The commission may charge a regulatory fee on all seeds sold in Louisiana. The fee shall be established by rule adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The proceeds of the fee shall be used to defray the costs of regulating the seed industry in Louisiana. The fee shall be collected at the first point of sale in Louisiana. The amount of the fee shall be based on the cost of regulating the seed industry and shall not exceed thirty cents per one hundred pounds of seed.
La. R.S. § 3:1448