Montana Code 80-11-308. Payment of assessment
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80-11-308. Payment of assessment. All assessments levied and imposed under 80-11-307 must be paid to the department of agriculture by the person, either grower or dealer, by whom the alfalfa seed is first handled in the primary channels of trade and must be paid at times that the department may by rule prescribe but not later than 60 days from the date on which the grower received payment for the alfalfa seed. If the party first handling the alfalfa seed in the primary channels of trade is a person other than the grower, that party may charge against or recover from the grower of the alfalfa seed the full amount of any assessment levied and imposed under 80-11-307.
Terms Used In Montana Code 80-11-308
- Dealer: means any person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative, or other business unit or device that first handles, packs, ships, buys, and sells alfalfa seed or that acts as sales or purchasing agent, broker, or factor of alfalfa seed. See Montana Code 80-11-303
- Grower: means any landowner personally engaged in growing alfalfa seed, a tenant personally engaged in growing alfalfa seed, or both the owner and the tenant jointly, and includes a person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative organization, trust, sharecropper, or any and all other business units, devices, and arrangements that grow alfalfa seed or are engaged in the pollination of alfalfa seed. See Montana Code 80-11-303
- Handled in the primary channels of trade: means the time when any alfalfa seed is delivered under a sales contract, sold, or delivered for shipment and sale. See Montana Code 80-11-303
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201