Sec. 8. 7 MRSA §2999, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 693, §16 and affected by §25, is amended to read:

5. Funding. May receive and expend funds from any source, public or private, that it determines necessary to carry out its purposes.; and

Sec. 9. 7 MRSA §2999-A is enacted to read:

§2999-A.__Collection of fees.

A dealer as defined in section 2997 shall pay a fee of 1 1/2__ per hundredweight based on quantity of milk purchased from Maine producers or purchased from producers outside of the State and sold within the State and shall forward that payment to the council no later than the last day of the month following the month in which the milk was sold.

All producer dealers shall pay to the council a fee of 1 1/2__ per hundredweight on all milk sold by the producer dealer no later than the last day of the month following the month in which the milk was produced.

Sec. 10. 7 MRSA §3152-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 646, §3, is repealed.

Sec. 11. 7 MRSA 3153, sub-§1, as corrected by RR 1997, c. 2, §32, is amended to read:

1. Establishment. Within 180 days after September 23, 1983, the commissioner shall adopt rules establishing a fund to be known as the "Maine Milk Pool," to which all money collected from Maine dealers pursuant to subsections subsection 2 and 3 must be credited. These funds must be redistributed to eligible Maine market producers, eligible northern Maine market producers and eligible Boston market producers according to procedures established under subsection 4.

Sec. 12. 7 MRSA §3153, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1995, c. 693, §18 and affected by §25, is repealed.