A. The fee for each grower or dealer, license issued or renewed and inspection conducted shall be as follows:
1. Grower’s license fee - Twenty five Dollars ($25.00) for each business location;
2. Grower’s inspection fee - One Dollar ($1.00) per acre or 1000 square feet of greenhouse area inspected; and
3. Dealer’s license fee - Thirty eight Dollars ($38.00) for each business location.
B. No fee shall be charged for a grower's license issued to any scientific, agricultural, or horticultural club, educational or eleemosynary institution, or any department or branch of the state or federal government.
C. All licenses shall expire at a date to be determined by the State Board of Agriculture. Failure to remit the license fee by the 15th of the month following the expiration month shall result in a penalty fee equal to the cost of the license.
D. A person shall obtain a license prior to selling or dealing in nursery stock.
E. All licenses are nontransferable upon any change of ownership.
F. All penalties, fees, and monies collected under this program shall be paid to the State Department of Agriculture and deposited in the State Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund.
Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 7, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.