| | 2.__Oaths and subpoenas.__Any member of the commission or any | employee designated by the commission may sign subpoenas and | administer oaths to witnesses. |
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| | Sec. F-25. 7 MRSA §3152, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 679, Pt. | B, §7 and affected by §14, is further amended to read: |
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| | 1-A. Base minimum price. "Base minimum price" means that | part of the minimum Class I, Class II and Class III prices | established by the Maine Milk Commission pursuant to chapter 603 | that corresponds to Class I, Class II and Class III prices | established pursuant to the northeast marketing area milk | marketing order, excluding any amounts established by the Maine | Milk Commission to reflect the increased costs of production | pursuant to section 2954, subsection 2, paragraph A. |
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| | Sec. F-26. 7 MRSA §3152, sub-§1-B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 679, Pt. | B, §8 and affected by §14, is further amended to read: |
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| | 1-B. Adjusted base minimum price. "Adjusted base minimum | price" means that part of the minimum Class I, Class II and Class | III prices established by the Maine Milk Commission pursuant to | chapter 603 that corresponds to Class I, Class II and Class III | prices established pursuant to the northeast marketing area milk | marketing order, the base minimum price plus any amounts | established by the Maine Milk Commission to reflect the increased | costs of production pursuant to section 2954, subsection 2, | paragraph A. |
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| | Sec. F-27. 7 MRSA §3152, sub-§4-A, as repealed and replaced by PL | 2001, c. 471, Pt. A, §10 and affected by §11, is amended to read: |
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| | 4-A. Eligible marketing cooperative. "Eligible marketing | cooperative" means an association of milk producers organized to | negotiate producer prices higher than the minimum producer prices | established pursuant to the northeast marketing area milk | marketing order and which that the commissioner has determined | will not, through its operation, evade, impair or undermine the | purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding Title 4, section 152, | subsection 9 and Title 5, section 10051, subsection 1, the | commissioner may revoke the eligible status of a marketing | cooperative upon a determination that it has through its | operation evaded, impaired or undermined the purposes of this | chapter. |
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| | Sec. F-28. 7 MRSA §3152, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 573, §4, is | amended to read: |
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| | 8. Northern Maine market producer. "Northern Maine market |
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