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DIVISION 15. MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 32501-39912›PART 1. GENERALLY 32501-35312›CHAPTER 9. Weighing, Measuring, Sampling, and Loading of Milk 34201-34353›ARTICLE 4. Testing, Weighing, Sampling, and Loading 34301-34304

§ 34302

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) A handler, including a producer-handler, shall deduct an assessment from payments made to producers for milk, including the handler’s own production, of a sum not to exceed one-tenth of one cent ($0.001) per hundredweight of milk. The amount of the assessment deducted shall be paid to the secretary on or before the 45th day following the last day of the month during which the milk was received.

(b) A handler that purchases or handles milk from producers, including the handler’s own production, if any, shall pay a fee not to exceed five-hundredths of one cent ($0.0005) per hundredweight of milk. The amount of the fee shall be paid to the secretary on or before the 45th day following the last day of the month in which the milk was received.

(c) Notwithstanding the assessment and fee limits in subdivisions (a) and (b), the secretary may increase the amount of the assessment in subdivision (a) and the fee in subdivision (b) by an amount not to exceed one-hundredth of one cent ($0.0001) per hundredweight per annum.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 8. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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