The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
001
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CERTIFICATION OF SEED
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 616)
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§ 616. Fees
(a) The Secretary shall have authority to assess growers who apply for the certification
privilege a fee per acre, to be paid in one or more installments.
(b) Growers shall be assessed $35.00 for the first five acres inclusive. Over five acres
shall be assessed $35.00 plus $3.00 per acre over five acres.
(c) Payment for certification shall be based upon the following schedule:
(1) The application for certification shall be accompanied by 60 percent of the certification
fee. The balance, or 40 percent of the certification fee, shall be payable not later
than 90 days after the bill is rendered. Certification shall be withheld until all
fees have been paid.
(2) The balance, 40 percent, of the certification shall be waived if the field is rejected
upon field inspection or if no crop is harvested for reasons beyond the grower’s control. (Amended 1999, No. 49, § 111; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 82, eff. July 1, 2022.)