Section 484-1-002 - Refunds002.01 Refund Request. Producers desiring the redirection of their mandatory checkoff assessment under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-3958(1) shall make a refund request to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 94947, Lincoln, NE, 68509. Refund requests shall be received within sixty days of the date of assessment. A refund request shall contain the following: 002.01A Proof that an assessment has been deducted by a first purchaser, in the form of a copy of a settlement form or check stub, clearly indicating the nature, purpose and amount of the deducted assessment, and the date deducted. 002.01B A statement indicating whether the checkoff assessment is to be redirected to the National Dairy Board or a qualified program designated by the producer. 002.01C If the producer requests that the checkoff assessment be redirected to a qualified program, proof that such program is a "qualified program" as defined pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-3949(8).002.02 If a producer designates a qualified program in a redirection request rather than the National Dairy Board, the Board shall verify whether the producer's designee is a qualified program as set forth under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-3949(8).002.03 If the program designated by the producer is a qualified program under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-3949(8), funding shall be disbursed after a contract is entered into between the Board and the qualified program.484 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 1, § 002