02 NCAC 60b .0512          STORAGE FEES

(a)  Seedlings - The Director shall charge a storage fee for containerized seedlings stored after December 15^th and bareroot seedlings stored after May 15^th when storage coolers are at 80% or greater capacity.  The storage fee shall be a monthly fee of 1.5%, or a prorata share thereof, of product value as per current published price list, assessed on the value of the seedlings left in storage after the above dates.

(b)  Seed - The Director shall charge a storage fee if seeds are stored for a period of longer than 30 days.  The storage fee shall be a monthly fee of ten cents ($.10) per pound of seed.  The Director shall waive this fee if the seeds are stored for custom seedling production.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 106-22; 106-878(c); 143B-10;

Eff. August 1, 2002;

Transferred from 15A NCAC 09C .0516 Eff. May 1, 2012;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 19, 2015.