Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        RESOLUTION 2--H.F.No. 46
 A resolution memorializing the President and Congress 
to repeal the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to 
deduct 50 cents per hundredweight from milk producer 
payments. 
    WHEREAS, the Congress has authorized the Secretary of 
Agriculture to deduct 50 cents per hundredweight from payments 
to milk producers; and 
    WHEREAS, this deduction is costing Minnesota dairy farmers 
$50,000,000 per year at the present level; and 
    WHEREAS, the cost to Minnesota milk producers will rise to 
$100,000,000 per year or $4,000 per dairy farm if the assessment 
is doubled in April; and 
    WHEREAS, the deduction is increasing the level of milk 
production rather than causing a reduction in output as was 
intended; NOW, THEREFORE, 
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota 
that Congress should speedily enact legislation to repeal the 
deduction and create a fair dairy program that serves the needs 
of farmers and consumers alike. 
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the 
State of Minnesota is instructed to transmit certified copies of 
this resolution to the President of the United States, the 
President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States, the 
Speaker and Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the 
United States and to Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in 
Congress. 
    Approved March 29, 1983