Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 80. AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 5. AGRICULTURAL SEED AND PATENTED PLANT MATERIAL

Part 5. Agricultural Seed Contract Alternative Dispute Resolution

Program Administration And Rulemaking

80-5-509. Program administration and rulemaking. (1) The agricultural seed contract alternative dispute resolution program must be administered by the department.

(2) The department may adopt rules that are necessary for the efficient administration of this part. The rules may include but are not limited to:

(a) the content and format of the buyer's claim to alternative dispute resolution and the seller's answer;

(b) procedures for conducting investigations;

(c) a procedure for assessing costs of alternative dispute resolution to the parties; and

(d) types of seed that are exempted from the requirements of this part.

History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 567, L. 2001.