Section 57401 Of Chapter 11. Dairy Cattle Supply Lien From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 11.
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. (a) The definitions in this section govern the construction
of this chapter.
(b) "Feed or materials" means commercial feed, grain, forage, feed
ingredients, mineral feed, drugs, animal health products,
customer-formula feed, any mixture or preparation for feeding
animals, any of the constituent nutrients of an animal ration, or any
other food which is used for the feeding of dairy cattle.
(c) "Person obligated on any proceeds" means a handler, as defined
in Section 61826, who is in possession of proceeds.
(d) "Proceeds" means funds derived from the sale of milk or milk
products which are payable to the lien debtor by the possessor of the
funds, except for any of the following:
(1) Deductions for taxes, fees, and assessments.
(2) Funds due or owing milk processing cooperative associations
organized and operating pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with
Section 54001).
(3) Funds retained by the cooperative association.
(4) Deductions made pursuant to a court order.
(5) Deductions due or owing the buyer of the milk for hauling
services provided by the buyer pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section
62096 and deductions due or owing the buyer for the testing of milk
for purposes of payment pursuant to Section 34231.
(e) "Raising or maintaining of dairy cattle" means feeding,
pasturing, caring for, and managing dairy cattle kept or raised for
use or profit.
(f) "Reasonable or agreed charges" means the agreed price, if any,
for the feed and materials sold to the lien debtor, at the lien
debtor's request. If there is no agreed price or a method for
determining price which is agreed upon, "reasonable or agreed charges"
means the reasonable value of the feed or materials as of the date
of delivery.