California Code
PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Declaration

Section 62500. - 62500. The production and distribution of milk, and the components...

Section 62501. - 62501. It is hereby declared that the dairy industry is...

Section 62503. - 62503. This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any article,...

Section 62505. - 62505. This chapter does not preclude any producer from bringing...

Section 62506. - 62506. In order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter,...

Section 62507. - 62507. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

Section 62508. - 62508. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 62521. - 62521. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

ARTICLE 3 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Board

Section 62540. - 62540. (a) The secretary shall appoint a Milk Producers Security...

Section 62541. - 62541. Each member of the board shall be paid one...

Section 62542. - 62542. The board shall advise the secretary on the administration...

Section 62543. - 62543. The board may, by contract, with the approval of...

ARTICLE 4 - Financing Plan

Section 62560. - 62560. (a) The security charges provided for in Section 62561...

Section 62561. - 62561. (a) The following security charges shall be in effect...

Section 62563. - 62563. The amount of any handler’s obligation attributable to the...

Section 62565. - 62565. Security charges shall be collected by the secretary through...

Section 62566. - 62566. The secretary may add a penalty of 10 percent...

Section 62567. - 62567. If any handler or producer-handler does not provide the...

Section 62568. - 62568. The secretary may take all appropriate action against any...

Section 62569. - 62569. (a) Any money that is collected by the secretary...

Section 62570. - 62570. All fund activities shall be subject to an audit...

Section 62571. - 62571. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, any money...

Section 62572. - 62572. Any money that is deposited pursuant to Section 62569,...

Section 62573. - 62573. (a) Any increment that is received from investment, reinvestment,...

Section 62574. - 62574. Immediately following the payment to the fund of the...

ARTICLE 5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Coverage

Section 62580. - 62580. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, milk...

Section 62580.5. - 62580.5. Any producer entity, including a nonprofit cooperative association that...

Section 62581. - 62581. Only shipments which occur during the first 35 days...

Section 62582. - 62582. If future shipments to a handler are not eligible...

Section 62583. - 62583. If, on the date of the notice issued pursuant...

Section 62584. - 62584. If, on the date of the notice issued pursuant...

Section 62585. - 62585. If the secretary issues a notice pursuant to Section...

Section 62586. - 62586. The secretary shall, at least monthly, publish a current...

Section 62587. - 62587. The secretary may waive any of the provisions of...

ARTICLE 6 - Discovery and Notification of Default in Payments

Section 62600. - 62600. Any producer who does not receive payment for milk...

Section 62601. - 62601. The secretary shall, upon the secretary’s own motion or...

Section 62603. - 62603. If the secretary determines that a payment default has...

Section 62604. - 62604. When a payment default has occurred, which was not...

ARTICLE 7 - Producer Claims

Section 62620. - 62620. If the secretary determines that the fund is liable...

Section 62621. - 62621. If a verified claim form is not filed as...

Section 62622. - 62622. Upon receipt of all verified claim forms from producers...

Section 62623. - 62623. For purposes of this chapter, the amounts owed to...

Section 62624. - 62624. Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) shall be deducted from...

Section 62625. - 62625. A prorated payment shall be made to all affected...

ARTICLE 10 - Administration

Section 62660. - 62660. (a) The secretary shall collect from each producer three...

Section 62661. - 62661. The secretary is the instrumentality of this state for...

Section 62662. - 62662. The secretary may exercise any or all of the...

Section 62663. - 62663. For purposes of enforcing this chapter, the secretary may...

Section 62665. - 62665. Any order of the secretary made pursuant to this...

Section 62666. - 62666. Any producer who recovers from the fund shall subrogate...

Section 62667. - 62667. Any payments made to producers from the fund due...