Section 62623.

For purposes of this chapter, the amounts owed to the producers shall be calculated as follows:

(a) Only shipments which occur during the first 35 days from the date of the earliest shipment for which a producer has not been paid shall be used.

(b) The minimum prices established in the stabilization and marketing plans applied to the usage assigned under the pooling plan shall be used for cooperative marketing associations.

(c) The price specified in the contract with the handler shall be used for manufacturing milk producers unless a lower price is contained in the stabilization and marketing plans, in which case the lower price shall be used.

(d) The minimum prices established in the stabilization and marketing plans shall be used for direct market milk producers who are not shipping their milk under the pooling plan.

(e) The quota, base, and overbase prices, as provided for in the pooling plan, shall be used for producers, other than cooperative marketing associations, who ship their milk directly to a handler.

(f) Deductions shall be made for those items which the handler customarily deducts from the payments, unless the deductions are in violation of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 61301), Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 61801), or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 62700), or the deductions are for voluntary assignments made by the producer.

(g) The producer's share of any bond recovery under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 61301) or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 61801) shall be deducted.

(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 190, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)