| | | Sec. 13. 7 MRSA §3154, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 693, §19 | | and affected by §25, is repealed. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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| | | Under federal law, dairy farmers are assessed a fee of 15¢ per | | hundredweight, 10¢ of which dealers have forwarded directly to | | the Maine Milk Pool. Those funds are forwarded to the Maine | | Dairy Promotion Board and the Maine Dairy Nutrition Council to | | fund milk promotion and nutrition programs. Currently, the 10¢ | | fee is withheld by the Maine Milk Commission through the Maine | | Milk Pool. This bill requires milk dealers to forward the funds | | directly to the Maine Dairy Promotion Board and the Maine Dairy | | Nutrition Council. |
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