§ 62757 California Milk Quota Program

• •If California sets up a federal milk marketing order, the state can create a special program called a 'stand-alone quota program' for milk.
• •This program might be paid for by charging a fee on all milk made in California.
• •The people who handle milk (like companies or groups) might have to send reports to help run this program.
• •The program can only start if a special board recommends it and most California milk producers vote 'yes' in a statewide vote.

Imagine California starts a new rule for selling milk. The state decides to create a program where dairy farms get a limit on how much milk they can sell at a good price.

The state can charge a small fee on every gallon of milk made in California to pay for this program. The milk companies have to send reports to the state to show how much milk they’re handling. But first, a group of experts has to say it’s a good idea, and then most of the dairy farmers in California have to vote and agree to it.