[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 9]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1150.156]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER X--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
                 Orders; Milk) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1150_DAIRY PROMOTION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart_Dairy Promotion and Research Order
 
Sec. 1150.156  Charges and penalties.

    (a) Late-payment charge. Any unpaid assessments to the Board 
pursuant to Sec. 1150.152 shall be increased 1.5 percent each month 
beginning with the day following the date such assessments were due. Any 
remaining amount due, which

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shall include any unpaid charges previously made pursuant to this 
section, shall be increased at the same rate on the corresponding day of 
each month thereafter until paid. For the purpose of this section, any 
assessment that was determined at a date later than prescribed by this 
subpart because of a person's failure to submit a report to the Board 
when due shall be considered to have been payable by the date it would 
have been due if the report had been filed when due. The timeliness of a 
payment to the Board shall be based on the applicable postmark date or 
the date actually received by the Board, whichever is earlier.
    (b) Penalties. Any person who willfully violates any provision of 
this subpart shall be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not 
more than $1,000 for each such violation and, in the case of a willful 
failure to pay, collect, or remit the assessment as required by this 
subpart, in addition to the amount due, a penalty equal to the amount of 
the assessment on the quantity of milk as to which the failure applies. 
The amount of any such penalty shall accrue to the United States and may 
be recovered in a civil suit brought by the United States. The remedies 
provided in this section shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, 
other remedies that may be available by law or in equity.

               Promotion, Research and Nutrition Education