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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 260 MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
260.821 Inspection fee -- Statements and records -- Penalties for late fees.
Download pdfof one-half cent ($0.005) per hundredweight from the producer's payment and shall
transfer these funds to the director.
(a) The deduction shall be identified as "Inspection Fee."
(b) Each handler shall file on forms approved by the director, not later than the last day of January, April, July, and October of each year, a quarterly
statement, setting forth the pounds of milk on which payment was issued to
permitted producers during the preceding calendar quarter, and upon filing the
statement shall transfer the inspection fee payment. (c) Each handler shall keep the records required by the director to accurately indicate the amount of milk for which payments were issued to permitted
producers. (2) For the financing of the processors' share of this program, handlers shall pay to the director an inspection fee at the rate of one-half cent ($0.005) per hundredweight on
all milk received by processor locations in Kentucky.
(a) Each handler shall file on forms approved by the director, not later than the last day of January, April, July, and October of each year, a quarterly
statement, setting forth the pounds of all milk received by processor locations
in Kentucky during the preceding calendar quarter, and upon filing the
statement shall make the inspection fee payment. (b) Each handler shall keep the records required by the director to accurately indicate the amount of milk delivered to or received by processor locations in
Kentucky. (c) This fee shall not in any way be passed back to producers. If the fee is found to have been passed back to producers, violators may be penalized as set forth
in KRS 260.992, along with other actions that may be taken by the director
under KRS 260.775 to 260.845. (3) Inspection fees that are due and have not been remitted to the director within fifteen (15) days following the due date shall be assessed a penalty fee as set forth in KRS
260.992. Assessment of this penalty fee shall not prevent the director from taking
other actions under KRS 260.775 to 260.845. (4) Fees collected shall be used to help pay for a portion of the costs of inspection, analysis, and other expenses necessary for the administration of KRS 260.775 to
260.845. Effective: January 1, 2001
History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 229, sec. 17, effective January 1, 2001.
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