ATCP 101.04   Abandoned acreage.

ATCP 101.05   Unharvested acreage pool.

ATCP 101.06   Prohibited contract provisions.

ATCP 101.07   Prohibited practices.

Subchapter II — Financial Standards and Security

ATCP 101.20   Definitions.

ATCP 101.22   General requirements.

ATCP 101.23   Vegetable contractor license fees.

ATCP 101.24   Financial statement.

ATCP 101.245   Vegetable contractor fund assessments.

ATCP 101.25   Fund assessment temporarily affected by merger or acquisition; partial refund.

ATCP 101.255   Reduced fund assessment for contributing vegetable contractors who also maintain security.

ATCP 101.26   Disclosure to producers.

Ch. ATCP 101 Note Note: Chapter Ag 101 was renumbered chapter ATCP 101 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, April, 1993, No. 448.

subch. I of ch. ATCP 101 Subchapter I — Vegetable Procurement Practices

Subch. I of ch. ATCP 101 Note Note: This subchapter is adopted under authority of s. 100.20 (2), Stats., Violations of this subchapter may be prosecuted under s. 100.20 (6) or 100.26 (3) or (6), Stats. A person who suffers a monetary loss because of a violation of this subchapter may sue the violator directly under s. 100.20 (5), Stats., and may recover twice the amount of the loss, together with costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees.

ATCP 101.01 ATCP 101.01 Definitions. In this subchapter:

ATCP 101.01(1) (1) “Abandoned acreage” means vegetable acreage, grown under a vegetable procurement contract, which the contractor declares to be abandoned under s. ATCP 101.04.

ATCP 101.01(2) (2) “Contractor” means a person who buys or offers to buy vegetables in this state from a producer, or who contracts or offers to contract with a producer to grow vegetables in this state, regardless of whether the contractor is located in this state or is engaged in food processing. “Contractor” does not include any of the following:

ATCP 101.01(2)(a) (a) A person who procures vegetables primarily for unprocessed fresh market use and is licensed under the federal perishable agricultural commodities act, 7 USC 499.

ATCP 101.01(2)(b) (b) A restaurant or retail food establishment that procures vegetables solely for retail sale at the restaurant or retail food establishment.

ATCP 101.01(3) (3) “Pool acreage” means vegetable acreage assigned to an unharvested acreage pool under s. ATCP 101.05.

ATCP 101.01(4) (4) “Pool contributor” means any of the following:

ATCP 101.01(4)(a) (a) A producer who contributes, either directly or by means of a deduction or reduced compensation under a vegetable procurement contract, to an unharvested acreage pool.

ATCP 101.01(4)(b) (b) A contractor who contributes to an unharvested acreage pool as a producer under s. ATCP 101.05 (8).

ATCP 101.01(4)(c) (c) A contractor who makes a matching contribution to an unharvested acreage pool under s. ATCP 101.05 (7).

ATCP 101.01(5) (5) “Pool contribution” or “contribution” means an amount of money contributed to an unharvested acreage pool by a pool contributor. A producer’s “contribution” to an unharvested acreage pool includes any contribution in the form of a deduction or reduced compensation under a vegetable procurement contract.

ATCP 101.01(6) (6) “Pool funds” means all contributions made by pool contributors as part of an unharvested acreage pool.