(a)

1. (1) The application fee and the acreage inspection fee shall be paid at the time the application is filed for all crops except cotton.

2. (2)

   1. (A) The acreage inspection fee on cotton shall be paid prior to the time the field inspection is made.
   2. (B) The application fee for all seed crops for each variety shall be twenty dollars ($20.00), and the acreage inspection fee shall be one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per acre for all crops, except rice, which shall be two dollars twenty-five cents ($2.25) per acre.

(b)

1. (1) An additional ten cents (10 ȼ) per acre shall be paid in advance on each acre of certified seed with each application.
2. (2) These fees shall be remitted through the Arkansas Seed Growers Association and the Arkansas Seed Dealers' Association to the Arkansas Seed Council for promotion and advertising purposes for Arkansas certified seed.
3. (3) Promotion and advertising fee needs shall be reviewed annually by the State Plant Board and adjusted if necessary at the request of the Arkansas Seed Dealers’ Association and the Arkansas Seed Growers Association after a public hearing.

(c) Tags/labels.

1. (1)

   1. (A) Printed pressure-sensitive labels, ten cents (10ȼ) each.
   2. (B) Printed pressure-sensitive labels for approved reusable bulk containers, eight cents (8ȼ)/fifty pounds (50 lbs.).
   3. (C)

(i) Unprinted tags and labels may be purchased at one-half (1/2) the price of printed tags/labels when ordered in quantities of five thousand (5,000) or more.

1. (ii) No refunds will be made for unused tags/labels.

2. (2) Blue tag bags/approved new or reusable containers.

   1. (A)

      1. (i) Those applicants equipped and approved to label Blue Tag Class seed on the containers shall report the amount in each lot so labeled.
      2. (ii) Blue tag bags, eight cents (8ȼ)/bag

   2. (B)

      1. (i) Approved new or reusable containers.
      2. (ii) Rigid minibulk containers, eight cents (8ȼ)/fifty pounds (50 lbs.).
      3. (iii) Flexible minibulk containers (superbags), eight cents (8ȼ)/bushel.

3. (3) Bulk certificates.

   1. (A) Those applicants selling crops eligible for bulk certification shall report the amount of each lot sold on bulk certificates and pay eight cents (8ȼ)/bushel.

   2. (B) Bulk certificate forms (used for all sales including a movement of the seed), twenty-five cents (25ȼ) each.

      1. (d) Extra inspections.

4. (1)

   1. (A) When an extra inspection is necessary because of findings of a previous inspection, the fees are as follows:

      1. (i) Seed treating equipment only, seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) for each trip;
      2. (ii) Seed processing plant or other similar inspections, fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each trip; and
      3. (iii) Isolation, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each field/trip.
   2. (B) On inspections requiring more than two (2) hours, ten dollars ($10.00) per hour will be charged for each additional hour.

5. (2) Fields failing inspection.

   1. (A) No more than two (2) reinspections will be made.

   2. (B)

      1. (i) The first reinspection will be charged one half (1/2) the acreage inspection fee for the crop kind per acre reinspected.
      2. (ii) The second reinspection would be the same as the acreage fee per acre for that crop.

(f) Fees for vegetatively propagated turfgrasses.

1. (1) Application fee, twenty dollars ($20.00) for each variety.

2. (2) Preplant inspections (to determine if meets land requirements):

   1. (A) Preplant inspection, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per field per trip; and
   2. (B) If field fails preplant inspection and reinspection is necessary, reinspection fees are fifty dollars ($50.00) per field per trip.

3. (3)

   1. (A) Acreage inspection fees, five hundred dollars ($500) for the first ten (10) acres and twelve dollars ($12.00) per acre for each additional acre.

   2. (B) This includes the three (3) required inspections and official numbered certificates required for each shipment of certified:

      1. (i) Sod;
      2. (ii) Sprigs; or
      3. (iii) Plugs.