N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law Section 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.

Source: Section 258-N — Interstate and federal compacts, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/AGM/258-N (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 25, 2025).

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Division of milk control 253
Definitions 254
General powers 254–A
Milk marketing advisory council 255
Rules and orders 256
Entry, inspection and investigation 256–A
Audits of books and accounts of milk dealers and cooperatives 256–B
Accounting of milk dealers and cooperatives to producers 257
Licenses to milk dealers 257–A
Transportation and storage of milk 258
Application for license 258–A
License fees 258–B
Prompt payment for milk purchases 258–C
Granting and revoking licenses 258–D
Proceedings to review 258–E
Violations 258–F
Records 258–G
Reports 258–J
Construction, exceptions and limitations 258–K
Declaration of policy 258–L
Producers’ bargaining agencies and distributors’ bargaining agencies 258–M
Orders fixing prices for milk and marketing agreements 258–N
Interstate and federal compacts 258–O
The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to make a study of the sanitary regulations, codes and rules applicable to milk and mi... 258–P
Declaration of policy 258–Q
Action for a uniform northeast market 258–R
Actions to eliminate trade barriers

California:	Codes
Colorado:	C.R.S.
Florida:	Statutes
Nevada:	NRS
New York:	Laws
Oregon:	OAR, ORS
Texas:	Statutes
World:	Rome Statute, International Dictionary

N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law Section 258-N Interstate and federal compacts

N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law Section 258-N
Interstate and federal compacts