N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 258-n: Interstate and federal compacts

§ 258-n. Interstate and federal compacts. The commissioner is hereby

authorized to confer with legally constituted authorities of other

states and of the United States with respect to uniform milk control,

including sanitary requirements with states and/or as between states,

and with the federal government in its control of milk handled in

interstate commerce, and may exercise his powers hereunder to effect

such uniform milk control. He may join with such other authorities

federal and state in conducting joint investigations, holding joint

hearings and issue joint or concurrent orders, or orders supplementary

to those of the federal government, and shall have the power to employ

or designate a joint agent or joint agencies to carry out and enforce

such joint, concurrent or supplementary orders.

In order to carry out the policies set forth in sections two hundred

fifty-eight-k and two hundred fifty-eight-p, the commissioner is hereby

vested with the authority to enter into a compact or compacts or other

types of agreements, with the legally constituted authorities of other

states and/or the United States to provide for uniform milk control and,

in order to effectuate such uniform milk control, he may join with an

agent or agencies to exercise under such compact or compacts or other

types of agreements the powers conferred upon him by this article with

respect to the administration of uniform milk control. In the case of

market orders including those covering prices, any such compact or

compacts or other types of agreements may provide for necessary

assessments upon the handlers regulated thereunder, in order to cover

the cost of administering such uniform milk control, including, without

limitation, the cost of auditing milk dealers' classifications.

The commissioner may effectuate this section by any type of agreement

other than a formal compact if a formal compact is not constitutionally

required.