The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
001
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VERMONT MILK COMMISSION
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 2927)
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§ 2927. Interstate conferences and compacts
The Commission shall have power to confer and agree with legally constituted similar
boards or authorities of other states, or agencies of the federal government, and
to adopt necessary rules to effect a uniformity in regulation and ensure an adequate
and proper supply of fluid dairy products in Vermont; also to confer with similar
boards or other authorities of other states or of the United States with respect to
uniform milk control of milk produced in this State and handled in interstate commerce
and may exercise all the powers set forth in this section for such purpose as well
as, but not limited by, the following powers:
(1) To conduct joint investigations and hearings and to issue joint or concurrent orders
or enter into agreements or compacts subject to congressional approval and amendments
to agreements or compacts. Also to employ or designate a joint agent or agencies to
enforce such order or compacts. No such compact or order or any amendment to such
order shall be effective, however, until the Commission finds that it is approved
by two- thirds of the producers of this State whose milk is consumed in whole or in
part in an area designated by the compact.
(2) To make rules and orders and prescribe procedures for ascertaining approval of producers,
where required, by stipulation, direct referendum, or otherwise as the commission
may determine.
(3) To require payment by handlers of their pro rata shares of the expenses involved in
the operation of such order or compact.
(4) To provide for classification of milk in accordance with the form in which it is used
or moved with uniform minimum prices or methods of fixing such prices for each class;
for payment to all producers and associations of producers delivering milk to handlers
of uniform prices irrespective of the use made by the handler to whom delivered, subject
to adjustments for grade, location, and butterfat content; for adjustment by the handlers
with the joint agent in order to ensure uniformity in and equalization of prices as
between producers and handlers; compensation for services to producers; and to make
such joint rules by compact or otherwise as may be incidental to the foregoing and
not inconsistent thereto and as may be necessary to effectuate the powers enumerated
in this section. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 45; amended 1991, No. 17, § 8(a), eff. April 4, 1991; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 126, eff. July 1, 2022.)