ARTICLE 13. Bonding and Payment for Market Milk [62181. - 62202.]

Heading of Article 13 amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 156, Sec. 35.

§§ 62181–62202 · 23 sections

§ 62181 The bonds provided for in this article are required for each handler and apply to all purchases of milk by that handler. A handler bonded under this article is…
§ 62182 (a) Every handler that operates only one plant within the state, before purchasing any market milk from a producer, shall execute and deliver to the secretary…
§ 62183 If any handler so increases his purchases of market milk during the license year that such purchases exceed the amount for which the handler is bonded, such…
§ 62184 The bonds required by Sections 62182 and 62183 shall be upon a form approved by the director, and shall be conditioned upon the payment in the manner that is…
§ 62185 If a handler fails to pay any producer or producers for market milk in the manner that is required by this chapter, the director shall proceed forthwith to…
§ 62186 After determining the claims of such producers, the director shall bring an action on the bond on behalf of such producers. Any producer not satisfied with the…
§ 62186.1 (a) The director may bring an action against a surety bond company if the company fails to do any of the following: (1) Acknowledge promptly and act reasonably…
§ 62187 If a handler fails to pay any producer in the manner that is required by this chapter, the director may require the filing of a new or additional bond in an…
§ 62188 If recovery upon the bond is not sufficient to pay all of the claims as finally determined and adjudged by the court, any such amount recovered shall be…
§ 62189 The failure of any handler that purchases market milk from producers to execute and deliver the bond as provided and required in this article is a violation of…
§ 62190 Payments by a handler to a producer, for the purposes of any action on a handler’s bond or bonds for any year or years, shall be credited first to interest and…
§ 62191 (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 62193 or 62194, the purchase of any market milk in excess of 1,000 gallons monthly from any producer is an unlawful…
§ 62192 The production of market milk in excess of amounts provided to be purchased under contracts executed pursuant to Section 62191 shall be voluntary on the part…
§ 62193 Section 62191 does not apply to the purchase of market milk which is necessary to meet an unanticipated increase in demand or an unanticipated shortage in the…
§ 62194 Section 62191 does not apply to market milk purchased under cash-on-delivery terms.
§ 62195 The payment by a handler to any producer, including any nonprofit cooperative association acting as a producer, or the receipt from a handler by a producer,…
§ 62196 The failure of any handler to pay for market milk delivered to him or her at the time and in the manner specified in the contract with the producer is an…
§ 62197 This article applies regardless of the form in which market milk is received by the handler and regardless of the area of origin of the market milk.
§ 62198 Any contract between a producer and handler is voidable by the producer for a 45-day period following the occurrence of either of the following events: (a) The…
§ 62199 If a notice has been issued by the director that the future deliveries to the handler will not be covered under the Milk Producers Security Trust Fund created…
§ 62200 (a) Handlers shall pay producers either by check or cash. Handlers electing to pay producers by cash shall, in all cases, obtain a dated, signed receipt from…
§ 62201 (a) If a handler does not pay for market milk delivered to him or her at the time and in the manner specified in the contract, the handler shall pay the…
§ 62202 If a handler fails to pay for market milk delivered to him or her at the time and in the manner specified in this chapter, the director may assess a penalty…