§ 2-19-410 - Inspection fee and sales reports. - Arkansas Statutes

2-19-410. Inspection fee and sales reports.

(a) (1) The registrant shall pay to the State Plant Board an inspection fee of thirty-seven and one-half cents (37.5cent(s)) per ton on all products registered and sold in this state.

(2) Each registrant shall keep adequate records of sales and shall file with the board, on a monthly basis, a signed report of the tonnage distributed by county during the preceding month.

(3) The report and payment of the inspection fee shall be due on or before the twentieth day of the month.

(4) The board, after a public hearing, may change the inspection fee schedule.

(b) (1) If the report is not filed, or the report is false in any respect or the inspection fee is not paid within the thirty-day period, the board may revoke the registration.

(2) A penalty of one dollar ($1.00) per day is assessed for each day the payment is overdue until paid.

(3) The inspection fee and the penalty shall constitute a debt and become the basis for a judgment against the registrant which may be collected by the board in any court of competent jurisdiction without prior demand.