DATCP Contact
Questions and comments related to this rule may be directed to:
Dennis Fay
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
Telephone (608) 224-5006
E-Mail: dennis.fay@ wisconsin.gov
Where and when comments May Be Submitted
Questions and comments related to this rule may be directed to:
Dennis Fay
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
Telephone (608) 224-5006
Rule comments will be accepted up to two weeks after the last public hearing is held on this rule. Hearing dates will be scheduled after this proposed rule is approved by the DATCP Board.
Section 1. ATCP 142.05 (1) is amended to read:
ATCP 142.05 (1) Each producer for the first crop year for which the marketing order is effective shall be liable for an assessment of 5 cents ($0.05) per barrel on all cranberries produced during the crop year. Thereafter, the marketing order board shall annually determine the rate of assessment to be levied and collected, but in no event shall it exceed 10 15 cents ($0.10 $0.15) per barrel on all cranberries produced in 2015 and 2016, 20 cents ($0.20) per barrel on all cranberries produced in 2017 and 2018 and 25 cents on all cranberries produced during 2019 and thereafter. Number of barrels shall be determined on the basis of acreage and yields, scale tickets, invoices, bills of lading, or other sales or shipping documents, or any combination of the above.
SECTION 2. Effective date. The rules contained in this order shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin administrative register, as provided under s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats.
