Present law sets the following expiration dates for licenses, permits, and registrations issued by the department: (1) Pesticide product registrations expire June 30 following the date of issuance; (2) Seed seller licenses must be renewed on or before July of each year; (3) Liming materials distributor licenses expire June 30 of the year following issuance; (4) Licenses for manufacturers, distributors, and guarantors of commercial feed expire July 1 of the year for which the license is issued; (5) Livestock dealer licenses expire June 30 of the year following issuance or renewal; (6) Livestock market licenses expire June 30; (7) Licenses to manufacture, process, pack, or hold food for introduction into commerce expire July 1 of each year; (8) Milk samplers licenses expire July 1 of each succeeding year; (9) Licenses for frozen desert manufacturers, dairy plants, trade plants, receiving plants, and distributors of dairy products or frozen deserts expire July 1 of each year; and (10) Food establishment licenses expire June 30 following issuance. This bill changes present law by generally requiring that a license, permit, or registration issued by the department of agriculture for licensing, permitting, or registration cycles of one year or more expire on June 30 of the licensing, permitting, or registration cycle for which it was issued. A license, permit, registration, or certification issued by the division of forestry is exempt from the general expiration date requirement. This bill deletes the $25.00 late fee for failure to renew a public weighmaster license within 30 days of expiration. This bill deletes the requirement that milk samplers be issued concurrently with their license an identification card stating their name and address and bearing the same number as their license, which must be carried on their person at all times while on duty.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 43-8-104(a), 43-8-104, 43-10-118, 43-11-405, 44-6-104(b), 44-6-104, 44-10-203, 44-11-105(b), 44-11-105, 47-26-1010(b), 47-26-1010, 53-1-204(a)(2)(C), 53-1-204, 53-3-105, 53-3-106(b)(1)(D), 53-3-106, 53-8-106(a), 53-8-106, 53-8-106(c)