KRS 250.381: Inspection fee -- Quarterly statements.

(1) There shall be paid to the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station for all

fertilizers distributed in this state to nonregistrants or nonlicensees an inspection fee

at the rate of fifty cents ($0.50) per ton; except sales or exchanges between

importers, manufacturers, distributors, licensees, or registrants are exempted.

(2) Every registrant or licensee who distributes fertilizer in the state shall file on forms

approved by the director a quarterly statement setting forth the number of net tons

of each gra de of fertilizer distributed in this state, the county of the consignee, the

form in which the fertilizer was distributed, e.g., bags, bulk, or liquid, and whether

the fertilizer was for farm or nonfarm use. The report shall be due on or before the

last day of January, April, July, and October of each year, and upon the filing of the

statement the registrant or licensee shall pay the inspection fee at the rate stated in

subsection (1) of this section. If the tonnage report is not filed and the payment of

inspection fees is not made within fifteen (15) days after the due date, a collection

fee, amounting to ten percent (10%), with a minimum of fifty dollars ($50), of the

amount due shall be assessed against the registrant or licensee and added to the

amount due.

(3) If more than one (1) person is involved in the distribution of a fertilizer, the last

person who has the fertilizer registered or is licensed and who distributed to a

nonregistrant dealer or consumer shall be responsible for reporting the tonnage a nd

paying the inspection fee, unless the report and payment are made by a prior

distributor of the fertilizer.

(4) On individual packages of fertilizer containing ten (10) pounds or less, there shall

be paid, in lieu of the inspection fee of fifty cents ($ 0.50) per ton required by

subsection (1) of this section, an annual inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50) for each

grade of each brand sold or distributed. If a person distributes fertilizer in packages

of ten (10) pounds or less and in packages over ten (10) pounds, the annual fee shall

apply only to that portion distributed in packages of ten (10) pounds or less.

(5) Fees collected shall be used for the payment of the costs of inspecting, sampling,

analyzing, and other expenses necessary for the administr ation of KRS 250.361 to

250.451.

(6) No information furnished to the director under this section shall be disclosed in a

way to divulge the operation of any person.