Okla. Admin. Code § 35:30-25-15

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 35:30-25-15 - Schedule of seed program fees

(a) The annual license fee shall be Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00) for each retail seed dealer, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each wholesale seed dealer, and One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each medical marijuana seed dealer. Each license shall expire on June 30 of each year.

(b) Wholesale seed dealers need only secure a single wholesale dealer's license to engage in both retail and wholesale sales.

(c) Failure to remit a retail, wholesale, or medical marijuana seed dealer license renewal application within thirty (30) days after the renewal date shall result in a penalty equal to the cost of an additional license.

(d) A semi-annual inspection fee of eight cents ($0.08) per hundred pounds shall be paid by every person responsible for labeling and distributing seed to a retail seed licensee in Oklahoma, or each retail seed licensee who processes and sells seed to the consumer on which the inspection fee has not been paid.

(1) The minimum semi-annual inspection fee shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00).

(2) A semi-annual affidavit, stating the number of pounds of seed sold for the preceding six (6) months, shall be filed no later than the last day of January and July and the semi-annual inspection fee shall be paid upon filing of the affidavit.

(3) Failure to submit the semi-annual affidavit and inspection fee on time shall result in an inspection fee penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount due or Ten Dollars ($10.00), whichever is greater.

(e) If the State Board of Agriculture finds any deficient semi-annual inspection fees due as a result of an audit of the records of any person subject to the provisions of Sections 8-21 through 8-28 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Board shall assess a penalty fee of ten percent (10%), not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) of the amount due, or One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), whichever is greater. The audit penalty shall be added to the deficient semi-annual inspection fees due and payment of the entire amount shall be made within thirty (30) calendar days of notice of the deficiency.

Okla. Admin. Code § 35:30-25-15

Added at 27 Ok Reg 903, eff 7-1-10

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff. 9/14/2018

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 39, Issue 24, September 1, 2022, eff. 9/12/2022