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Chapter 240

H.P. 383 - L.D. 499

PART OOO

Sec. OOO-1. 7 MRSA §3153-B, sub-§3,  as amended by PL 2005, c. 382, Pt. F, §34, is further amended to read:

3. Determination of target prices.   The Maine Milk Commission shall establish 3 tiers of production, each representing a range of annual production. The commission shall use the most recent studies conducted in accordance with section 2952-A, subsection 3, paragraph A to estimate the short-run break-even point within each tier.

The Maine Milk Commission may establish and amend target prices through rulemaking. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. OOO-2. Interim target prices. Beginning July 1, 2007 and until the Maine Milk Commission updates the Maine producer cost-of-production data and calculates new target prices in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 7, section 3153-B, subsection 3, the target prices for milk producers in the State are as follows:

1. For the first 21,355 hundredweight produced per year by each producer, the target price is $20.70 per hundredweight;

2. For production from 21,356 hundredweight to 49,079 hundredweight per year, the target price is $18.07 per hundredweight; and

3. For production in excess of 49,079 hundredweight per year, the target price is $17.29 per hundredweight.

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