PRINTER'S NO. 411
No. 377 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY CESSAR, COWELL, ZORD, WILSON, FISHER, GOEBEL,
PARKER AND KNEPPER, MARCH 1, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, MARCH 1, 1977
AN ACT
1 Repealing the act of April 28, 1937 (P.L.417, No.105), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to milk and the products
3 thereof; creating a Milk Marketing Board; establishing its
4 jurisdiction, powers and duties; regulating the production,
5 transportation, manufacturing, processing, storage,
6 distribution, delivery and sale of milk and certain products
7 thereof; providing for the licensing of milk dealers and the
8 payment of fees therefor; requiring milk dealers to file
9 bonds to secure payment for milk to producers and certain
10 milk dealers; authorizing the holding of hearings and the
11 issuance of subpoenas by the board; conferring jurisdiction
12 upon courts to punish contempts and to prohibit violations of
13 this act and of rules, regulations and orders of the board;
14 authorizing the board to adopt rules, regulations and orders,
15 and to enter into interstate and Federal compacts; requiring
16 persons who weigh, measure, sample or test milk to procure
17 permits or certificates, to take examinations, to pay fees
18 therefor, to furnish certain notices, records and statements,
19 and to use certain methods of weighing, measuring, sampling
20 and testing; authorizing the board to examine the business,
21 papers and premises of milk dealers, and producers, requiring
22 the keeping of records and the filing of reports by milk
23 dealers, and permitting, with limitations, the use of
24 information obtained thereby; authorizing the board to fix
25 prices for milk and certain milk products subject to the
26 approval of the Governor, and conferring certain powers upon
27 the Governor with respect thereto; providing for appeals to
28 the courts from decisions of the board, and for the burden of
29 proof upon such appeals; prescribing penalties, fines and
30 imprisonment for violations of this act and rules,
31 regulations and orders of the board; defining perjury;
32 defining remedies; repealing legislation supplied and
33 superseded by this act, and saving rights, duties and
34 proceedings thereunder; and making appropriations,"
1 abolishing the Milk Marketing Board.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. The act of April 28, 1937 (P.L.417, No.105),
5 known as the "Milk Marketing Law," is repealed.
6 Section 2. The Milk Marketing Board is hereby abolished and
7 the terms of all present members thereof are terminated on the
8 effective date of this act.
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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