2006 Kansas Code - 2-2507

      2-2507.   Inspection fee; stamps; quarterly payment; reports and records; disposition of moneys received; egg fee fund. (a) For the purpose of financing the administration and enforcement of this act, there is hereby levied an inspection fee on all eggs sold, offered or exposed for sale to food purveyors or consumers at the rate of 3.5 mills for each dozen eggs. Such fees shall be paid quarterly, but in no event shall the remittance for any quarter be less than $15. If the department finds that the above fees are providing more funds than necessary for the administration of this act, the department may reduce the above-mentioned fee by rules and regulations, and in like manner may increase such fee when necessary, but not to exceed the rate specified above. The secretary shall provide inspection fee stamps for sale to persons desiring them. The price of such stamps shall include the printing and mailing costs thereof. Such inspection fee stamps shall also serve as a label indicating size and quality in boldface type letters not less than 3/8 inch in height. Persons desiring to report and pay the inspection fee quarterly, in lieu of using inspection fee stamps, may make application to the secretary for a permit to pay the inspection fee quarterly.

      (b)   The secretary may grant the permit if the applicant agrees to keep such records as may be necessary to indicate accurately the quantity of eggs sold on which the inspection fee is due, and if the applicant agrees to grant the secretary or a duly authorized representative of the secretary permission to verify the statement of quantity of eggs sold. The report shall be filed in the office of the secretary, and shall be due and payable on the first day of October, January, April, and July for the previous three months. If the report is not filed and the inspection fee paid within 30 days after the due date, or if the report of quantity is false, the secretary may revoke the permit. In addition to the inspection fee there may be assessed against the permit holder a penalty of $5 per day for each day the inspection fee remains unpaid after the thirty-day period. Such records of quantity sold shall be held for a period of three years. The secretary shall remit all moneys received by or for the secretary under article 25 of chapter 2 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the egg fee fund. All expenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of agriculture or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.

      History:   L. 1955, ch. 9, § 7; L. 1971, ch. 7, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 2, § 10; L. 1979, ch. 10, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 57, § 7; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 19; July 1.