B. The minimum wholesale prices paid to dealers must be established to reflect the lowest prices at which milk purchased from producers in this State at minimum prices in the State can be received, processed, packaged and distributed within the State at a just and reasonable return, and in addition must include the amount of any tax determined by Title 36, chapter 716.

C. The minimum retail prices established for payment by consumers shall must be based on the minimum wholesale price paid to dealers and a rate of return deemed determined to be just and reasonable by the Maine Milk Commission.

D.__In establishing and changing minimum wholesale and retail prices, the commission shall consider the effect of possible pricing decisions on the ability of the Maine dairy industry to compete in supplying milk to Maine consumers and, in such a consideration, shall include the following factors:

(1)__The strength and viability of the Maine dairy industry as a whole;

(2)__The extent of any social or economic benefits of maintaining dairy processing plants in different geographic regions or natural marketing areas of the State; and

(3)__The encouragement of consumption by Maine consumers of milk produced and processed within the State, consistent with the Constitution of Maine and the United States Constitution.

E. The commission may not set different minimum wholesale prices for different retail delivery volumes of milk.

Sec. F-9. 7 MRSA §2954, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL 1975, c. 517, §3, is amended to read:

4. Commission empowered to establish classifications of milk. The commission is vested with power to may establish and change, after investigation and public hearing, classifications of milk according to its various usages and shall specify to what classification the prices established under this chapter shall apply.