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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1420 By: Archer
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to agriculture; amending 2 O.S. 2021,
Section 7-415, which relates to raw milk fees;
changing fee amounts; and proving an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 7 -415, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 7-415. A. A fee of one cent ($0.01) two cents ($0.02)
shall be assessed on each one hundred (100) pounds of raw milk
produced in this state. Each co -op, marketing agent, or processing
plant where the raw milk is not collected by a co -op or marketing
agent, doing business in Oklahoma shall pay the fees each cal endar
month to the Commissioner of Agriculture to be credited to the Milk
and Milk Products Inspection Revolving Fund of the State Treasury.
B. There is hereby assessed a fee of one cent ($0.01) two cents
($0.02) on each one hundred (100) pounds of Grade A milk or milk
products processed or offered for retail sale in Oklahoma. Each
milk plant doing business in Oklahoma shall pay the fees each
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calendar month to the Commissioner to be credited to the Milk and
Milk Products Inspection Revolving Fund of the S tate Treasury.
C. A There is hereby assessed a fee assessed of four cents
($0.04) on each one hundred (100) pounds o f milk or milk products
produced or processed in another state and imported into Oklahoma
shall be the same amount assessed on milk or milk products shipped
to that state from Oklahoma . The person shipping or causing the
shipment of milk or milk products shall be responsible for paying
the fees semi-annually on January 1 and July 1 of each year to the
Commissioner and be credited to the Milk and Milk Products
Inspection Revolving Fund of the State Treasury.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-7135 JL 01/17/23