(a)

1. (1) Packers shall be required to report and pay inspection fees on reported volume on a monthly basis.
2. (2) This fee shall be paid not later than the fifteenth of the following month.

3. (3)

   1. (A) If a report is not received by the due date, notice of the past due report will be sent in writing.
   2. (B) If the packer does not report within ten (10) days from date of the past due notice, the packer's permit will be suspended and a stop sale notice shall be issued to the packer.

(b)

1. (1) Report forms shall be made available by the Department of Agriculture.
2. (2) Packers or wholesalers shall be required to furnish evidence of origin by invoice on eggs which they handle.

(c) For the purpose of financing the administration and enforcement of this part, the State of Arkansas, through the department, shall collect the following fees from the processor, packer, or wholesaler:

1. (1) An annual permit fee in the amount of sixty dollars ($60.00) to be due at time of renewal (July 1) of permit each year;
2. (2) A fee of six cents (6¢) per case for all graded or processed shell eggs and/or egg products sold in the State of Arkansas, if the sale is to the consumer and/or if the purchase by the buyer or wholesaler is for the purpose of resale; and

3. (3)

   1. (A) Breaker plants: a fee of one-half cent (0.5¢) per case on eggs graded and/or processed in Arkansas.
   2. (B) An additional five and one-half cents (5.5¢) (for a total of six cents (6¢) per case) on graded and/or processed eggs sold in the State of Arkansas directly to the consumer and if the purchase by the buyer is for the purpose of resale at retail or to be used in food items sold at retail in Arkansas or under an Arkansas permit.

(d) For purposes of fee calculations for egg products:

1. (1) Thirty-six pounds (36 lbs.) of frozen and/or liquid eggs shall represent a thirty-dozen case of shell eggs;
2. (2) Nine pounds (9 lbs.) of dried eggs shall represent a thirty-dozen case of shell eggs; and
3. (3) Two (2) twenty-pound to twenty-five-pound containers of boiled eggs shall represent a thirty-dozen case of shell eggs.

(e)

1. (1) All egg product plants from outside the State of Arkansas will be responsible for the fees due on all egg products entering the State of Arkansas.
2. (2) Additionally, at the discretion of the department, a wholesaler selling egg products in the State of Arkansas could be held liable for fees due in lieu of the egg plants.