Assessments, disposition; national checkoff program for soybeans

(a) Any assessment collected pursuant to the national checkoff program for soybeans, established pursuant to public law 101-624, shall be paid to the commission on or before the 20th day of the calendar year following the date of settlement and shall be paid by the purchaser of the soybeans to the commission. (b) Whenever refunds are made from the national checkoff program for soybeans, established pursuant to public law 101-624, such refunds shall be made as authorized by public law 101-624. (c) All money credited to the soybean commission shall be expended for the soybean commission in the administration of the national checkoff program for soybeans, established pursuant to public law 101-624, the administration of article 30 of chapter 2 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and for the payment of claims upon obligations incurred in the performance of the activities and functions set forth in article 30 of chapter 2 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and for no other purpose. (d) The Kansas soybean commission shall have the ability to pay and transfer portions of the assessments collected pursuant to the national checkoff program for soybeans, established pursuant to public law 101-624, to the national board as required.