Section 62574.

Immediately following the payment to the fund of the increment provided in Section 62573, if the secretary determines that there is a fund surplus, the secretary may, after consultation with the Trust Fund Board, transfer an amount equal to the increment referenced in the section to an account administered by the Dairy Marketing Branch of the department to be used to reduce the producer and handler assessments that would otherwise be imposed pursuant to Article 14 (commencing with Section 62211) of Chapter 2. One-half of the increment so transferred shall be used to reduce the obligation of producers and one-half shall be used to reduce the obligation of handlers pursuant to that article.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 505, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2007.)