§ 2721 - Handlers' licenses
§ 2721. Handlers' licenses
(a) The secretary may classify and issue licenses to milk handlers to carry on milk handling businesses including, but not limited to, the purchase, distribution or sale of milk, processing or manufacturing of milk, bargaining and collecting for the sale of milk, and dealing in or brokering milk.
(b) A milk handler shall not transact business in the state unless the milk handler secures and holds a handler's license from the secretary. The license shall terminate September 1 each year and shall be procured by August 15 of each year. The secretary shall furnish all forms for applications, licenses and bonds. The milk handler shall pay a license fee of $200.00 for an initial application or a license fee of $50.00 for a renewal application at the time the application is delivered to the secretary.
(c) An imitation dairy products handler shall not transact business in the state unless he or she secures and holds an imitation dairy product handler's license from the secretary. The license shall terminate September 1 each year and shall be procured by August 15 of each year. The secretary shall furnish all forms for applications, licenses and bonds. The imitation dairy products handler shall pay a license fee of $200.00 for an initial application or a license fee of $50.00 for a renewal application at the time the application is delivered to the secretary. (1965, No. 175, § 17; amended 1969, No. 73, § 3, eff. April 18, 1969; 1975, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 1977, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 28, 1978; 1987, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1989, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)