3.2-3609 - Reporting year; inspection fees; distribution to nonlicensees. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-3609. Reporting year; inspection fees; distribution to nonlicensees.

A. The reporting year for regulated products shall be July 1 through June 30of the following year.

B. Any person who distributes any regulated product to a non-licensed person:

1. Shall file the tonnage statement with the Commissioner and pay to theCommissioner the inspection fee by August 1; or

2. Shall not be required to file the tonnage statement or pay the inspectionfee, if: (i) another person agrees in a written statement, filed with theCommissioner, to file the tonnage statement and to pay to the Commissionerthe inspection fee by August 1; and (ii) he files with the Commissioner byAugust 1 on a form furnished or approved by the Commissioner a purchasingreport stating the number of tons of regulated product purchased by theperson during the reporting year and from whom the regulated product waspurchased.

C. Any person who distributes fertilizer in Virginia to a nonlicensee asprovided for in subsection B shall pay to the Commissioner an inspection feeof 25 cents ($0.25) per ton of fertilizer, including specialty fertilizer, or$35, whichever is greater, per tonnage reporting year.

D. Any person who distributes in Virginia any soil amendments, soilconditioners, or horticultural growing media to a nonlicensee as provided forin subsection B shall pay to the Commissioner an inspection fee of 25 cents($0.25) per ton of soil amendment, soil conditioner or horticultural growingmedium or $35, whichever is greater, per tonnage reporting year.

E. The person subject to subsection B shall pay to the Commissioner a latefee, amounting to 10 percent of the inspection fee due, or $50, whichever isgreater, in addition to the amount of the inspection fee due, if the tonnagestatement is not filed, is misstated, or if the payment of inspection fees isnot made within 15 working days of the specified filing date.

(1994, c. 740, § 3.1-106.8; 2008, c. 860.)