7 CFR § 1000.70 - Producer-settlement fund.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1000.70"
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title: "7 CFR § 1000.70 - Producer-settlement fund."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1000.70"
section_name: "Producer-settlement fund."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MILK), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1000"
part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674, and 7253."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 47899, Sept. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1000"
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# 1000.70 Producer-settlement fund.

The market administrator shall establish and maintain a separate fund known as the producer-settlement fund into which the market administrator shall deposit all payments made by handlers pursuant to §§ ____.71, ____.76, and ____.77 of each Federal milk order and out of which the market administrator shall make all payments pursuant to §§ ____.72 and ____.77 of each Federal milk order. Payments due any handler shall be offset by any payments due from that handler.