(1) Section 80-11-516, MCA charges the Montana Department of Agriculture with collecting the commodity assessment.

(2) The assessment must be $.025 per hundredweight on all potatoes grown and marketed commercially in Montana by those growers producing and marketing more than 50,000 pounds annually.

(3) The assessment will be collected by the Montana Department of Agriculture at the time certified seed potato producers are invoiced for inspection fees for certification and by the purchaser at the first point of sale for all other potato producers.