Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 104.16 - Accounting and payment(a)Annual statement. The Program will provide the producer with annual statement forms with which to verify the producer's name and address, whether the producer is an affected producer and the number of acres of planted potatoes that are subject to the producer charge. The affected producer shall complete and submit the annual statement form in accordance with this section.(b)Form of payment. Payment of a producer charge shall be by check or money order made payable to the "PA Potato Research Program."(c)Address. The annual statement form and payment described in subsections (a) and (b) shall be mailed or delivered to: Department of Agriculture Bureau of Market Development Attn: PA Potato Research Program 2301 North Cameron Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-9408
(d)Deadline. The annual statement form and payment described in subsections (a) and (b) shall be postmarked and mailed, or actually delivered to the Program, by July 31 of the calendar year in which the potatoes were planted.(e)Penalty for noncompliance. An affected producer who fails to mail or deliver the required annual statement form as described in subsection (a), and the producer charges owed the Program within 30 days of the due date, as described in subsection (d), shall be required to pay a penalty of at least $100 but not more than $500, and as nearly equivalent to 100% of the amount of the delinquent producer charges as is practicable. An action seeking the imposition of a penalty, plus payment of producer charges owed the Program, may be brought in the appropriate magisterial district. A penalty imposed shall be in addition to the delinquent producer charges owed the Program.The provisions of this §104.16 adopted July 26, 1996, effective 7/27/1996, 26 Pa.B. 3534. This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 104.15 (relating to responsibility for payment of producer charge).