8. Milk produced outside the State. Whenever milk produced outside the State becomes a subject of regulation by the State in the exercise of its police powers, this chapter shall apply applies and the powers of the commission shall attach. After any such milk so produced shall come comes within the jurisdiction of this State, any no sale or purchase by dealers of such milk within this State may occur at a price less than the scheduled minimum price established according to usage in any given market shall be unlawful.

Sec. F-13. 7 MRSA §2954, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 42, §1, is repealed.

Sec. F-14. 7 MRSA §2954, sub-§13, as amended by PL 1995, c. 2, §3, is repealed.

Sec. F-15. 7 MRSA §2954, sub-§15, as corrected by RR 1991, c. 1, §17, is repealed.

Sec. F-16. 7 MRSA §2954-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 679, Pt. B, §4 and affected by §14, is further amended to read:

§2954-A. Payment by dealers to producers

Payment by dealers to producers is governed by this section.__ For purposes of this section, the term "delivery month" means the calendar month in which milk is delivered to a dealer from the producer.

1. First 15 days. On or before the 5th day after the end of the calendar a delivery month in which delivery was made, each a dealer shall pay each of that dealer's producers the producer for milk received from the that producer during the first 15 days of that the delivery month at a rate that is not less than the most recently published northeast marketing area milk marketing order statistical uniform price for Penobscot County.

2. Balance due. Each A dealer shall make payment to his producers pay the producer for the balance due for milk received during that delivery month as follows.

A. On or before the 20th day after the end of that the delivery month, each the dealer shall pay his producers the amount calculated as the initial payment according to the Maine Milk Pool statute, section 3153, subsection 2, paragraph A, and Milk Pool rules, minus the amount of the payment made to the producer under subsection 1. the