LD 1282
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after receiving written notice from the association or from the
member, and that person shall withhold the assigned dues from
amounts payable by that person to the member thereafter during the
period of the assessment.

 
3.__Fair share fees for contracts entered into after the
association agreement.__A nonmember producer who supplies farm
products to a dealer or processor subject to collective
bargaining and who enters into a preseason contract with the
dealer or processor after the association has signed an agreement
with that dealer or processor must be assessed a fair share fee
equal to 50% of the amount charged to association members as
dues.__The dealer or processor shall withhold the fair share from
the nonmember in the same manner as member dues are withheld.__
The nonmember shall make a written assignment directing the
dealer or processor to have the fair share fee:

 
A.__Remitted to the association and used to defray the costs
incurred by the association as the recognized collective
bargaining unit in fulfilling its duty to represent
producers in their relations with the dealer or processor;
or

 
B.__Deposited in a fund established by the dealer or
processor for awarding educational scholarships to
contributing nonmembers and association producers.

 
4.__Fair share fees for contracts entered into before the
association agreement.__Except as provided in subsection 5, a
dealer or processor subject to collective bargaining may not
assess or withhold a fair share fee from a nonmember producer who
enters into a preseason contract to supply farm products to that
dealer or processor before the association has signed an
agreement with that dealer or processor unless the nonmember
producer directs the processor or dealer to do so in accordance
with this subsection.

 
A nonmember producer may make a written assignment directing the
dealer or processor to withhold a fair share fee equal to 50% of
the amount charged to association members as dues for deposit in
a fund established by the dealer or processor for awarding
educational scholarships to contributing nonmembers and
association producers.

 
5.__Changes in nonmember contract.__The dealer or processor
shall withhold a fair share fee from a nonmember in accordance
with subsection 3 when:

 
A.__The nonmember entered into a preseason contract to supply
farm products to a dealer or processor before the


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