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Oilseed Council Seeks Minimum Penalty for Late Assessment Filings; House Ag Hears Bill
Summary
Representatives and industry witnesses told the committee House Bill 1136 would add a fixed minimum penalty ($500) for late or unsubmitted oilseed assessment reports to ease enforcement, while representatives of first purchasers urged caution about unintended consequences for small elevators and roving buyers.
Representative Sam Kemenick introduced House Bill 1136 to the House Agriculture Committee, saying the measure responds to difficulties the North Dakota Oilseed Council faces collecting statutorily required assessment reports from first purchasers.
John Wirt, chairman of the North Dakota Oilseed Council, said the council must currently rely on a statutory penalty of 10% of the assessment but that the council cannot impose a percentage penalty when the underlying assessment amount is unknown. "The penalty is, in the statute, is 10% of the assessment. The problem is you can't impose 10% when you don't know what the…
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