(a)(1) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall: (A) Have jurisdiction over milk and milk products marketed in the State of Arkansas, including without limitation the base milk price paid to an Arkansas milk producer; and(B)(i) Require that an Arkansas milk producer receive Class 1 prices for milk utilized or sold as fluid milk in this state.(ii) Subdivision (a)(1)(B)(i) of this section applies only to milk that is both produced in and sold as fluid milk within this state.(2) The commission may: (A) Revise the payment of Class 1 prices required under subdivision (a)(1)(B)(i) of this section if Arkansas is no longer considered a milk-deficit state; and(B) Make, modify, and enforce rules that the commission deems necessary to effectively carry out this subsection.(b) As used in this section:(1) 'Base milk price' means the top line of a milk producer's milk check before deductions for quality premiums or discounts, transportation costs, and cooperative administrative fees;(2) 'Class 1 price' means the price declared by the Federal Milk Marketing Order No. 7; and(3) 'Fluid milk' means milk used for buttermilk, eggnog, flavored, low-fat, skimmed, or whole milk.Amended by Act Class 1 price' means the price declared by the Federal Milk Marketing Order No. 7; and(3) 'Fluid milk' means milk used for buttermilk, eggnog, flavored, low-fat, skimmed, or whole milk.Amended by Act 2023, No. 691,§ 13, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by Act 2021, No. 521,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.Amended by Act 2021, No. 521,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 13, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2019.Acts 2007, No. 754, § 1.
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