An Act To Change the Registration Fees for Home-based Manufacturers of Pet Foods (AFTER DEADLINE) No. 1673 March 22, 2007
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1673
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: DOW

Legislative Document 
S.P.578 
An Act To Change the Registration Fees for Home-based 
Manufacturers of Pet Foods 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
No. 1673 
March 22, 2007 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and 
ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator DOW of Lincoln. 
Printed on recycled paper 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 7 MRS A §714, as amended by PL 2005, c. 512, §§38 and 39, is further 
amended to read: 
§714. Registration 
1. 
Application for registration. 
A person may not distribute in this State a 
commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, that has not been registered pursuant to 
this section. The application for registration must be submitted in the manner prescribed 
by the commissioner on forms furnished by the commissioner, aAd accofApaAied b~' aA.:. 
The annual fee ef is $80 per product name for pet food aAd except that the total annual 
fee for a home-based manufacturer of pet food producing 10 or fewer product names and 
selling directly to consumers is $100. The annual fee is $80 per product name for all 
other commercial feed. Upon approval by the commissioner the registration must be 
issued to the applicant. All registrations expire on the 31st day of December. 
The 
commissioner may issue a registration for a one-year, 2-year or 3-year period. 
Registrations for a period in excess of one year may only be issued with the agreement of 
or at the request of the applicant. The fee for a 2-year registration is 2 times the annual 
fee. The fee for a 3-year registration is 3 times the annual fee. 
2. 
Fees. The commissioner shall deposit 112 of the fees collected pursuant to 
subsection 1 in the General Fund and 1/2 of the fees collected in the Animal Welfare 
Fund established under section 3906-B. 
3. 
Refusal. 
The commissioner is empowered to refuse registration of any 
commercial feed not in compliance with this subchapter and to cancel any registration 
subsequently found not to be in compliance with any provision of this subchapter. 
Registration, refusal and cancellation shall be cOAsidered rl:lle maldAg are rulemaking as 
that term is defined in the Maine Administrative Procedure Act and notice and 
opportunity for a hearing ~ 
must be provided prior to refusal or cancellation in a 
manner consistent with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. In any case, no 
registration ~ 
may be refused or canceled, unless the registrant shall fla¥e has been 
given an opportunity to amend fl.¥.y the application in order to comply with the 
requirements of this subchapter. 
4. Surcharge on registration of pet food. For each product name of pet food 
registered in accordance with subsection 1, the applicant shall pay a $20 surcharge in 
addition to the registration fee, except that a home-based manufacturer of pet food 
producing 10 or fewer product names and selling directly to consumers shall pay a total 
annual surcharge of $20. The commissioner shall deposit the surcharge into the Animal 
Welfare Fund established under section 3906-B, subsection 2. 
SUMMARY 
This bill reduces annual pet food registration and surcharge fees for home-based 
manufacturers of pet food that produce 10 or fewer product names and that sell directly to 
I 
consumers. The total annual registration fec is $100 and the total annual surcharge is 
$20.