Sec. 12.
(1) A grower assessment of 10 cents per hundredweight, when sold or shipped, is levied and imposed upon all beans grown and produced in this state in the year 2000, and annually thereafter. The grower or certified seed grower shall pay the assessment.
(2) The first receiver who purchases or receives beans from growers shall deduct the assessment from the price paid and remit it to the commission on or before the fifteenth of the following month.
(3) The commission may set a reasonable fee for the collecting of assessments from growers.
(4) Money levied and collected under this act shall be spent for purposes authorized by this act.
History: 1965, Act 114, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 117, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1974 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 403, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1977 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 484, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards
Act 114 of 1965 - Beans (290.551 - 290.568)
Section 290.551 - Definitions.
Section 290.552 - Division of State Into Districts.
Section 290.558 - Bean Commission; Body Corporate, Seal, Records as Evidence.
Section 290.559 - Bean Commission; State and Employees Not Liable for Acts; Disbursements.
Section 290.560 - Michigan Bean Commission; Powers and Duties Generally; Prohibitions.
Section 290.561 - Enforcement; Reimbursement for Costs.
Section 290.562 - Grower Assessment on Beans Grown and Produced.
Section 290.563 - Repealed. 1976, Act 403, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1977.