| (a) The Corporation shall send notice of assessments
to each citrus producer on record in each active pest management zone
who has reported citrus acreage to the Corporation. Notice shall be
sent at least 30 days before the due date for assessments in that
pest management zone.
(b) If special circumstances prevent the Corporation
from meeting this deadline, the Corporation must receive a written
waiver from the Commissioner.
(c) The notice of assessment shall include the Corporation's
field identification number if the acreage has not been certified
with the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), counties in which farms are
located and identification number (such as the last four digits of
the citrus producer's social security number, or the entity's taxpayer
identification number) and shall inform the producer of the following:
(1) the date the assessment is due;
(2) the full amount of their assessment;
(3) information relating to an early payment discount;
(4) information relating to payment after the due date;
and
(5) that an automatic lien will attach to the citrus
grown on the acreage which is the subject of the assessment and perfect
60 days after the date of the notice of assessment unless the assessment
is paid by that date, or written arrangements are made with the Corporation
by that date to pay the assessments.
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