§ 20-59-704 — Fees - Penalties

(a) (1) By June 1 of each year, the Department of Health shall determine the cost of the Milk Laboratory Antibiotic Drug Testing Program, which shall not exceed twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000) for the first fiscal year and which shall not exceed the actual cost of operating the program for any subsequent year. (2) Each laboratory participating in the program shall be assessed a fee to be determined by dividing the total cost of operating the program by the number of laboratories participating in the program. (3) Beginning on August 1 of each year that the program is in operation, the department shall collect fees from the laboratories. (4) Failure to pay the assessed fee by October 1 of each year that the program is in operation will result in a late penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessed fee. (5) Failure to pay the assessed fee and any penalty by October 31 shall render the laboratory certification invalid. (b) Any laboratory that wishes to become certified in standard plate count, cryoscope, direct microscopic somatic cell count, and electronic somatic cell count shall be assessed an additional fee of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) to be paid by August 1 of each year.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 701, § 3.