La. Admin. Code tit. 37 § IX-107
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
A. Fees for participation in said fund may be determined and announced annually by the commission, and the commission, in doing so, shall consider the self-insurance fund's experience and current market conditions affecting the financial status of licenses.B. Each applicant for a warehouse license and/or cotton merchant and/or a grain dealer license who participates in the self-insurance fund shall be assessed an annual fee for participation in the self-insurance program. Said fee must accompany the application for a license, and is not refundable unless the license application or renewal is denied and, in that event, the fee will be refunded on a pro rata basis with the commission retaining a proportionate amount for any period during which coverage was provided to the applicant.C. An applicant who does not pay said fee on or before April 30 of the new license year shall pay an additional sum equal to 10 percent of the annual fee.D. The amount of the annual fee shall be $500 for a grain dealer or cotton merchant licensee. The annual fee for a warehouse licensee shall be determined first by calculating the amount of bond required of a license under R.S. 3:34010.C and D. If the required bond is $25,000, then the fee shall be $135. If the required bond is over $25,000, then the fee shall be $135 plus $4 per each additional $1,000 of coverage required.E. Whenever the licensed warehouse capacity increases, the amount of the fee shall be amended to conform with the current licensed capacity of the facility or facilities covered by the fee.F. For licensees entering the self-insurance fund during the license year, the fee shall be based on a pro-rata basis for each month of coverage provided.G. The commission may require applicants who are participating in the self-insurance fund for the first time to pay two times the normal fee assessment.La. Admin. Code tit. 37, § IX-107
Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Agricultural Commodities Commission, LR 13:234 (April 1987), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Agricultural Commodities Commission, LR 19:1304 (October 1993), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of the Commissioner, LR 24:625 (April 1998).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3410.1.