Annual Permit Fee

PURPOSE: This rule establishes an annual fee for the permit to sell commercial fertilizer in the state. (1) The director will cause to be mailed each year on or about the fifteenth of April a renewal application form to all distributors currently selling fertilizer in the state to renew their permit required by section 266.301, RSMo for the coming year. The completed application for each location from which commercial fertilizers are distributed shall be returned to the director by June 1, accompanied by a permit fee of one hundred U.S. dollars ($100). New applications shall also be accompanied by a permit fee of one hundred U.S. dollars ($100). Permit fees collected will be used to defray administrative costs of distributor registration, with any permit fees collected in excess of administrative costs to be used to support related research proposals. AUTHORITY: sections 266.291–266.351, RSMo 1994 and Supp. 1997.* Original rule filed Nov. 12, 1998, effective May 30, 1999. *Original authority: Please see the Missouri Revised Statutes, 1994 and Supplement 1998.