§150A-5.3  Inspection, quarantine, and
eradication service fee and charge.  There is imposed a fee for the
inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species contained in any
freight, including but not limited to marine commercial container shipment, air
freight, or any other means of transporting freight, foreign or domestic, that
is brought into the State.  The fee shall be paid by the person responsible for
paying the freight charges to the transportation company, who shall collect the
fee and forward the payment to the department at the port of disembarkation;
provided that the transportation company shall not be liable for any fee that
is not paid by the person responsible for paying the freight charges to the
transportation company.  The department shall deposit the fee into the pest
inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund under section 150A-4.5.



The fee shall be assessed on the net weight of
the imported freight computed on the basis of 50 cents for every one thousand
pounds of freight brought into the State, or part thereof. [L Sp 2007, c 9, pt
of §1; am L 2008, c 16, §4; am L Sp 2008, c 3, §3]