7 CFR § 46.6 - License fees.

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title: "7 CFR § 46.6 - License fees."
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title_name: "Agriculture"
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chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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subchapter_name: "MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES"
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part_name: "REQUIREMENTS (OTHER THAN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES) UNDER THE PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1930"
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# 46.6 License fees.

(a) Retailers and grocery wholesalers making an initial application for license shall pay a $100 administrative processing fee.

(b) For commission merchants, brokers, and dealers (other than grocery wholesalers and retailers) the annual license fee is $995 plus $600 for each branch or additional business facility. In no case shall the aggregate annual fees paid by any such applicant exceed $8,000.

(c) The Director may require that fees be paid in the form of a money order, bank draft, cashier's check, or certified check made payable to “USDA-AMS”. Authorized representatives of the Division may accept fees and issue receipts.

[62 FR 43455, Aug. 14, 1997, as amended at 75 FR 51919, Aug. 24, 2010]