Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §75-A, sub-§6, ¶G is enacted to read:

G.__The agricultural fair coordinator from the department shall serve as secretary to the Pull Events Commission.

Sec. 5. 7 MRSA §2102, as amended by PL 1977, c. 694, §131, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§2102.__Certification and inspection fee

A grower of potato, vegetable, forage crop or grain seeds may make application to the commissioner for inspection and certification of a crop growing or to be grown in this State.__ The grower shall provide the commissioner with the location and a description of the land on which the crop is grown and any additional information required by the commissioner.__The grower shall enter into an agreement to pay inspection and certification fees determined by the commissioner to cover the cost of inspection and certification.__Upon entering into an agreement with a grower, the commissioner or an agent of the commissioner shall list that grower's crops to be inspected and shall inspect and certify the crops in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.__All certification and inspection fees received in accordance with this section must be deposited in the Certified Seed Fund established in section 2107.

Sec. 6. 7 MRSA §2106, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 4, Pt. E, §1, is amended to read:

§2106. Working capital advance

The State Controller is authorized to advance $300,000 from the General Fund unappropriated surplus to the Division of Plant Industry program in the department Certified Seed Fund established in section 2107 during any state fiscal year, if requested in writing by the Director of the Division of Plant Industry, to be used to provide cash necessary to meet current expenditures of the seed certification program. These funds must be returned to the General Fund unappropriated surplus before the close of the state fiscal year in which the advance was made. The State Controller shall report to the joint standing committee