5. Minimum price schedule. Upon establishing said minimum Minimum prices in any market which shall apply to the various classifications of milk and which set by the commission may vary in the several market areas of the State, the.__ The commission shall furnish all dealers registered in said each market with a schedule of such applicable prices and shall publish a the schedule thereof in appropriate newspapers in said that market. Such order shall become effective in accordance with Title 5, chapter 375, and thereafter Once minimum prices for a market take effect, no dealer, store or other person handling milk in such that market shall may buy or offer to buy, sell or offer to sell milk for prices less than the scheduled minimum prices established for that market.

Sec. F-11. 7 MRSA §2954, sub-§6, as repealed and replaced by PL 1983, c. 573, §1, is amended to read:

6. Schedule of maximum transportation allowances; adjustments. The commission may annually establish a schedule of maximum transportation allowances which that may be charged by any Maine dealer for hauling milk from a producer's farm to the dealer's dairy plant. The commission shall base its schedule on the recommendations of the commissioner pursuant to section 3157 3156 and shall conduct hearings prior to establishing that schedule. Any dealer may petition the commission at any time to approve a proposed adjustment in that schedule of transportation charges for that dealer. The burden shall be is on the dealer to substantiate the need and reasonableness of such a proposed adjustment, and in the absence of evidence, the proposed adjustments shall must be denied.

Sec. F-12. 7 MRSA §2954, sub-§§7 and 8, as repealed and replaced by PL 1975, c. 517, §3, are amended to read:

7. Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any A person to may not engage in any practice destructive of the scheduled minimum prices for milk established under this chapter for any market, including but not limited to offering any discount, rebate, gratuity, advertising allowance or combination price for milk with any other commodity. In addition to any penalty otherwise provided by law, the commission after notice and hearing may prohibit any such practice, and any person feeling himself aggrieved by any order of the commission issued under this chapter may appeal to the Superior Court. A purchaser of milk at retail may tender a coupon or any item of value if the coupon or item of value is not brand specific and is redeemable for cash by the retailer and if the total value tendered by the