(2) If a producer performs the handling or processing functions on all or a part of the production of the commodity that normally would be performed by another person as first purchaser, the producer shall report sales of the commodity from the production of the producer on forms provided by the appropriate commodity commission and pay the assessment moneys directly to the commission, unless the first purchaser voluntarily makes the proper deduction and remits the proceeds to the commission. [1953 c.489 §25; 1959 c.596 §15; subsection (2) enacted as 1959 c.596 §74; 2005 c.22 §400]