40-32-25. Inspection service fee for each dairy farm--Raw milk assessment fee.
A milk plant or marketing organization of milk, milk products, sheep milk, or goat milk that processes or markets Manufacturing Grade or Grade A milk shall pay an inspection service fee for each dairy farm. The inspection fee shall be one hundred dollars per Grade A or fifty dollars per Manufacturing Grade dairy farm and be paid semiannually by July first and January first to the secretary. In addition, beginning on January 1, 2010, each milk buyer shall pay a monthly raw milk assessment fee on all milk purchased from South Dakota producers, which shall be paid by the beginning of each month to the secretary. The secretary of agriculture and natural resources shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to establish the raw milk assessment fee which may not exceed one cent per hundredweight on all milk purchased.
Source: SL 1988, ch 329, §2; SL 2001, ch 225, §1; SL 2009, ch 205, §11; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 14, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 40 - Animals and Livestock
Chapter 32 - Milk Plants Producers And Distributors
Section 40-32-1 - Purpose of chapter.
Section 40-32-2 - Definition of terms.
Section 40-32-5 - License fees.
Section 40-32-6 - Milk plant license--Contents--Posting.
Section 40-32-7 - Transfer of plant licenses restricted.
Section 40-32-8 - Annual expiration of license.
Section 40-32-9 - Suspension of license for failure to comply with law.
Section 40-32-10.1 - Producer's permit required.
Section 40-32-10.2 - Issuance of producer's permit--Compliance with rules and regulations.
Section 40-32-10.3 - Renewal of producer's permit not required--Transfer of permits.
Section 40-32-10.4 - Suspension of producer's license or permit--Grounds--Sanctions--Court action.
Section 40-32-10.5 - Revocation of producer's permit--Hearing required--Suspension prior to hearing.
Section 40-32-10.6 - Dairy fieldman's service provided by plant.
Section 40-32-10.7 - Dairy fieldman's license required--Application and fee--Expiration.
Section 40-32-10.9 - Revocation of dairy fieldman's license--Hearing required.
Section 40-32-11 - Tester and grader to be maintained in dairy products plant--License required.
Section 40-32-12 - Application for tester and grader's license--Fee--Examination of applicant.
Section 40-32-13 - Licenses for sampling and grading.
Section 40-32-15 - License withheld from applicant not meeting requirements.
Section 40-32-16 - Posting of tester and grader's license.
Section 40-32-18 - Promulgation of rules.
Section 40-32-21 - Exemption of operations otherwise regulated.
Section 40-32-22 - Records and reports to secretary.
Section 40-32-23 - Access of department to premises, vehicles, and records--Taking of samples.
Section 40-32-25 - Inspection service fee for each dairy farm--Raw milk assessment fee.
Section 40-32-26 - Reinspection fee--When assessed.
Section 40-32-27 - Inspection fee for milk plants.
Section 40-32-28 - Penalty for delinquent payments.
Section 40-32-29 - Dairy inspection fund established--Expenditures.
Section 40-32-31 - Cooperation with secretary required--Refusal as misdemeanor.
Section 40-32-32 - Assistance of police in inspection.
Section 40-32-33 - Contraband.
Section 40-32-34 - Seizure or quarantine of contraband--Tagging--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 40-32-35 - Petition for condemnation of contraband--Hearing--Disposal of contraband.