Bill Text: MS HB528 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commercial fertilizer distributors; change reporting of net tonnage requirement from quarterly to once annually.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-10 - Approved by Governor [HB528 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-HB528-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Agriculture
By: Representatives Pigott, Bell (21st), Carpenter, Foster, Johnson (87th), Staples
House Bill 528
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-47-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE ANNUAL REPORTING OF NET TONS OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS DISTRIBUTED IN THE STATE AND PAYMENT OF INSPECTION FEES; TO AMEND SECTION 75-47-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 75-47-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
75-47-11. (1) There shall be paid to the commissioner for all commercial fertilizers distributed in this state an inspection fee at the rate of Twenty-five Cents (25�) per ton, provided that sales to manufacturers or exchanges between them are hereby exempted. Fees so collected shall be used for the payment of the costs, by act of the Legislature, of inspection, sampling and analysis, and other expenses necessary for the administration of this chapter. On individual packages of commercial fertilizer containing ten (10) pounds or less, there shall be paid in lieu of the annual registration fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per brand and grade and the Twenty-five Cents (25�) per ton inspection fee, an annual registration fee and inspection fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each brand and grade sold or distributed. Where a person sells commercial fertilizer in packages of ten (10) pounds or less and in packages over ten (10) pounds, this annual registration and inspection fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall apply only to that portion sold in packages of ten (10) pounds or less, and that portion sold in packages over ten (10) pounds shall be subject to the same inspection fee of Twenty-five Cents (25�) per ton as provided in this chapter.
(2) Every registrant or
guarantor who distributes a commercial fertilizer in this state shall file with
the commissioner, on forms furnished by the commissioner, * * * an annual statement * * * setting forth the number of net tons of each commercial
fertilizer distributed in this state during * * * the previous year. The
report shall be due on or before the thirtieth day of the month following the
close of * * *
the reporting year. Upon such statement the registrant shall pay the
inspection fee at the rate stated in * * * subsection (1) of this
section.
If the tonnage report is not
filed and the payment of inspection fee is not made within thirty (30) days
after the end of the * * *
reporting year, a collection fee amounting to ten percent (10%) of the
amount, but in no case less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), shall be assessed
against the registrant, and the amount of fees due shall constitute a debt and
become the basis of a judgment against the registrant.
(3) When more than one (1) person is involved in the distribution of a commercial fertilizer, the last person who has the fertilizer registered and who distributes to a nonregistrant, dealer or consumer, is responsible for reporting the tonnage and paying the inspection fee.
SECTION 2. Section 75-47-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
75-47-13. All fertilizer
registrants transacting, distributing or selling commercial fertilizer to a
nonregistrant shall file with the commissioner * * * an annual report
showing the county code of the consignee, each grade of commercial fertilizer,
the amounts in tons, the Uniform Fertilizer Tonnage Reporting System (UFTRS)
code, the form in which the fertilizer was distributed (bag, bulk or liquid)
and the use (farm or nonfarm). This report of tonnage sold shall be reported
by one (1) of the following methods:
(a) Submitting a summary report on forms furnished by the commissioner; or
(b) Submitting an
electronic disk format or text file acceptable to the UFTRS. Each reporting
method shall be * * * as set forth in Section 75-47-11(2). No
information furnished to the commissioner under this section shall be disclosed
in such a way as to divulge the methods of operation of any registrant.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
