(1) The fixed annual assessment on all varieties of alfalfa seed subject to this marketing order shall be 75 cents per hundredweight of cleaned seed, which shall be paid by the producer thereof upon each and every unit sold, marketed, or delivered for sale by him.
(2) First handlers or purchasers shall collect assessments at time of payment for seed from producers whose production they handle and remit the same to the board in accordance with procedures adopted by the board.
Producers and producer-handlers who ship their alfalfa seed direct to handlers outside of the state of Washington shall remit assessments to the board at time of shipment.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
15.65.047 and chapter
34.05 RCW. WSR 23-01-056, § 16-529-140, filed 12/14/22, effective 7/1/23. Statutory Authority: Chapter
15.65 RCW. WSR 79-07-061 (Order 1639), § 16-529-140, filed 6/27/79, effective 8/1/79; Order 1, Article IV, § A, filed 3/13/75, effective 7/1/75.]