NAC587.220. Fees for analysis and testing.


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  • The following provisions establish the fees that the Department will charge for analysis and testing of samples of seed:

         1. As used in this section, “mixture” means a seed sample which contains two or more kinds of seed, where each kind:

         (a) Constitutes more than 5 percent of the sample; or

         (b) Is declared on the label to be part of the mixture.

         2. The fee for testing any kind of seed not listed will be determined by the Department.

         3. If special attention or a priority in examination is requested for a seed sample, the charge will be the fee listed plus 50 percent.

         4. The charge for a sample requiring an unusual amount of time, such as an excessively dirty sample, a sample of a complicated mixture or a sample requiring special tests, is $55 per hour.

         5. The charge for a mixture is $55 per hour.

         6. The charge for a tetrazolium test is $55 per test.

         7. Service testing fees for purity and germination:

    Kind

    Purity

    Germination

    Alfalfa

                       $55

                        $55

    Beans

                         55

                          55

    Bluegrass

                         75

                          55

    Bromegrass

                         55

                          55

    Cereal grains

                         55

                          55

    Clover

                         55

                          55

    Fescue

                         75

                          55

    Flax

                         55

                          55

    Flowers

                         55

                          55

    Indian Ricegrass

                         75

                          55

    Kochia

                         55

                          55

    Needlegrasses

                         55

                          55

    Onion

                         55

                          55

    Orchardgrass

                         75

                          55

    Peas

                         55

                          55

    Ryegrass

                         55

                          55

    Sainfoin

                         55

                          55

    Saltbush

                         75

                          55

    Small Brunet

                         55

                          55

    Sudangrass

                         55

                          55

    Sunflower

                         55

                          55

    Timothy

                         55

                          55

    Trees/Shrubs

                         55

                          55

    Vegetables not listed

                         55

                          55

    Vetches

                         55

                          55

    Wheatgrasses

                         75

                          55

    Wildrye

                         75

                          55

    Winterfat

                         75

                          55

         8. The fee for examination of a sample of seed for noxious weed seed which is designated noxious in any other state is $55.

     [Dep’t of Agriculture, eff. 8-6-80]—(NAC A 9-19-90; R174-99, 3-13-2000; R033-05, 10-31-2005; R088-11, 12-30-2011)