§ 3:3374 — Fees

§3374. Fees
A. Each person who holds a place of business permit shall pay the fees
established in this Subsection for standard contracts and wood destroying
insect reports. Fees shall be paid at the expense of the person who holds the
place of business permit and shall be paid at the time the person files the report
required by R.S. 3:3370(B). The fee for each standard contract reported shall
be established by the commission by rule at not more than sixteen dollars. The
fee for each wood destroying insect report reported shall be established by the
commission by rule at not more than sixteen dollars. When the amount of the
fees collected pursuant to this Section in any fiscal year equals the amount
appropriated for the commission and its programs for that fiscal year, the
commission shall allocate the fees collected for standard contracts and wood
destroying insect reports for the remainder of that fiscal year to the Louisiana
State University Experiment Station for the purpose of structural pest control
research.
B. The other fees charged under this Part shall be as follows:
(1) The annual permit fee for a place of business at which two or fewer
licensed structural pest control operators or registered technicians are
employed shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than one
hundred twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred fifty dollars.
(2) The annual permit fee for a place of business at which three or
more licensed structural pest control operators or registered technicians are
employed shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than one
hundred seventy-five dollars and not more than two hundred dollars.
(3) The fee for the examination for the structural pest control operator's
license shall be fifty dollars.
(4) The fee for the examination for the technician's registration shall
be twenty-five dollars.
(5) The fees for the registration of technicians shall be as follows:
(a) The fee for the administrative processing of the registration
certificate shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than
twenty dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars. This fee shall be paid at
the time of initial registration and shall be for the time period beginning on the
date of registration and ending on the following June thirtieth.
(b) The annual registration fee for registered technicians shall be
established by the commission by rule at not less than twenty dollars and not
more than twenty-five dollars.
(c) The administrative fee for processing the change of registration
each time a registered technician is employed by a different pest control
operator shall be ten dollars.
(6) The annual license fee for licensed pest control operators shall be
established by the commission by rule at not less than five dollars and not
more than ten dollars for each category in which the pest control operator is
licensed.
(7) The commission by rule shall establish fees for chemical or other
analyses which are performed at the request of any person other than the
commission or the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The fees shall be
based on the cost of obtaining the sample, obtaining the analysis, and
processing the request for the analysis.
C. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all fees established
by the commission shall be based on the cost of administering the provisions
of this Part.
D. All annual fees collected by the commission shall be due and
payable on the first day of July of each year.
{{NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 148, §§2, 3, & 4.}}

Legislative History

Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 148, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1032, §1; Acts 2015, No. 201, §1.