Pennsylvania § 7109 Fees

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 7109 — Fees

Pennsylvania § 7109

Title 3AGRICULTURE

PartPART VII

Ch. 71SEED

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3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7109 (2026).

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(a)Inspections and tests.--The department shall have authority to fix, adjust, assess and collect, or cause to be collected, fees for the certification inspection service and requested seed tests authorized by this chapter. Such fees shall be large enough to meet the reasonable expenses incurred by the department or its agents in making such inspections as may be necessary for seed certification and conducting requested tests.

(b)Service samples.--

(1)The testing fee may be required to accompany the sample.

(2)Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(3)There shall be a $5 late fee assessed for every month that the testing fee is past due.

(4)A Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Seed Examination shall be included with all purity analyse

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(a) Inspections and tests.--The department shall have authority to fix, adjust, assess and collect, or cause to be collected, fees for the certification inspection service and requested seed tests authorized by this chapter. Such fees shall be large enough to meet the reasonable expenses incurred by the department or its agents in making such inspections as may be necessary for seed certification and conducting requested tests.

(b) Service samples.--

(1) The testing fee may be required to accompany the sample.

(2) Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(3) There shall be a $5 late fee assessed for every month that the testing fee is past due.

(4) A Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Seed Examination shall be included with all purity analyses.

(5) Service Sample Fees.

(c) Seed certification.--

(1) The department will provide annually a schedule listing application, inspection, tag and label fees.

(2) An applicant shall include the appropriate application fee payment for each crop. Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Fees are nonrefundable.

(3) The field inspection fee is based on the total acres inspected or, in the case of grass and legumes, the pounds of clean seed produced. An invoice stating the amount of the fee will be sent to the applicant.

(4) Acreage or plants withdrawn by the applicant prior to the actual inspection may not be included except as provided for in regulation.

(5) Application and inspection fees.

(6) Tag and label fees.

(7) There is a $25 per lot fee for each official interagency sample received.

(8) The shipping inspection fee for potatoes is $30 per inspection.

(d) Adjustment of fee.--If the secretary determines following notice to the licensees that moneys derived from the registration and inspection fees are either greater or less than that required to administer this chapter, the secretary may reduce or increase the inspection fee so as to maintain revenues sufficient to administer this chapter.

(e) Notice.--The secretary shall announce the adjustment of fees by publishing a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The adjusted fees shall take effect 60 days after publication of such notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.