only for the costs of the collection of taxes imposed hereunder, and for the administration of this chapter and the State Treasurer shall pay over to the Council upon order of the Council such funds as the Council may require.(b) [Repealed.](c) The balance of the Fund shall be used for promotional and educational purposes, experimental planning, research, advertising, and the necessary compensation and expenses of the council.(d) Any balance remaining at the close of any fiscal year shall be carried forward for the same purpose in the following year. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 67; amended 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1991, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2007, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. May 20, 2008.)