§3374. Fees

A. Each person who holds a place of business permit shall pay the fees established in this Subsection for standard contracts and wood destroying insect reports. Fees shall be paid at the expense of the person who holds the place of business permit and shall be paid at the time the person files the report required by R.S. 3:3370(B). The fee for each standard contract reported shall be established by the commission by rule at not more than sixteen dollars. The fee for each wood destroying insect report reported shall be established by the commission by rule at not more than sixteen dollars. When the amount of the fees collected pursuant to this Section in any fiscal year equals the amount appropriated for the commission and its programs for that fiscal year, the commission shall allocate the fees collected for standard contracts and wood destroying insect reports for the remainder of that fiscal year to the Louisiana State University Experiment Station for the purpose of structural pest control research.

B. The other fees charged under this Part shall be as follows:

(1) The annual permit fee for a place of business at which two or fewer licensed structural pest control operators or registered technicians are employed shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than one hundred twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred fifty dollars.

(2) The annual permit fee for a place of business at which three or more licensed structural pest control operators or registered technicians are employed shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than one hundred seventy-five dollars and not more than two hundred dollars.

(3) The fee for the examination for the structural pest control operator's license shall be fifty dollars.

(4) The fee for the examination for the technician's registration shall be twenty-five dollars.

(5) The fees for the registration of technicians shall be as follows:

(a) The fee for the administrative processing of the registration certificate shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than twenty dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars. This fee shall be paid at the time of initial registration and shall be for the time period beginning on the date of registration and ending on the following June thirtieth.

(b) The annual registration fee for registered technicians shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than twenty dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars.

(c) The administrative fee for processing the change of registration each time a registered technician is employed by a different pest control operator shall be ten dollars.

(6) The annual license fee for licensed pest control operators shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than five dollars and not more than ten dollars for each category in which the pest control operator is licensed.

(7) The commission by rule shall establish fees for chemical or other analyses which are performed at the request of any person other than the commission or the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The fees shall be based on the cost of obtaining the sample, obtaining the analysis, and processing the request for the analysis.

C. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all fees established by the commission shall be based on the cost of administering the provisions of this Part.

D. All annual fees collected by the commission shall be due and payable on the first day of July of each year.

Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 148, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1032, §1; Acts 2015, No. 201, §1.

{{NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 148, §§2, 3, & 4.}}