(a) When a producer has paid all assessments for a farm or for all farms for which an assessment is due from the producer in full for the current crop year, the Corporation shall issue a compliance certificate to that producer for that farm and/or for all farms on which an assessment is due from that producer and has been paid in full.
(b) The compliance certificate shall include the following information:
  (1) The name of the producer;
  (2) The producer's identification number. This shall be either the last four digits of the citrus producer's social security number, or the entity's tax identification number.
(c) A compliance certificate shall be issued and mailed by the Corporation within 30 business days of the date the full amount of assessment is received by the Corporation.
(d) In addition to the document described in subsection (b) of this section, the following shall also serve the same purpose as a compliance certificate and shall be accepted by first buyers of citrus as proof of payment of an assessment, in the same manner as a compliance certificate:
  (1) a receipt issued by the Corporation evidencing payment of the assessment on the acreage on which the citrus was grown as long as the receipt contains the same information required to be included on the compliance certificate; or
  (2) an electronic copy of the compliance records of the Corporation.

Source Note: The provisions of this §27.404 adopted to be effective December 6, 2015, 40 TexReg 8637