An Act To Remove the $100 Reporting Fee for Fertilizer and Agricultural Liming Materials Sold
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §743-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 393, §3, is amended to read:
1. Registrants required to report. On or before September 1st of each year, a registrant shall file with the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, the number of tons of each brand and grade of commercial fertilizer sold by the registrant in the State during the 12 months preceding July 1st of that year. A fee of $1 per ton or $100 for each brand and grade of fertilizer, whichever is more, sold during the 12 months preceding July 1st of that year must accompany the form.
Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §766, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2009, c. 393, §5, is further amended to read:
1. By registrants. On or before September 1st in each year each registrant shall file with the commissioner, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, the number of tons of each agricultural liming material sold during the 12 months preceding July 1st of that year. A fee of $1 per ton or $100 for each brand of agricultural liming material, whichever is more, sold during the 12 months preceding July 1st of that year must accompany the form.
summary
This bill removes the $100 fee for each brand and grade of fertilizer and each brand of agricultural liming material sold during a 12-month period.