Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5B - Division of Plant Industry › Chapter 5B-2 - FLORIDA NURSERY STOCK AND CERTIFICATION FEE › Section 5B-2.002 - Registering with the Division

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Every nurseryman, stock dealer, and plant broker shall
				  register with the division before moving, distributing or offering nursery
				  stock for sale. All seeds, cut flowers, cut fern, cut foliage not for
				  propagation, and lawn and pasture grasses not produced as certified turfgrass
				  are specifically exempted from nursery stock classification for registration
				  purposes when apparently free from injurious plant pests.
(1) Application for registration of nurseries
				shall be made upon an Application For Certificate Of Registration, FDACS-08004,
				Revised 11/15, as incorporated in Rule
				5B-2.0011, F.A.C., and must be
				signed by the applicant or applicant's representative.
(a) Nurserymen desiring to obtain a
				certificate of registration and move, sell, distribute, or offer nursery stock
				for sale shall request an inspection by the division at least thirty (30) days
				in advance of the date upon which they desire to move or offer nursery stock
				for sale. Nurserymen requesting a certificate of registration in less than 30
				days shall be charged a temporary certificate of inspection fee as provided in
				Rule 5B-2.010, F.A.C.
(b) The nursery stock must be inspected by an
				authorized representative of the division and found to be free from plant pests
				of regulatory significance and to be reasonably free from common plant
				pests.
(c) The nursery must be in
				such condition in regard to spacing, growth, and weed control to allow for an
				inspection for plant pests.
(d)
				Nurserymen, unless exempted under Rule
				5B-2.002, F.A.C., must pay an
				annual certificate of registration fee. Such fee shall be determined by the
				amount of nursery stock inventoried in the nursery by an authorized
				representative during the first inventory inspection after July 1. For
				field-produced vegetable transplants, field-produced bulbs, and field-produced
				corms and tubers, the certificate of registration fee shall be based on the
				amount of planted acreage provided that the total fee does not exceed four
				hundred sixty dollars ($460). Upon meeting registration requirements, a
				certificate of registration shall be issued by the division which shall expire
				twelve (12) months following date-of-issue. Nurseries having nursery stock,
				field-produced vegetable transplants, field-produced bulbs, and field-produced
				corms or tubers shall have the planted acreage fee added to the fee determined
				for nursery stock. The combined fees shall not exceed four hundred sixty
				dollars ($460).
1. Schedule of fees
				determined by nursery stock inventory shall be as follows:
Number of Plants
Amount of Fee
1-1, 000
$35.00
1, 001-5, 000
$50.00
5, 001-25, 000
$100.00
25, 001-100, 000
$200.00
100, 001-200, 000
$300.00
200, 001-300, 000
$350.00
Over 300, 000
$460.00
2.
				Schedule of fees determined by planted acreage for field-produced vegetable
				transplants, field-produced bulbs, and field-produced corms and tubers shall be
				as follows:
Number of Acres
Amount of Fee
1-15
$50.00
16-25
$100.00
26-35
$200.00
36-45
$300.00
46-60
$400.00
61-80
$450.00
Over 81
$460.00
3.
				Schedule of fees determined by planted acreage for certified turfgrass shall be
				as follows:
Number of Acres
Amount of Fee
1-200
$50.00
201-400
$100.00
401-600
$200.00
601-800
$300.00
801-1000
$400.00
1001-3000
$450.00
Over 3000
$460.00
(e) Governmental agency nurseries whose
				nursery stock is used exclusively for planting on government property are
				exempt from payment of a certificate of registration fee.
(f) All annual renewal documents for
				certificate of registration shall be returned not later than the anniversary
				date of the certificate being renewed, and accompanied by the appropriate fee.
				An Annual Nursery Registration Fee Notice, FDACS-08006, Revised 11/15,
				incorporated in Rule 5B-2.0011, F.A.C., is supplied
				by the division for this purpose.