THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 

 Chapter 94, Sections 42A Thru 4-2 J 



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LAW GOVERNING THE FILING OF BONDS OR OTHER SECURITY TO PROTECT MASSACHUSETl 

 DAIRY FARMERS AGAINST LOSS OF PAYMENTS FOR MILK. 



Section 42A. The following words, as used in this section and 

 in sections forty-two B to forty-two J inclusive, shall, xinless the 

 context otherwise requires, have the following meanings: — 



"Bond", a surety bond. 



"Commissioner", the commissioner of agriculture. 



"Cooperative association", a duly incorporated organization of dairy 

 farmers which the commissioner determines to be qualified under the 

 provisions of the Act of Congress of February 18, 1922, known as the 

 "Capper — Volstead Act", and to be engaged, by virtue of a membership 

 agreement or contract in full force and effect, in making collective sales 

 of, or marketing, milk or its products for producers, 



"Note", a secured promissory note in a form acceptable to the 

 commissioner. 



"Pay period", the period in any month from the first to the fifteenth 

 ) day inclusive or from the sixteenth to the final day inclusive. 



"Person", any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or 

 any other business unit. 



"Producer", any person engaged in the commercial production of milk 

 on a place or premises within the confines of the commonwealth, including, 

 to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by the commissioner, a 

 cooperative association which represents any such person in the marketing 

 of his milk. 



"Receive" or "receipt", the act of any person, licensed or required 

 to be licensed under the provisions of chapter 94A of the General Laws, 

 by which raw milk is first accepted or caused to be accepted from a 

 producer. 



No person shall receive milk from producers unless licensed to do 

 so by the commissioner. Application for such license shall be made on 

 or before March first in each year for the license year beginning 

 June first following, or at any time later than March first in any year 

 for the balance of the license year after the date of issue of the license, 

 which date shall be at least two months subsequent to the filing of the 

 application. Such application shall be made upon a form prescribed by 

 the commissioner, and shall contain a statement of such information as 

 he may require to aid him in fixing the amoiont of the bond or other 

 secxirity hereinafter required. Such statement shall be made under the 

 \v penalties of perjury by the applicant, if an individual, and, if the 

 V applicant is a corporation, by its president and treasurer. A license 



Publication #5278 Approved by Alfred C. Holland, State Purchasing Agent 



