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Statutes > Idaho > Title22 > T22ch44 > T22ch44sect22-4407AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
CHAPTER 44
IDAHO AQUACULTURE COMMISSION
22-4407. Assessments. (1) From and after the first day of July 2004, there is hereby imposed an assessment of five cents (5¢) per hundred weight on the production of aquaculture products produced or grown in Idaho for purpose of profit. Thereafter, the commission is authorized to establish the rate of assessment by rule, up to a maximum assessment rate of ten cents (10¢) per hundred weight on the production of aquaculture products produced or grown in Idaho for purpose of profit.
(2) With the exception of the assessments pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, assessments shall be collected by the processor and deducted from payments to the producer. The processor shall remit all assessments to the commission within fifteen (15) days of the end of each calendar quarter, along with the name, address and dollar amount of each producer’s respective assessment. The commission shall maintain records identifying the specific amount of assessment collected from each producer.
(3) Producers shall be responsible for submitting assessments on aquaculture products sold for human consumption, pond stocking, or live aquaculture products sold directly to the public, to retailers or to a governmental entity. Producers shall remit the assessments to the commission by the fifteenth day of the month following the sale, along with a verification of the amount of product so sold.
