LAC 7:I.205. Issuance of Rebates

A. Upon receipt of a written application for a rebate of the pesticide registration fee, the commissioner may grant a rebate of not more than 50 percent of each pesticide registration fee and thereafter may rebate same to the pesticide manufacturer if the commissioner finds, based upon the application submitted by the pesticide manufacturer, public records and facts subject to official notice, that: 1. the pesticide registration fee is likely to impose a hardship or undue burden on the pesticide manufacturer; and 2. the operations of the pesticide manufacturer substantially benefit the economy of Louisiana and employment therein; and 3. the pesticide manufacturer maintains and utilizes an active Environmental Protection Administration pesticide producer establishment number which shall be exhibited on each label of pesticide for which a rebate is being requested; and 4. the pesticide manufacturer registered 20 or more products in the current year or registered the same number of products as in the previous year plus two or more new registrations.