§ 1079.86 - Deduction for marketing services.

(a) Except as set forth in paragraph (b) of this section, each handler in making payments to each producer (other than himself) pursuant to § 1079.73, shall deduct 6 cents per hundredweight, or such lesser amount as the Secretary may prescribe with respect to all milk received from the producers’ farms during the month, and shall pay such deductions to the market administrator on or before the 15th day after the end of such month. Such moneys shall be expended by the market administrator to provide for market information and to verify the weights, samples, and tests of milk of producers who are not receiving such services from a cooperative association.

(b) In the case of producers for whom a cooperative association is actually performing the services set forth in paragraph (a) of this section, each handler shall make, in lieu of the deduction specified in pargrah (a) of this section, such deductions from the payments to be made to such producers as may be authorized by the membership agreement or marketing contract between such cooperative association and such producers and on or before the 15th day after the end of each month shall pay such deductions to the cooperative association rendering such services, accompanied by a statement showing the quantity of milk for which a deduction was computed for each producer.