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The expenses of the Commission, including salaries and the per diem of such personnel as the Commission finds it necessary to employ to properly carry out its functions under this chapter shall be met by an assessment of not over five cents ($0.05) per 100 pounds of milk, and cream (converted to terms of milk) handled by distributors and not over five cents ($0.05) per 100 pounds of milk, and cream (converted to terms of milk) sold by producers; these assessments to be the same per 100 pounds on producers and distributors. The exact amount of each monthly or semimonthly assessment shall be determined by the Commission as necessary to cover its expenses. All assessments shall be paid at the time the distributors pay the producers for the milk. All officers and employees of the Commission, who handle funds of the Commission or who sign or countersign checks upon such funds, shall severally give bond in such amount and with such sureties as shall be determined by the Commission. The cost of the bonds shall be paid by the Commission and the Commission shall determine the amount and sufficiency of the bonds.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":297873,"text":"The Commission shall prepare an annual budget and shall collect the sums of money required for this budget from the licensed distributors in markets where the provisions of this chapter are in operation. The expenses of the Commission, including salaries and the per diem of such personnel as the Commission finds it necessary to employ to properly carry out its functions under this chapter shall be met by an assessment of not over five cents ($0.05) per 100 pounds of milk, and cream (converted to terms of milk) handled by distributors and not over five cents ($0.05) per 100 pounds of milk, and cream (converted to terms of milk) sold by producers; these assessments to be the same per 100 pounds on producers and distributors. The exact amount of each monthly or semimonthly assessment shall be determined by the Commission as necessary to cover its expenses. All assessments shall be paid at the time the distributors pay the producers for the milk. All officers and employees of the Commission, who handle funds of the Commission or who sign or countersign checks upon such funds, shall severally give bond in such amount and with such sureties as shall be determined by the Commission. The cost of the bonds shall be paid by the Commission and the Commission shall determine the amount and sufficiency of the bonds.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14887,"edition_id":1,"name":"Milk Commission","identifier":"32","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13102,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:35","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:35","permalink":{"id":195445,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14887,"identifier":"32","token":"3.2\/III\/32","url":"\/3.2\/III\/32\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13102,"edition_id":1,"name":"Production and Sale of Agricultural Products","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12793,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","permalink":{"id":195443,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13102,"identifier":"III","token":"3.2\/III","url":"\/3.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12793,"edition_id":1,"name":"Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food","identifier":"3.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":193939,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12793,"identifier":"3.2","token":"3.2","url":"\/3.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":62477,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3200","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-3200\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3200","metadata":false},{"id":60138,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3201","catch_line":"Milk Commission; 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It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 110; in 1966, chapter 702; in 1974, chapter 467; in 1986, chapter 408; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195523,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83115,"identifier":"3.2-3219","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3219","url":"\/3.2-3219\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3219\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3219","dublin_core":{"Title":"Annual budget; assessment of distributors and producers; bond requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3219","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall prepare an annual budget and shall collect the sums of money required for this budget from the licensed <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span> in <span class=\"dictionary\">markets<\/span> where the provisions of this chapter are in operation. The expenses of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, including salaries and the per diem of such personnel as the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> finds it necessary to employ to properly carry out its functions under this chapter shall be met by an assessment of not over five cents ($0.05) per 100 pounds of <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span>, and cream (converted to terms of <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span>) handled by <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span> and not over five cents ($0.05) per 100 pounds of <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span>, and cream (converted to terms of <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span>) sold by <span class=\"dictionary\">producers<\/span>; these assessments to be the same per 100 pounds on <span class=\"dictionary\">producers<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span>. The exact amount of each monthly or semimonthly assessment shall be determined by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> as necessary to cover its expenses. All assessments shall be paid at the time the <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span> pay the <span class=\"dictionary\">producers<\/span> for the <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span>. All officers and employees of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, who handle funds of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> or who sign or countersign checks upon such funds, shall severally give <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> in such amount and with such sureties as shall be determined by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>. The cost of the <span class=\"dictionary\">bonds<\/span> shall be paid by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> and the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall determine the amount and sufficiency of the <span class=\"dictionary\">bonds<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANNUAL BUDGET; ASSESSMENT OF DISTRIBUTORS AND PRODUCERS; BOND REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7\n3.2-3219)\n\nThe Commission shall prepare an annual budget and shall collect the sums of\nmoney required for this budget from the licensed distributors in markets where\nthe provisions of this chapter are in operation. The expenses of the Commission,\nincluding salaries and the per diem of such personnel as the Commission finds it\nnecessary to employ to properly carry out its functions under this chapter shall\nbe met by an assessment of not over five cents ($0.05) per 100 pounds of milk,\nand cream (converted to terms of milk) handled by distributors and not over five\ncents ($0.05) per 100 pounds of milk, and cream (converted to terms of milk)\nsold by producers; these assessments to be the same per 100 pounds on producers\nand distributors. The exact amount of each monthly or semimonthly assessment\nshall be determined by the Commission as necessary to cover its expenses. All\nassessments shall be paid at the time the distributors pay the producers for the\nmilk. All officers and employees of the Commission, who handle funds of the\nCommission or who sign or countersign checks upon such funds, shall severally\ngive bond in such amount and with such sureties as shall be determined by the\nCommission. The cost of the bonds shall be paid by the Commission and the\nCommission shall determine the amount and sufficiency of the bonds.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-373; 1958, c. 110; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-452; 1974, c.\n467; 1986, c. 408; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}