§31.35. Commercial seafood permit fee
A. The department shall charge and collect an annual commercial seafood permit fee to partially support the cost of inspection, monitoring, sampling, and laboratory analysis as mandated by the state Sanitary Code. The fee shall be collected from each seafood distributor and processing plant based on gross revenues of the plant or distributor as follows:
Revenues
Annual fee
$1,000,000 and under
$ 150.00
$1,000,001 - $2,500,000
250.00
$2,500,001 - $5,000,000
350.00
over $5,000,000
500.00
B. The department shall charge and collect a shellfish transplant permit fee of one hundred dollars.
C. The fees in this Section shall replace the seafood fees promulgated by the department in the June 20, 1989, Louisiana Register.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1, eff. July 1, 2000.