190C.5 - STATE FEES -- DEPOSIT INTO GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE.
190C.5 STATE FEES -- DEPOSIT INTO GENERAL FUND OF THE
STATE.
1. The department acting as a state certifying agent shall
establish a schedule of fees by rule.
a. The department shall establish the rate of fees based on
an estimate of the amount of revenues from the fees required by the
department to administer and enforce this chapter.
b. The department shall annually review the estimate and may
change the rate of fees. The fees must be adjusted in order to
comply with this subsection.
c. The fees shall be charged to persons who are certified
under this chapter, including production operations and handling
operations, in a manner that is consistent with the national organic
program.
2. a. The department acting as a state certifying agent may
charge additional fees for carrying out the duties of that position
to the extent that the fees are consistent with the national organic
program.
b. The secretary acting as the state organic program's
governing state official may charge fees for carrying out the duties
of that position to the extent consistent with the national organic
program.
3. The department shall collect state fees under this chapter
which shall be deposited into the general fund of the state. Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1205, §5, 20; 2003 Acts, ch 104, §10, 21; 2009 Acts,
ch 41, §77
Referred to in §190C.2A