Title 81, Title 81

(1) For the purpose of determining the value of milk supplied by producers during routine audits of milk processing plants that receive raw milk directly from producers, the department may establish a program of testing raw milk. (2) The department may levy an assessment on licen…

This chapter does not apply to foreign or interstate commerce except insofar as it may be effective in compliance with the United States constitution and with the laws of the United States. It is the intention of the legislature, however, that the instant, whenever that may be, t…

In a market where the provisions of this chapter apply, it is unlawful for a producer, producer-distributor, distributor, or jobber to produce, transport, process, store, handle, distribute, buy, or sell milk unless the dealer is properly licensed as provided by this chapter. It …

(1) A producer, producer-distributor, distributor, or jobber may not engage in the business of producing or selling milk subject to this chapter in this state without first having obtained a license from the department as provided in 81-22-202 or, in the case of milk entering thi…

An applicant for license to operate as a producer, producer-distributor, distributor, or jobber shall file a signed application upon a blank prepared by the department and containing the information required by the board. The application must certify the applicant to be the holde…

(1) The board may refuse to grant a license or may suspend or revoke a license already granted for due cause upon due notice and after hearing. The violation of any provisions of this chapter or of any lawful order or rule of the board, the failure or refusal to make required sta…

(1) The board shall, by adopting rules, fix minimum producer prices for classes of utilization of milk as defined by the board. (2) The board shall establish prices by means of flexible formulas that must be devised so that the formulas bring about automatic changes in all minimu…

(1) The board may adopt reasonable rules governing fair trade practices as they pertain to the transaction of business among licensees under this chapter and among licensees and the general public. Except for provisions regarding the requirement for first call on Montana milk sup…

Except for the premises of a small dairy as defined in 81-21-101, the department may enter, at all reasonable hours, all places where milk is produced, processed, bottled, handled, or stored or where the books, papers, records, or documents relative to those transactions are kept…

(1) (a) The department may require licensees to file reports with it at reasonable or regular times that the board may require, showing the licensee's production, sale, or distribution of milk and any information considered necessary by the board that pertains to the production, …

(1) All fines assessed by a court, other than a justice's court, for violation of this chapter must be paid by the court to the department. (2) All fines received by the department must be deposited with the state treasurer and must be placed by the treasurer in the state special…

In order to secure a uniform system of milk control, the board shall confer and cooperate with the proper authorities of other states and of the United States, including the secretary of agriculture of the United States, and for those purposes, the board may conduct joint hearing…

(1) Except for a person operating a small dairy as defined in 81-21-101, a person who produces, sells, distributes, or handles milk in any way, except as a consumer, without a license from the board as required by this chapter or who violates a lawful rule of the department or bo…

The board may begin any proceeding at law or in equity as may appear necessary to enforce compliance with this chapter or to enforce compliance with an order or rule of the board or department adopted under this chapter or to obtain a judicial interpretation of any of them. In ad…

An entity receiving notice of a violation of a provision of this chapter may within 60 days of receiving the notice from the department or board submit a request to the board for a contested case proceeding pursuant to Title 2, chapter 4, part 6. Upon receiving a request, the boa…