- (1) Pursuant to 81-23-202, MCA, the following assessment is levied: a fee of $0.14 per hundredweight per month, with a minimum of $50.00 per month, whichever is greater, or a maximum of $1,050.00 per month, on the volume of all classes of milk produced and sold by a person licensed by the Milk and Egg Bureau of the department, to be used for the administration of the milk inspection and milk diagnostic laboratory functions of the department. For a person licensed both as a dairy and as another licensee, only one assessment will be levied, whichever assessment is higher.
- (2) The fee assessed in (1) must be paid before the 25th day of each month for milk sold in the preceding month.
- (3) The fee assessed in (1) must be paid to the department in accordance with ARM 32.23.102(1).
Authorizing statute(s): 81-1-102, 81-23-202, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 81-1-102, 81-23-202, MCA
History: NEW, 2015 MAR p. 1908, Eff. 10/30/15; AMD, 2016 MAR p. 1260, Eff. 7/23/16.