| (a) When a producer has paid all assessments for a
farm or for all farms for which an assessment is due from the producer
in full for the current crop year, the Corporation shall issue a compliance
certificate to that producer for that farm and/or for all farms on
which an assessment is due from that producer and has been paid in
full.
(b) The compliance certificate shall include the following
information:
(1) The name of the producer;
(2) The producer's identification number. This shall
be either the last four digits of the citrus producer's social security
number, or the entity's tax identification number.
(c) A compliance certificate shall be issued and mailed
by the Corporation within 30 business days of the date the full amount
of assessment is received by the Corporation.
(d) In addition to the document described in subsection
(b) of this section, the following shall also serve the same purpose
as a compliance certificate and shall be accepted by first buyers
of citrus as proof of payment of an assessment, in the same manner
as a compliance certificate:
(1) a receipt issued by the Corporation evidencing
payment of the assessment on the acreage on which the citrus was grown
as long as the receipt contains the same information required to be
included on the compliance certificate; or
(2) an electronic copy of the compliance records of
the Corporation.
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