# Title 21 — Edible Bean Council

## Article 21-02 — Council Operations

## Chapter 21-02-02 — Reporting Requirements

### § 21-02-02-01. Statutory definitions.

Unless otherwise defined, or made inappropriate by context, all words used in this chapter have
meanings given to them under North Dakota Century Code chapter 4-10.3.
General Authority: NDCC 4-10.3-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 4-10.3-02
### § 21-02-02-02. Definition of designated handler.

"Designated handler" shall, for the purposes of the assessment and reporting required by the North
Dakota Century Code chapter 4-10.3, include a grower selling the grower's unharvested edible beans
out of state, or delivering the grower's edible beans from the farm on which they are produced to any
storage facility, packaging shed, or processing plant located outside the state.
General Authority: NDCC 4-10.3-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 4-10.3-02
### § 21-02-02-03. Reports - Form - Contents - Filing requirements.

Every designated handler shall, within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter, file a
quarterly edible bean promotion report including the remittance of assessment fees for that quarter,
with the council in the form, and containing such information, as prescribed by the council. The
calendar quarter shall end on March thirty-first, June thirtieth, September thirtieth, and December
thirty-first of every year.
General Authority: NDCC 4-10.3-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 4-10.3-02
### § 21-02-02-04. Requests for refunds - Filing requirements.

A grower wishing to obtain a refund of any assessment paid to the edible bean fund shall apply to
the council for a refund application blank within sixty days after such assessment or final settlement is
paid to a designated handler. The completed application blank shall be returned to the council within
sixty days from the date it was mailed to the grower.
History: Effective November 1, 1978.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 4-10.3-08
