SB430,2,1911 97.29 (4) (title) Food processing plants buying farm products vegetables
12from producers.
The department may not issue or renew a license to operate a food
13processing plant to any applicant who is a contractor, as defined in s. 100.03 (1) (f),
14unless the applicant has filed all financial information and any security that is
15required under s. 100.03. If an applicant has not filed all financial information and
16any security that is required under s. 100.03, the department may issue a conditional
17license under s. 93.06 (8) that prohibits the licensed operator from procuring farm
18products
vegetables from a producer or a producer's agent, but allows the operator
19to procure farm products vegetables from other sources.
SB430, s. 3 20Section 3. 100.03 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,2,22 21100.03 (title) Farm product Vegetable procurement; financial security;
22grading and tare.
SB430, s. 4 23Section 4. 100.03 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,2,2524 100.03 (1) (a) (intro.) "Affiliate" means any of the following persons or business
25entities that procures farm products vegetables for use by an operator:
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1Section 5. 100.03 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,3,62 100.03 (1) (f) "Contractor" means a person who buys farm products vegetables
3grown in this state from a producer, or who contracts with a producer to grow farm
4products
vegetables in this state, regardless of whether the contractor is located in
5this state or is engaged in food processing. "Contractor" does not include any of the
6following:
SB430,3,97 1. A person who procures fruits and vegetables primarily for unprocessed fresh
8market use and is licensed under the federal perishable agricultural commodities
9act, 7 USC 499.
SB430,3,1110 2. A restaurant or retail food establishment that procures farm products
11vegetables solely for retail sale at the restaurant or retail food establishment.
SB430, s. 6 12Section 6. 100.03 (1) (n) of the statutes is repealed.
SB430, s. 7 13Section 7. 100.03 (1) (v) to (wm) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB430,3,1714 100.03 (1) (v) "Payment on delivery" means cash payment of the full agreed
15price for a farm product vegetable when the farm product vegetable is tendered or
16delivered to a contractor, or cash payment of the full agreed price within 72 hours
17after delivery if the farm product vegetable is graded.
SB430,3,2118 (vm) "Procurement contract" means an oral or written agreement between a
19contractor and a producer, under which the contractor buys a farm product vegetable
20grown in this state from the producer or contracts with the producer to grow a farm
21product
vegetable in this state.
SB430,3,2322 (w) "Producer" means a person who produces and sells a farm product
23vegetable, or who grows a farm product vegetable under contract.
SB430,3,2524 (wm) "Producer claim" means a claim held by a producer for his or her farm
25products
vegetables.
SB430, s. 8
1Section 8. 100.03 (1) (zm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,4,42 100.03 (1) (zm) "Subsidiary" means a corporation or business entity that is
3owned, controlled or operated by an operator, and that procures a farm product
4vegetable for use by the operator.
SB430, s. 9 5Section 9. 100.03 (1) (zs) of the statutes is created to read:
SB430,4,86 100.03 (1) (zs) "Vegetable" means any vegetable that is grown or sold for use
7in food processing, whether or not that vegetable is actually processed as food.
8"Vegetable" includes sweet corn, but does not include grain.
SB430, s. 10 9Section 10. 100.03 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,4,1410 100.03 (3) (a) 2. Unless the department by rule establishes a different fee, a fee
11of one cent for each $100 in the total contractual obligations reported under sub. (4)
12(a). The fee under this subdivision is not required if all farm product vegetable
13grading is performed or supervised by the department under contract with the
14contractor.
SB430, s. 11 15Section 11. 100.03 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,4,2316 100.03 (3) (b) Surcharge for operating without a registration certificate. A
17contractor who applies for a registration certificate under sub. (2) shall pay a
18surcharge of $500 if the department determines that, within 365 days before
19submitting the application, the contractor procured a farm product vegetable from
20a producer without a registration certificate in violation of sub. (2). Payment of the
21surcharge does not relieve the contractor of any other civil or criminal liability that
22results from the procurement of the farm product vegetable, but it does not constitute
23evidence of any law violation.
SB430, s. 12 24Section 12. 100.03 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1100.03 (4) (a) The contractor's total paid and unpaid contractual obligations to
2producers, for farm products vegetables tendered or delivered, that have accrued
3during the registration year immediately preceding the registration year for which
4application is made.
SB430, s. 13 5Section 13. 100.03 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,5,156 100.03 (4) (c) The contractor's anticipated maximum liability to producers
7during the registration year for which application is made. The application shall
8state if the contractor anticipates a maximum liability of zero. If so, the application
9also shall state whether the contractor anticipates a maximum liability of zero
10because the contractor plans to make cash payment on delivery under every
11procurement contract, or because the contractor plans to procure all farm products
12vegetables from another contractor. A contractor shall immediately notify the
13department in writing if, at any time during the registration year, the contractor has
14reason to believe that the contractor's maximum liability will exceed the maximum
15liability previously anticipated and reported to the department.
SB430, s. 14 16Section 14. 100.03 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,5,2017 100.03 (4) (f) Whether the contractor is a producer-owned cooperative or
18organization doing business on a cooperative pooling basis with its producer owners,
19and whether the producer-owned cooperative or organization procures any farm
20products
vegetables from producers who are not its producer owners.
SB430, s. 15 21Section 15. 100.03 (5) (c) 1. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB430,5,2522 100.03 (5) (c) 1. A contractor who either plans to make payment on delivery for
23all farm products vegetables tendered or delivered by producers, or to procure all
24farm products vegetables from another contractor, and who submits a sworn and
25notarized statement to that effect under sub. (4) (c).
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13. A producer-owned cooperative or organization that procures farm products
2vegetables solely on a cooperative pooling basis from its producer owners, and that
3submits under sub. (4) a sworn and notarized statement to that effect.
SB430, s. 16 4Section 16. 100.03 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,6,95 100.03 (6) (b) 1. If a procurement contract does not specify a payment date in
6writing, the contractor shall pay a liability to a producer by the 15th day of the month
7immediately following the month in which the producer tendered or delivered the
8farm products vegetables under the contract, or by an earlier date agreed upon
9between the parties.
SB430, s. 17 10Section 17. 100.03 (6) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,6,2411 100.03 (6) (b) 3. By January 31 of each registration year, a contractor shall pay
12for all farm products vegetables that were delivered by producers on or before
13December 31 of that registration year. This requirement does not apply if a written
14contract specifying a later payment date was approved by a vote of producers who
15delivered farm products vegetables to the contractor during the preceding
16registration year. To obtain the approval of producers, a contractor shall give
17advance written notice to every eligible producer. The notice shall include a copy of
18the proposed contract and shall announce a meeting at which producers will be asked
19to vote on the proposed contract. The notice shall also include a mail ballot by which
20a producer may cast his or her vote without attending the meeting. Voting shall be
21by secret ballot. The proposed contract shall be approved by a majority of the
22producers who vote on the proposed contract. The contractor shall file a sworn
23statement with the department, on a form provided by the department, certifying the
24results of the balloting.
SB430, s. 18 25Section 18. 100.03 (6) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1100.03 (6) (b) 4. If a producer tenders or delivers farm products vegetables to
2a contractor after December 31 of any registration year, the contractor shall pay the
3producer for the farm products vegetables by the 15th day of the month following the
4month in which the farm products vegetables were tendered or delivered, or within
530 days after tender or delivery.
SB430, s. 19 6Section 19. 100.03 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,7,87 100.03 (7) (c) 1. The contractor makes payment on delivery for all farm
8products
vegetables obtained from producers.
SB430, s. 20 9Section 20. 100.03 (8) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,7,1310 100.03 (8) (b) 6. If the contractor is an operator, a food processing plant
11trusteeship under which processed farm products vegetables equivalent to not less
12than 30% of the raw farm products vegetables received from producers are set aside
13in trust for the producers.
SB430, s. 21 14Section 21. 100.03 (8) (bm) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,7,2015 100.03 (8) (bm) 1. a. Provide that no portion of the set-aside products inventory
16may be released from trust unless an amount equivalent to the value of the released
17products inventory has been paid to producers or to the trustee for payment to
18producers. Payments under this subd. 1. a. shall be made to all producers to whom
19liabilities are owed, in proportionate amounts based on the size of the liability to each
20producer.
SB430, s. 22 21Section 22. 100.03 (15) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,7,2222 100.03 (15) (title) Farm product Vegetable grading and tare.
SB430, s. 23 23Section 23. 100.03 (15) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,8,224 100.03 (15) (a) Grading procedures and grade standards. (intro.) If under a
25procurement contract the amount received by the producer depends on the grade of

1the farm products vegetables, the farm products vegetables shall be graded in
2compliance with all of the following:
SB430, s. 24 3Section 24. 100.03 (15) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,8,54 100.03 (15) (c) Price-fixing not permitted. This subsection does not fix or
5regulate the price paid for any farm product vegetable.
SB430, s. 25 6Section 25. 100.03 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,8,167 100.03 (18) Summary order requiring payment on delivery. If the department
8has reasonable grounds to believe that a contractor does not meet the minimum
9financial standards under sub. (7), and does not have adequate security on file under
10sub. (8), the department may issue a summary special order requiring the contractor
11to make payment on delivery for all farm products vegetables. A summary special
12order shall set forth the specific basis for the order. The order shall remain in effect
13until the contractor meets the financial standards under sub. (7) or files adequate
14security under sub. (8). A person adversely affected by a special order under this
15section shall be given a prompt hearing before the department upon request, under
16ch. 227.
SB430, s. 26 17Section 26. 100.03 (19) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB430,8,2218 100.03 (19) (a) Grounds. (intro.) The department may summarily suspend the
19contractor's registration certificate when necessary to prevent clear and imminent
20harm to producers if the department has reasonable grounds to believe that a
21contractor has failed to make payment on delivery for farm products vegetables,
22procured from producers, contrary to any of the following:
SB430,8,2323 (End)
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