2010 Senate Bill 1396 ↩

House Roll Call 564: Passed

To allow the Department of Agriculture to increase the license fee on “grain dealers” every year, instead of every three years. Fee increases would still be capped at the rate of inflation or 5 percent, whichever is less. The annual license fees currently range from $105 to $473. Under the statute “grain dealer" means a person engaged in the business of receiving, buying, exchanging, selling, or storing farm produce, including a farm produce trucker, grain merchandiser, or processor. The bill would also repeal a surety bond posting mandate.