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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 183A.6A SUSPENSION OF
1 2 ASSESSMENT.
1 3 1. As used in this section, "market price" means the price
1 4 paid by buyers in this state and southern Minnesota for
1 5 porcine animals per hundredweight on a live basis according to
1 6 market news reports published by the agricultural marketing
1 7 service of the United States department of agriculture.
1 8 2. The secretary shall declare the suspension of an
1 9 assessment if the market price is less than thirty dollars for
1 10 thirty consecutive days. The secretary shall terminate the
1 11 declaration and reinstate the assessment, if the market price
1 12 is thirty dollars or more for thirty consecutive days.
1 13 3. A producer who owns an average of less than five
1 14 thousand porcine animals during the last twelve months shall
1 15 be excused from paying the assessment for the effective period
1 16 of the declaration. Any assessment otherwise required to be
1 17 paid by the producer during the period shall be waived.
1 18 4. The first purchaser shall submit an acknowledgment by
1 19 the producer to the council in a form and in a manner required
1 20 by the council. The acknowledgment shall include information
1 21 about the producer, the size of the producer's herd of porcine
1 22 animals, and the date of sale. The acknowledgment must be
1 23 signed by the producer. The acknowledgment must include a
1 24 notice printed in twelve-point bold type, providing
1 25 substantially the following language:
1 26 ACKNOWLEDGMENT
1 27 BY SIGNING THIS FORM, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE EXEMPT FROM
1 28 PAYING THE ASSESSMENT ON PORCINE ANIMALS UNDER THE SECRETARY
1 29 OF AGRICULTURE'S DECLARATION OF SUSPENSION. IN ORDER TO BE
1 30 ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION, YOU CANNOT HAVE OWNED MORE THAN
1 31 FIVE THOUSAND PORCINE ANIMALS AT ANY TIME DURING THE LAST
1 32 TWELVE MONTHS. KNOWINGLY CLAIMING A FALSE EXEMPTION BY
1 33 SIGNING THIS FORM IS A SIMPLE MISDEMEANOR.
1 34 5. A producer shall not sign an acknowledgment knowing
1 35 that the producer is not eligible to be excused under this
2 1 section from paying an assessment.
2 2 EXPLANATION
2 3 This bill amends Code chapter 183A which imposes an
2 4 assessment (commonly referred to as a checkoff) on the sale of
2 5 porcine animals. This bill provides that the secretary of
2 6 agriculture shall declare the suspension of an assessment if
2 7 the market price for porcine animals is less than $30 for 30
2 8 consecutive days, according to market news reports published
2 9 by the United States department of agriculture. The secretary
2 10 must terminate the declaration and reinstate the assessment if
2 11 the market price is $30 or more for 30 consecutive days. The
2 12 suspension applies to a producer who owns an average of less
2 13 than 5,000 porcine animals at any time during the last 12
2 14 months. The buyer must submit an acknowledgment by the
2 15 producer to the council in a form and in a manner required by
2 16 the council stating that the producer qualifies for the
2 17 exemption. A producer who knowingly signs a false
2 18 acknowledgment is guilty of a simple misdemeanor pursuant to
2 19 Code section 183A.13.
2 20 LSB 1695YH 78
2 21 da/sc/14
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