(1) Annual statement. Every person required to have a commercial feed license shall file with the department on or before July 1 an annual statement indicating the number of net tons of commercial feed the person distributed in the state during the previous calendar year (January 1 – December 31), with the following exemptions.
(a) Feed may not be reported in the annual statement if:
- 1. The feed has been previously reported to the department and calculated in the annual license fee of a manufacturer, distributor, or guarantor in good standing;
- 2. The feed is a customer-formula feed and all the commercial feed used as ingredients has been previously reported to the department and calculated in the annual license fee of a manufacturer, distributor, or guarantor in good standing; or,
- 3. The annual statement is that of a contract feeder.
- (b) If distillery wet grains or by-products are distributed as feed containing more than 75% moisture, only 10% of their weight shall be reported in the annual statement.
- (2) License fee. Every person required to have a commercial feed license shall pay an annual license fee based on the weight of feed distributed in the state during the previous calendar year (January 1 – December 31), as reported in the annual statement. The fee shall be determined by dividing the total tons of feed distributed by 350 tons and multiplying the dividend by a Tier 2 fee under T.C.A. § 43-1-703(f). In no event shall any person pay less than a Tier 2 fee under T.C.A. § 43-1-703(f) for an annual license under this chapter. The department may credit payment of annual license fees that have been paid based on feed that was exempt from reporting requirements.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-203, 43-1-703, 44-6-104, 44-6-109, and 44-6-110. Administrative History: Original rule filed May 14,1987; effective August 29,1987. Amendments filed March 24, 2016; effective June 22, 2016. Amendments filed March 30, 2017; effective June 28, 2017.