Section 126.72. Claims against contributing contractor; payment sources.

 

(1)   Producer security fund. From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (1) (w) , the department shall make payments authorized under s. 126.71 (1) , up to the deductible amount in sub. (3) .

(2)   Proceeds of contingent financial backing. The department, at the direction of the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, shall draw on the contingent financial backing acquired under s. 126.06 to make payments authorized under s. 126.71 (1) , to the extent that those payments exceed the deductible amount in sub. (3) . If the contingent financial backing is in the form of a trade credit insurance policy that appears to cover the authorized payments, the department shall file a claim against the policy.

(3)   Deductible amount. The deductible amount, for purposes of subs. (1) and (2) , is 60 percent of the cash balance in the agricultural producer security fund on the last day of the month preceding the month in which the default occurs.

2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 38 ; 2009 a. 296 .