| | 3. Duties.__The commission shall: |
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| A.__Not less than once every 3 years, conduct independent | studies of the economics and practices of the milk industry | in order to assist the commission in establishing minimum | prices.__The studies must include the compilation of cost | data for farms at 3 different levels of production; and |
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| B. Ensure that distributors give 30 days' notice before | terminating delivery to any customer in their delivery area | or in the traditional delivery area of a distributor they | have purchased.__The 30-day notice does not apply to | cancellations resulting from a failure to pay bills. |
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| | 4. Authority; accounts and records.__To enable the commission | to perform its duties, the commission may inquire into the | management of the businesses of the producers, dealers and stores | to obtain from them all necessary information. Every producer, | dealer and store shall keep and render to the commission, at such | times and in such manner and form as may be prescribed by the | rules of the commission, accounts of all business transacted that | is related to the production, purchasing, processing, sale or | distribution of milk. Such accounts must reasonably reflect, in | such detail as the commission considers appropriate, income, | expense, assets, liabilities and such other accounting entries as | the commission considers necessary, to assist the commission in | making its determinations as to: |
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| A. Minimum prices generally; |
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| B. Separate minimum price categories to be established to | reflect different container costs; |
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| C. Separate minimum price categories to be established for | different quantities of milk packaged and sold in separate | containers; |
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| D. Separate minimum price categories to reflect identifiable | distribution costs; and |
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| E. All matters pertinent to the proper performance of its | duties. |
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| The commission shall adopt routine technical rules that establish | procedures to enable the commission to inspect the records, books | and accounts of dealers, producers and stores at their various | offices and places of business at reasonable times.__Rules | adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules | as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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