Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXI. Agriculture and Animals § 260.821.Inspection fee; statements and records; penalties for late fees

(a) The deduction shall be identified as “Inspection Fee.”

(b) Each handler shall file on forms approved by the director, not later than the last day of January, April, July, and October of each year, a quarterly statement, setting forth the pounds of milk on which payment was issued to permitted producers during the preceding calendar quarter, and upon filing the statement shall transfer the inspection fee payment.

(c) Each handler shall keep the records required by the director to accurately indicate the amount of milk for which payments were issued to permitted producers.

(a) Each handler shall file on forms approved by the director, not later than the last day of January, April, July, and October of each year, a quarterly statement, setting forth the pounds of all milk received by processor locations in Kentucky during the preceding calendar quarter, and upon filing the statement shall make the inspection fee payment.

(b) Each handler shall keep the records required by the director to accurately indicate the amount of milk delivered to or received by processor locations in Kentucky.

(c) This fee shall not in any way be passed back to producers. If the fee is found to have been passed back to producers, violators may be penalized as set forth in KRS 260.992, along with other actions that may be taken by the director under KRS 260.775 to 260.845.