PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3768 | PRINTER'S NO. 3923 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. | 1996 | Session of 2014 |
INTRODUCED BY LAWRENCE, MAHER, AUMENT, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, CLYMER, COHEN, COX, CUTLER, DENLINGER, FEE, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GREINER, C. HARRIS, HICKERNELL, LONGIETTI, LUCAS, MENTZER, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, PARKER, PICKETT, ROCK, SWANGER, TOOHIL, WATSON, WHITE AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 18, 2014
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JULY 1, 2014
AN ACT
1Amending the act of April 28, 1937 (P.L.417, No.105), entitled,
2as amended, "An act relating to milk and the products
3thereof; creating a Milk Marketing Board; establishing its
4jurisdiction, powers and duties; regulating the production,
5transportation, manufacturing, processing, storage,
6distribution, delivery and sale of milk and certain products
7thereof; providing for the licensing of milk dealers and the
8payment of fees therefor; requiring milk dealers to file
9bonds to secure payment for milk to producers and certain
10milk dealers; authorizing the holding of hearings and the
11issuance of subpoenas by the board; conferring jurisdiction
12upon courts to punish contempts and to prohibit violations of
13this act and of rules, regulations and orders of the board;
14authorizing the board to adopt rules, regulations and orders,
15and to enter into interstate and Federal compacts; requiring
16persons who weigh, measure, sample or test milk to procure
17permits or certificates, to take examinations, to pay fees
18therefor, to furnish certain notices, records and statements,
19and to use certain methods of weighing, measuring, sampling
20and testing; authorizing the board to examine the business,
21papers and premises of milk dealers and producers, requiring
22the keeping of records and the filing of reports by milk
23dealers, and permitting, with limitations, the use of
24information obtained thereby; authorizing the board to fix
25prices for milk and certain milk products subject to the
26approval of the Governor, and conferring certain powers upon
27the Governor with respect thereto; providing for appeals to
28the courts from decisions of the board, and for the burden of
29proof upon such appeals; prescribing penalties, fines and
30imprisonment for violations of this act and rules,
1regulations and orders of the board; defining perjury;
2defining remedies; repealing legislation supplied and
3superseded by this act, and saving rights, duties and
4proceedings thereunder; and making appropriations," in prices
5of milk, further providing for terms and method of payment.
6The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7hereby enacts as follows:
8Section 1. Section 806 of the act of April 28, 1937
9(P.L.417, No.105), known as the Milk Marketing Law, amended July
1031, 1968 (P.L.963, No.294), is amended to read:
11Section 806. Terms and Method of Payment.--(a) The board
12may likewise fix, by official order, the terms upon which milk
13dealers shall pay producers and others for milk, may prescribe
14the method of computing payment therefor, and may prescribe a
15form of written statement to be sent to producers with each
16payment.
17(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the board shall require
<-18that milk dealers, including cooperatives making payment to
19producers, to provide a written statement to each producer with
20each payment for milk<-, which shall include the specific amount
21of State-mandated premium included in the payment for milk. The
22amount shall be separate and distinct from and may not be
23substituted for or commingled with any amount paid as a bonus or
24other premium. For the purpose of this subsection, a State-
25mandated premium shall mean any specific component of the
26minimum wholesale or retail price established by the board and
27collected with the intention of being paid to producers of milk
28that is produced, processed and sold in this Commonwealth for
29any class of milk as determined by the board.
30Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.