| | | 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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