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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 35. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry |
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Chapter 2. Fees |
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Subchapter 3. Fee Schedules |
SECTION 35:2-3-18. Schedule of seed program fees
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- (a) The annual license fee shall be Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00) for each retail seed dealer and One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each retail-wholesale seed dealer. Each license shall expire on June 30 of each year.(b) An 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) 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 inspection fee shall be paid upon filing of the affidavit.(2) Failure to submit the semi-annual statement 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.(c) If the State Board of Agriculture finds any deficient 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 inspection fees due and payment of the entire amount shall be made within thirty (30) calendar days of notice of the deficiency.