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receive an initial redistribution equivalent to that received | | by Maine producers who are members of eligible marketing | | cooperatives. The commissioner shall consider the following | | factors: |
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| | | (1) The gross rate of redistribution used by eligible | | marketing cooperatives to calculate payment to their | | members; |
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| | | (2) Reasonable administrative and other charges deducted | | by eligible marketing cooperatives from the | | redistributions made to their members; |
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| | | (3) The timing of the redistributions made by an eligible | | marketing cooperative to its members; and |
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| | | (4) Such other factors as may be relevant to the goal of | | achieving, insofar as practicable, price equity among | | producers. |
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| | | B. The commissioner shall redistribute the remainder of the | over-order premium amount paid into the Maine Milk Pool | | under subsection 2, paragraph C on an equal basis to | | eligible Maine market producers and eligible Boston market | | producers; except that if any Maine market producer or | | Boston market producer receives an additional premium other | | than one attributable to the activity of an eligible | | marketing cooperative, the commissioner shall credit that | | additional premium against the redistribution to which that | | producer would otherwise be entitled under this paragraph in | | order to avoid potential inequities arising from equal | | redistribution. |
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| | | C. If the commissioner determines that the basis for | | redistribution adopted by an eligible marketing cooperative | | is disadvantageous to Maine producers belonging to that | | cooperative, that the cooperative has not made | | redistributions to its Maine members in a timely manner or | | that the administrative or other fees deducted by the | cooperative from redistributions to its member members are | excessive, unjust or unreasonable, he the commissioner may | | commence proceedings to revoke the eligible status of the | cooperative pursuant to section 3152, subsection 6 3155-B. |
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| | | D. The commissioner shall, by rule, adopt such procedures as are | | necessary to implement this subsection. If the commissioner | | determines that payments from the pool will be made to dairies, | | cooperatives or some other entity as a representative of | | producers, then the dairy, cooperative or other representative | | shall pay to the producer the amount |
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