§157-23  License fees.  In order to meet
the expenditures necessary to administer this chapter, the board of agriculture
shall establish license fees to be paid by producers, producer-distributors and
distributors.  In determining these fees, the board shall, at least thirty days
before the new license year begins:



(1)  Project the reasonable expenditures necessary to
administer the chapter for the license year;



(2)  Project the amount to be paid by applicants for
original or renewal licenses for the license year;



(3)  Project the reasonable expenditures necessary to
conduct an independent monthly audit;



(4)  Estimate the total volume of milk to be produced
and processed for the license year;



(5)  Using (1), (2), (3), and (4) above, establish a
reasonable rate per hundred-weight or other unit as determined by the board;
and



(6)  Collect such fees monthly, or at such other
intervals as may be determined by the board, during the license year based on
actual milk produced and processed.



To facilitate the collection of license fees,
the board may require a producer-distributor or distributor to withhold from
any payment owing to any producer a part or all of the license fee due under
this chapter by such producer.  For any such withholding required by the board,
the producer-distributor or distributor shall be paid a reasonable fee by the
board.  The amount of the fee shall be set by the board.  An agricultural
cooperative all of whose producer-members have complied with the licensing
provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from the payment of the license fee.
[L 1967, c 260, §14; HRS §157-23; am L 1977, c 65, §5; am L 1988, c 25, §3]