Food and Agricultural Code section 62202

If a handler fails to pay for market milk delivered to him or her at the time and in the manner specified in this chapter, the director may assess a penalty for each payment date that producers were not fully paid. Any penalty assessed shall be a minimum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each payment date. If the amount not properly paid is in excess of forty thousand dollars ($40,000), the penalty assessed will be five thousand dollars ($5,000) or one-fourth of 1 percent of the amount not properly paid for, whichever is less.

Source: Section 62202, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=62202.­ (updated Sep. 24, 1987; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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