Michigan Laws 290.562 – Grower assessment on beans grown and produced
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(1) A grower assessment of 10 cents per hundredweight, when sold or shipped, is levied and imposed upon all beans grown and produced in this state in the year 2000, and annually thereafter. The grower or certified seed grower shall pay the assessment.
(2) The first receiver who purchases or receives beans from growers shall deduct the assessment from the price paid and remit it to the commission on or before the fifteenth of the following month.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 290.562
- Beans: means Michigan dry, edible beans, except soybeans. See Michigan Laws 290.551
- Commission: means the Michigan bean commission. See Michigan Laws 290.551
- Grower: means any business unit, including a family operation, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, or other business organization engaged in the business of producing beans for sale within 1 of the past 3 years. See Michigan Laws 290.551
- month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(3) The commission may set a reasonable fee for the collecting of assessments from growers.
(4) Money levied and collected under this act shall be spent for purposes authorized by this act.