§ 81005

(a) The department shall establish a registration fee and appropriate renewal fee to be paid by growers of industrial hemp for commercial purposes and seed breeders, not including an established agricultural research institution, to cover the actual costs of implementing, administering, and enforcing the provisions of this division.

(b) Fees collected by the commissioners upon registration or renewal pursuant to Section 81003 or 81004 shall be forwarded, according to procedures set by the department, to the department for deposit into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be used for the administration and enforcement of this division.

(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 398, Sec. 4. (SB 566) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative January 1, 2017, pursuant to Section 81010.)