§ 616 - Fees
§ 616. Fees
(a) The secretary shall have authority to assess growers, who apply for the certification privilege, a fee per acre, to be paid in one or more installments.
(b) Growers shall be assessed $30.00 for the first five acres inclusive. Over five acres shall be assessed $30.00, plus $2.00 per acre over five acres.
(c) Payment for certification shall be based upon the following schedule:
(1) The application for certification must be accompanied by 60 percent of the certification fee. The balance, or 40 percent of the certification fee, will be payable no later than 90 days after the bill is rendered. Certification will be withheld until all fees have been paid.
(2) The balance, 40 percent, of the certification will be waived if the field is rejected upon field inspection or if no crop is harvested for reasons beyond the grower's control. (Amended 1999, No. 49, § 111; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)