                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ANNUAL BUDGET; ASSESSMENT OF DISTRIBUTORS AND PRODUCERS; BOND REQUIREMENTS (§
3.2-3219)

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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-373; 1958, c. 110; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-452; 1974, c.
467; 1986, c. 408; 2008, c. 860.