§ 104.54. Accounting, payment and verification procedures.
(a) Assessment statement. The Program will provide producers with assessment statement forms with which to verify the acreage, or the square-footage in the case of greenhouse-grown vegetables, of vegetables which the producer raises within a particular marketing season. The Program will provide these forms upon request and make these forms available for producers to download from the Program’s web site at www.paveggies.org. An assessment statement form will require the following information of a producer with respect to each marketing season:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the producer.
(2) The marketing season with respect to which the form is submitted.
(3) The number of acres of vegetables raised by the producer for processing or fresh market use and sold within that marketing season.
(4) The square footage of greenhouse-grown vegetables raised by the producer and sold within that marketing season.
(5) The calculation of the amount of producer charges owed the Program by the producer.
(6) The date upon which the form was completed.
(7) A verification, signed by the person submitting the form, confirming the accuracy of the information provided.
(b) Deadline for producers. A producer shall mail or deliver to the Program a completed assessment statement form and any producer charges due the Program no later than January 31 immediately following the applicable marketing season.
(c) Form of payment. Payments of producer charges shall be by check or money order made payable to ‘‘PA Vegetable Marketing and Research Program.’’
(d) Address. Assessment statement forms and payments of producer charges shall be mailed or delivered to:
Department of Agriculture Bureau of Market Development Attn: Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program 2301 North Cameron Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-9408
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 104.55 (relating to responsibilities of the producer); and 7 Pa. Code § 104.57 (relating to penalties for noncompliance).
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