(a) The Corporation shall send notice of assessments to each citrus producer on record in each active pest management zone who has reported citrus acreage to the Corporation. Notice shall be sent at least 30 days before the due date for assessments in that pest management zone.
(b) If special circumstances prevent the Corporation from meeting this deadline, the Corporation must receive a written waiver from the Commissioner.
(c) The notice of assessment shall include the Corporation's field identification number if the acreage has not been certified with the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), counties in which farms are located and identification number (such as the last four digits of the citrus producer's social security number, or the entity's taxpayer identification number) and shall inform the producer of the following:
  (1) the date the assessment is due;
  (2) the full amount of their assessment;
  (3) information relating to an early payment discount;
  (4) information relating to payment after the due date; and
  (5) that an automatic lien will attach to the citrus grown on the acreage which is the subject of the assessment and perfect 60 days after the date of the notice of assessment unless the assessment is paid by that date, or written arrangements are made with the Corporation by that date to pay the assessments.

Source Note: The provisions of this §27.402 adopted to be effective December 6, 2015, 40 TexReg 8637