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Title
06
:
Agriculture
Chapter
021
:
GRADES AND STANDARDS FOR FARM PRODUCTS
§
179. Regulations; fees
(a) The
secretary may adopt rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes of this
chapter.
(b) The
secretary may charge fees for inspection of farm and agricultural commodities
or storage facilities and for the establishment of reasonable tolerances
incident to proper grading of agricultural products. Any inspection fees
charged pursuant to this section shall be sufficient to recover the agency's
costs of inspection, including payment for the inspector's time, and shall be
retained by the agency to reimburse these expenses. In addition, the secretary
may accept fees collected by or for producer organizations for promotional
activities. Such fees shall be retained by the secretary and segregated into
separate producer accounts for use to promote agricultural products. (Amended
1975, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1989, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2003,
No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)