Neb. Admin. Code tit. 484 — Dairy Industry Development Board

Chapter 1 Dairy Industry Development Board Regulations

Neb. Admin. Code tit. 484, ch. 1 Dairy Industry Development Board Regulations {#sec-484-nac-1 omnilex-key=us-ne-regs-official--title-484--484 NAC 1}

001 Mandatory Assessments .

001.01 Payment. Payment of mandatory assessments shall be made to the Board as set forth in the Dairy Industry Development Act.

001.02 Remittance. The Board shall accept remittances or credits as set forth in the Act.

001.03 Reporting. The Board may audit records of first purchasers, producers and their agents pursuant to the Act.

002 Refunds .

002.01 Refund Request. Producers desiring the redirection of their mandatory checkoff assessment under Neb. Rev. Stat. §2-3958(1) shall make a refund request to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 94947, Lincoln, NE, 68509. Refund requests shall be received within sixty days of the date of assessment. A refund request shall contain the following:

002.01A Proof that an assessment has been deducted by a first purchaser, in the form of a copy of a settlement form or check stub, clearly indicating the nature, purpose and amount of the deducted assessment, and the date deducted.

002.01B A statement indicating whether the checkoff assessment is to be redirected to the National Dairy Board or a qualified program designated by the producer.

002.01C If the producer requests that the checkoff assessment be redirected to a qualified program, proof that such program is a "qualified program" as defined pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §2-3949(8).

002.02 If a producer designates a qualified program in a redirection request rather than the National Dairy Board, the Board shall verify whether the producer's designee is a qualified program as set forth under Neb. Rev. Stat. §2-3949(8).

002.03 If the program designated by the producer is a qualified program under Neb. Rev. Stat. §2-3949(8), funding shall be disbursed after a contract is entered into between the Board and the qualified program.

003 Annotation . Neb. Rev . Stat. §§2-3948 to 2-3963.