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An Act To Implement Recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Regarding Pesticide Registration
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §607, sub-§6,  as amended by PL 2003, c. 282, §1, is further amended to read:
 
6.  Registration fee; validity.   The applicant desiring to register a pesticide shallmust pay an annual registration fee of $105 beginning in calendar year 1994, $115 beginning in calendar year 2003 and $125 beginning in calendar year 2004 and thereafter$150 for each pesticide registered for that applicant. Annual registration periods expire on December 31st of any one year or in a manner consistent with Title 5, section 10002, as to license expiration, whichever is later.
Sec. 2. Collection of obsolete pesticides. The Board of Pesticides Control within the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources shall organize and conduct events in May and October of 2007 to collect and dispose of obsolete and illegal pesticides in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1471-P. The board shall advertise locations and dates for the collection of pesticides. Public notifications and advertising must inform the public that household and agricultural pesticides will be collected.