Section 62623 Of Article 7. Producer Claims From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 21. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2.5. >> Article 7.
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. For purposes of this chapter, the amounts owed to the
producers shall be calculated as follows:
(a) Only shipments which occur during the first 35 days from the
date of the earliest shipment for which a producer has not been paid
shall be used.
(b) The minimum prices established in the stabilization and
marketing plans applied to the usage assigned under the pooling plan
shall be used for cooperative marketing associations.
(c) The price specified in the contract with the handler shall be
used for manufacturing milk producers unless a lower price is
contained in the stabilization and marketing plans, in which case the
lower price shall be used.
(d) The minimum prices established in the stabilization and
marketing plans shall be used for direct market milk producers who
are not shipping their milk under the pooling plan.
(e) The quota, base, and overbase prices, as provided for in the
pooling plan, shall be used for producers, other than cooperative
marketing associations, who ship their milk directly to a handler.
(f) Deductions shall be made for those items which the handler
customarily deducts from the payments, unless the deductions are in
violation of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 61301), Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 61801), or Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 62700), or the deductions are for voluntary assignments made
by the producer.
(g) The producer's share of any bond recovery under Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 61301) or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
61801) shall be deducted.