Applicability

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies only if all assessment collection programs and checkoff programs are not operated under the: (1) Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act (7 U.S.C. 4801 through 7 U.S.C. 4819); and (2) Pork Promotion and Research Order (7 CFR 1230); by the IPPA. (b) If the assessments described under subsection (a) are levied, the IPPA may not: (1) collect assessments; or (2) conduct any other activity that is expressly preempted by a program described in subsection (a). (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), this chapter applies to all types, varieties, and forms of pork marketed or sold as pork by a producer in Indiana. (d) Organic hog farmers are exempt from this chapter if an organic hog farmer: (1) receives an exemption under the National Organic Program (NOP) described in 7 CFR 205; and (2) operates under an NOP approved organic system plan. As added by P.L.8-2026, SEC.2.