Section 192.111. Permit and inspection fees — deposit in general fund — appropriation.

  1.  The department shall issue and renew permits under this subsection as provided by rules adopted by the department. A permit, unless earlier revoked, is valid until the second July 1 following the issuance or renewal. The department shall establish and assess the fees for the issuance and renewal of permits annually as provided in this subsection. A permit fee for the renewal period shall be due on the date that the permit expires. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all of the following shall apply:

  a.  The following persons must receive a permit from and pay an accompanying permit fee to the department:

  (1)  A milk plant other than a receiving station which must obtain a milk plant permit and pay a permit fee not greater than two thousand dollars.

  (2)  A transfer station which must obtain a transfer station permit and pay a permit fee not greater than four hundred dollars.

  (3)  A receiving station other than a milk plant which must obtain a receiving station permit and pay a permit fee of not greater than four hundred dollars.

  (4)  A milk hauler which must obtain a milk hauler permit and pay a permit fee not greater than twenty dollars.

  (5)  A milk grader which must obtain a milk grader permit and pay a license fee not greater than twenty dollars.

  b.  A bulk milk tanker must operate pursuant to a bulk milk tanker permit obtained from the department. The person obtaining the permit must pay a permit fee not greater than fifty dollars.

  c.  The following fees, which shall be in addition to any fee required to accompany a permit as required in this section, shall be assessed:

  (1)  A reinspection fee that shall be paid by a person holding a permit under this subsection for which reinspection is required as a condition of retaining the permit. The amount of the reinspection fee shall not be more than forty dollars for each such reinspection.

  (2)  A resealing fee that shall be paid by a person holding a milk plant permit, for resealing a milk plant’s pasteurizer. The amount of the resealing fee shall not be more than one hundred dollars for each such resealing.

  d.  A person who renews a permit and submits any accompanying renewal fee under this subsection more than thirty days after the date that the renewal period expires shall pay a late fee. The amount of the late fee shall be equal to ten percent of the permit renewal fee. However, in no instance shall the late fee be less than twenty-five dollars.

  2.  A purchaser of milk from a grade “A” milk producer shall pay an inspection fee not greater than one point five cents per hundredweight. The fee shall be payable monthly to the department in a manner prescribed by the secretary.

  3.  Fees collected under this section and section 194.20 shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. All moneys deposited under this section are appropriated to the department for the costs of inspection, sampling, analysis, and other expenses necessary for the administration of this chapter and chapter 194, and shall be subject to the requirements of section 8.60.

88 Acts, ch 1152, §5

91 Acts, ch 260, §1214

92 Acts, ch 1163, §46

; 93 Acts, ch 131, §5

; 94 Acts, ch 1107, §38

; 97 Acts, ch 94, §5

; 2002 Acts, ch 1148, §1, 2, 11

; 2015 Acts, ch 103, §7

Subsection 3, paragraph b stricken and former paragraph a redesignated as an unnumbered paragraph