§ 7109

\n(a) Inspections and tests.--\nThe 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.\n(b) Service samples.--\n(1) The testing fee may be required to accompany the sample.\n(2) Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.\n(3) There shall be a $5 late fee assessed for every month that the testing fee is past due.\n(4) A Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Seed Examination shall be included with all purity analyses.\n(5) Service Sample Fees.\nKind of Seed\nPurity Analysis (including Pennsylvania\nState Noxious\nWeed Seed Examination)\nGermination\nTest\nCombined\nPurity\nAnalysis and\nGermination\nTest\nAlfalfa\n$7.00\n$5.50\n$12.00\nBarley\n7.00\n5.50\n12.00\nBeans, garden\n6.00\n6.50\n12.00\nBeans, Lima\n6.00\n7.50\n13.00\nBent

nGermination\nTest\nCombined\nPurity\nAnalysis and\nGermination\nTest\nAlfalfa\n$7.00\n$5.50\n$12.00\nBarley\n7.00\n5.50\n12.00\nBeans, garden\n6.00\n6.50\n12.00\nBeans, Lima\n6.00\n7.50\n13.00\nBent grass\n14.00\n8.00\n21.50\nBluestems\n26.00\n8.00\n33.50\nBird's-foot\ntrefoil\n7.00\n5.50\n12.00\nBluegrass\n15.00\n8.00\n22.50\nBromegrass\n10.00\n7.50\n17.00\nBuckwheat\n7.00\n5.50\n12.00\nClovers\n7.00\n5.50\n12.00\nCorn\n5.00\n6.50\n11.00\nCrown vetch\n8.00\n6.50\n14.00\nDeer's-tongue\ngrass\n10.00\n7.50\n17.00\nFescues\n10.00\n7.50\n17.00\nFlat pea\n6.00\n7.50\n13.00\nMillets\n8.50\n6.50\n14.50\nOats (including\nfluorescence\ntest)\n8.00\n5.50\n13.00\nOrchard grass\n12.00\n7.00\n18.50\nPeas\n5.00\n6.50\n11.00\nRedtop\n14.00\n8.00\n21.50\nReed\nCanary grass\n9.00\n6.50\n15.00\nRye\n7.00\n5.50\n12.00\nRyegrass\n9.00\n6.00\n14.50\nRyegrass (including\nfluorescence\ntest)\n9.00\n10.50\n19.00\nSorghums\n8.00\n6.50\n14.00\nSoybeans\n6.00\n7.50\n13.00\nSudan grass\n8.00\n6.50\n14.00\nTimothy\n7.00\n5.50\n12.00\nTobacco\n8.00\n6.50\n14.00\nVetch\n8.00\n6.50\n14.00\nWheat\n7.00\n5.50\n12.00\nFlowers\n8.00\n6.50\n14.00\nVegetables\nand herbs\nexcept beans,\ncorn and

00\n6.50\n14.00\nTimothy\n7.00\n5.50\n12.00\nTobacco\n8.00\n6.50\n14.00\nVetch\n8.00\n6.50\n14.00\nWheat\n7.00\n5.50\n12.00\nFlowers\n8.00\n6.50\n14.00\nVegetables\nand herbs\nexcept beans,\ncorn and peas\n8.00\n5.50\n13.00\nTree, forb and\nshrub:\nwithout embryo\nexcision\n8.00\n9.00\n16.50\nwith embryo\nexcision\n8.00\n20.00\n27.00\nwith embryo\nexcision and\nremoval of pits\n8.00\n22.00\n29.00\nMixtures:\nLawn and\nturf:\nTwo components\n22.00\n16.00\n36.00\nEach\nadditional\ncomponent\n8.00\n8.00\n15.00\nGermination only\n8.00 extra\nPasture, hay and\nconservation:\nTwo components\n12.00\n14.00\n25.00\nEach\nadditional\ncomponent\n5.00\n7.00\n11.00\nGermination only\n6.00 extra\nMiscellaneous\ncharges:\nInterstate\nnoxious weed\nexaminations:\nLawn and turf\nwith purity\n6.00 extra\nLawn and turf\nwithout purity\n20.00\nAll others\nwith purity\n5.00 extra\nPennsylvania\nNoxious Weed\nSeed Examination:\nLawn and turf\ngrasses and\nmixtures\n15.00\nAll others\n4.00\nCold test\n10.00\nCanada standards\ntest\n10.00\nIdentification\n5.00\nEmbryo excision\ntest\n15.00\nRush\n10.00\nExtra laboratory\nreport\n2.00\nTests not listed,\nspecial\nprocedures,\nextra time, etc.\n20.00 per

0\nCanada standards\ntest\n10.00\nIdentification\n5.00\nEmbryo excision\ntest\n15.00\nRush\n10.00\nExtra laboratory\nreport\n2.00\nTests not listed,\nspecial\nprocedures,\nextra time, etc.\n20.00 per hour\n(c) Seed certification.--\n(1) The department will provide annually a schedule listing application, inspection, tag and label fees.\n(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.\n(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.\n(4) Acreage or plants withdrawn by the applicant prior to the actual inspection may not be included except as provided for in regulation.\n(5) Application and inspection fees.\nCrop\nApplication Fee\nInspection Fee\nPotatoes (other\nthan pronuclear\nseed potatoes)\n$25.00\n$10 per acre\nPrenuclear seed\npotatoes\n15¢ per sq. ft.,\nassessed once\n(greenhouse)\n25.00\nper crop\nPrenuclear seed\npotatoes\n$50

Fee\nPotatoes (other\nthan pronuclear\nseed potatoes)\n$25.00\n$10 per acre\nPrenuclear seed\npotatoes\n15¢ per sq. ft.,\nassessed once\n(greenhouse)\n25.00\nper crop\nPrenuclear seed\npotatoes\n$50 assessed\n(laboratory)\n25.00\nannually\nTobacco\n25.00\n$50 (minimum)\nWinter barley,\nwheat, rye\n25.00\n$3 per acre\nHybrid field corn\n25.00\n$7 per acre\nSpring barley, oats\n25.00\n$3 per acre\nSoybean\n25.00\n$3 per acre\nGrass, legume\n25.00\n4¢ per pound\nproduction fee;\nany field inspection\n$3 per acre\nTurfgrass sod\n25.00\n$4 per acre\n(preplant\ninspection)\n$7 per acre\n(final inspection)\nTrees\n25.00\nFees based on the\nactual\nadministrative\ncosts incurred by\nthe department\n(6) Tag and label fees.\nTag\nLabel\nPennsylvania certified seed\n10¢\n10¢\nInteragency certified seed\n15¢\n15¢\nPennsylvania certified sod\n20¢\nPennsylvania certified seed potatoes\n10¢\n(7) There is a $25 per lot fee for each official interagency sample received.\n(8) The shipping inspection fee for potatoes is $30 per inspection.\n(d) Adjustment of fee.--\nIf the secretary determines following notice to the licensees that moneys derived from the registration and inspection fees are either

e for potatoes is $30 per inspection.\n(d) Adjustment of fee.--\nIf 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.\n(e) Notice.--\nThe 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.