2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 3 - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 71 - Seed › Section 7109 - Fees

§ 7109. Fees.
(a) Inspections and tests.--
The department shall have authority to fix, adjust, assess and collect, or cause to be collected, fees for the certification inspection service and requested seed tests authorized by this chapter. Such fees shall be large enough to meet the reasonable expenses incurred by the department or its agents in making such inspections as may be necessary for seed certification and conducting requested tests.
(b) Service samples.--
(1) The testing fee may be required to accompany the sample.
(2) Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(3) There shall be a $5 late fee assessed for every month that the testing fee is past due.
(4) A Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Seed Examination shall be included with all purity analyses.
(5) Service Sample Fees.
Kind of Seed
Purity Analysis (including Pennsylvania
State Noxious
Weed Seed Examination)
Germination
Test
Combined
Purity
Analysis and
Germination
Test
Alfalfa
$7.00
$5.50
$12.00
Barley
7.00
5.50
12.00
Beans, garden
6.00
6.50
12.00
Beans, Lima
6.00
7.50
13.00
Bent grass
14.00
8.00
21.50
Bluestems
26.00
8.00
33.50
Bird's-foot
trefoil
7.00
5.50
12.00
Bluegrass
15.00
8.00
22.50
Bromegrass
10.00
7.50
17.00
Buckwheat
7.00
5.50
12.00
Clovers
7.00
5.50
12.00
Corn
5.00
6.50
11.00
Crown vetch
8.00
6.50
14.00
Deer's-tongue
grass
10.00
7.50
17.00
Fescues
10.00
7.50
17.00
Flat pea
6.00
7.50
13.00
Millets
8.50
6.50
14.50
Oats (including
fluorescence
test)
8.00
5.50
13.00
Orchard grass
12.00
7.00
18.50
Peas
5.00
6.50
11.00
Redtop
14.00
8.00
21.50
Reed
Canary grass
9.00
6.50
15.00
Rye
7.00
5.50
12.00
Ryegrass
9.00
6.00
14.50
Ryegrass (including
fluorescence
test)
9.00
10.50
19.00
Sorghums
8.00
6.50
14.00
Soybeans
6.00
7.50
13.00
Sudan grass
8.00
6.50
14.00
Timothy
7.00
5.50
12.00
Tobacco
8.00
6.50
14.00
Vetch
8.00
6.50
14.00
Wheat
7.00
5.50
12.00
Flowers
8.00
6.50
14.00
Vegetables
and herbs
except beans,
corn and peas
8.00
5.50
13.00
Tree, forb and
shrub:
without embryo
excision
8.00
9.00
16.50
with embryo
excision
8.00
20.00
27.00
with embryo
excision and
removal of pits
8.00
22.00
29.00
Mixtures:
Lawn and
turf:
Two components
22.00
16.00
36.00
Each
additional
component
8.00
8.00
15.00
Germination only
8.00 extra
Pasture, hay and
conservation:
Two components
12.00
14.00
25.00
Each
additional
component
5.00
7.00
11.00
Germination only
6.00 extra
Miscellaneous
charges:
Interstate
noxious weed
examinations:
Lawn and turf
with purity
6.00 extra
Lawn and turf
without purity
20.00
All others
with purity
5.00 extra
Pennsylvania
Noxious Weed
Seed Examination:
Lawn and turf
grasses and
mixtures
15.00
All others
4.00
Cold test
10.00
Canada standards
test
10.00
Identification
5.00
Embryo excision
test
15.00
Rush
10.00
Extra laboratory
report
2.00
Tests not listed,
special
procedures,
extra time, etc.
20.00 per hour
(c) Seed certification.--
(1) The department will provide annually a schedule listing application, inspection, tag and label fees.
(2) An applicant shall include the appropriate application fee payment for each crop. Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Fees are nonrefundable.
(3) The field inspection fee is based on the total acres inspected or, in the case of grass and legumes, the pounds of clean seed produced. An invoice stating the amount of the fee will be sent to the applicant.
(4) Acreage or plants withdrawn by the applicant prior to the actual inspection may not be included except as provided for in regulation.
(5) Application and inspection fees.
Crop
Application Fee
Inspection Fee
Potatoes (other
than pronuclear
seed potatoes)
$25.00
$10 per acre
Prenuclear seed
potatoes
15¢ per sq. ft.,
assessed once
(greenhouse)
25.00
per crop
Prenuclear seed
potatoes
$50 assessed
(laboratory)
25.00
annually
Tobacco
25.00
$50 (minimum)
Winter barley,
wheat, rye
25.00
$3 per acre
Hybrid field corn
25.00
$7 per acre
Spring barley, oats
25.00
$3 per acre
Soybean
25.00
$3 per acre
Grass, legume
25.00
4¢ per pound
production fee;
any field inspection
$3 per acre
Turfgrass sod
25.00
$4 per acre
(preplant
inspection)
$7 per acre
(final inspection)
Trees
25.00
Fees based on the
actual
administrative
costs incurred by
the department
(6) Tag and label fees.
Tag
Label
Pennsylvania certified seed
10¢
10¢
Interagency certified seed
15¢
15¢
Pennsylvania certified sod
20¢
Pennsylvania certified seed potatoes
10¢
(7) There is a $25 per lot fee for each official interagency sample received.
(8) The shipping inspection fee for potatoes is $30 per inspection.
(d) Adjustment of fee.--
If the secretary determines following notice to the licensees that moneys derived from the registration and inspection fees are either greater or less than that required to administer this chapter, the secretary may reduce or increase the inspection fee so as to maintain revenues sufficient to administer this chapter.
(e) Notice.--
The secretary shall announce the adjustment of fees by publishing a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The adjusted fees shall take effect 60 days after publication of such notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.