HAR §4-48-3. License fees

(a) The license fees for the different classes of business shall be as follows: (1) The commission merchant, dealer, processor, agent, or broker license fee shall be $40 annually, for each classification; (2) The retail merchant license fee shall be $10 annually, provided that if the business is also licensed as a dealer, processor, agent, or broker, there shall be no fee; and (3) The license fee for each branch store shall be $5 annually, except that the initial fee may be for a period less than a year subject to the requirement in section 4-48-4(d). (b) No credit shall be allowed or refund made for any unused portion of the effective license period. (c) Any commission merchant, dealer, broker, agent, processor, or retail merchant in violation of chapter 145, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and this chapter, by having engaged in business for more than thirty days 48-3 '4-48- without a license, shall obtain the required license in the following manner: (1) If the effective date of business is less than one year prior to the date of application, the applicant shall be licensed from the effective date and pay one year's license fee with forty per cent penalty; (2) If the effective date of business is one year prior to the date of application, the applicant shall be licensed from the anniversary date of the effective date and pay one year's license fee with forty per cent penalty and the current year's license fee; (3) If the effective date of business is greater than one year prior to the date of application and the head determines that such violation was due to inadvertence of the applicant, the applicant shall be licensed from the anniversary date of the effective date and shall pay two years' license fees with forty per cent penalty; or (4) If the effective date of business is greater than one year prior to the date of application and the head determines that the violation was wilful on the part of the applicant, the applicant shall be licensed from the anniversary date of the effective date and shall pay the current year's license fee with forty per cent penalty and all annual license fees accrued from the effective date with forty per cent penalty. (d) All checks shall be made payable to "Hawaii Department of Agriculture". The head may require the fee be submitted in the form of a money order, bank draft, cashier's check, or certified check. When payments for fees or penalties covered by this chapter are by check, a service fee shall be assessed for each check that is not honored. [Eff 5/29/81; am 1/16/84; am and comp 3/24/86; am 10/5/02] (Auth: HRS '145-15) (Imp: HRS '145-2)