Section 2-19-307 - Quarterly tonnage reports(a)(1)(A)(i) All manufacturers, importers, and other guarantors who are registered under § 2-19-306(a) shall forward to the State Plant Board each quarter a report on forms prescribed by the State Plant Board, not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each quarter.(ii) Quarters shall end September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30 of each year.(B) The report shall include a sworn statement of the total tonnage of all liming materials distributed in this state and shall be accompanied by the sum of thirty cents (30¢) per ton or fractional ton.(2) A fee of thirty cents (30¢) will accompany each quarterly report of tonnage which amounts to less than one (1) ton.(3)(A) When sales or distributions of liming materials are between registrants, the registrant who sells or distributes to a person or firm who is not a registrant shall be responsible for payment of the inspection fee unless the payment is made by the registrant initiating the transaction.(B) Invoices of transactions between registrants shall be marked "inspection fee paid" or "inspection fee not paid"; otherwise, the registrant initiating the transaction shall be responsible for the inspection fee.(C) The State Plant Board shall issue receipts for the amounts received and shall deposit the sums received as follows:(i) Twenty cents (20¢) of the thirty-cent fee per ton or fractional ton inspected shall be deposited with the Treasurer of State as special revenues. It shall be credited to the State Plant Board to be used for its maintenance, operation, support, and improvement; and(ii)(a) Ten cents (10¢) of the thirty-cent fee per ton or fractional ton inspected shall be remitted to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. This amount shall be credited to a fund to be known as the "University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Soil Testing and Research Fund" to be maintained in accounts in one (1) or more financial institutions in the State of Arkansas. This amount shall be expended exclusively for soil testing service and soil fertility research and extension by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas under appropriations made by the General Assembly. It shall be expended in support of one (1) or more soil testing laboratories and soil fertility research activities at the main experiment stations, branch experiment stations, or subbranch experiment stations, as determined and designated by the Vice President for Agriculture of the University of Arkansas.(b)(1) The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall provide for the investment of any funds in the University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Soil Testing and Research Fund that are not needed for current operations of the soil testing laboratories and soil fertility service and research and extension activities and shall credit the interest earned on the investment to the credit of the University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Soil Testing and Research Fund.(2) The investment shall be of the type and nature authorized for the investment of average daily State Treasury balances by the State Board of Finance.(b)(1) The State Plant Board or its agents shall have the right at any time to inspect or audit the books of any manufacturer and manipulator or their agents to determine the correctness of the monthly reports required under this section.(2) Refusal to allow this inspection or audit shall be deemed a violation of this subchapter, and the violator shall be subject to the penalties provided in it.(3) For a late report or for failure to report the entire amount sold, the tonnage fee on the late report or unreported amount shall be doubled, and penalties shall be deposited into the Plant Board Fund; otherwise, registrations may be cancelled by the State Plant Board.Acts 1969, No. 353, § 4; 1983, No. 724, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 77-1904; Acts 1993, No. 783, § 2; 2009, No. 326, § 3.