Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF0854

E "Minnesota Dairy Supply Management Act"; establishing the milk control board
to be appointed by the governor, specifying certain membership prohibitions,
requiring housing in the department of agriculture for administrative purposes
and requiring the commissioner of agriculture to serve as fiscal agent to the
board; requiring and providing for the board to assess certain fees against
dairy producers and distributors for administrative costs, requiring rules and
deposit of the assessments in the milk price control account in the agricultural
fund; requiring districts to elect producer committees to address producer
issues and make recommendations to the board; requiring the board to establish
minimum producer prices for the different classes of milk, specifying a minimum
price per hundredweight for a certain class of milk and certain formula
establishment requirements; providing for board establishment of a quota plan or
a statewide payment pooling arrangement upon demonstrated need, hearing
requirements; providing for enforcement, imposing penalties and authorizing
fines for violations, requiring deposit of fines in the milk price control
account and providing for certain remedies in the district court; specifying
certain distributor recordkeeping requirements; severability clause (ra, ja)