The assessment shall be paid in the time and manner specified by the commission. No assessment shall be paid by any person for any rice seed for which the assessment has been previously paid. Assessments not paid when due shall be subject to a penalty of 10 percent of the assessment and interest at the rate of 1 percent per month.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 579, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)