80-10-202. License required. No person shall distribute in this state any type of fertilizer or soil amendment, except unmanipulated animal or vegetable manures or specialty fertilizer, until a license to distribute has been obtained from the department for each facility distributing into this state and for each handling facility in this state. All new applicants or those failing to renew their licenses by January 1 of each year shall pay a nonrefundable $75 fee for each license. The department may exempt, by rule, manufacturers. All licenses expire on December 31 of each year and are subject to the following:
     (1) The application for license shall be on forms provided by the department.
     (2) The licensee is not required to register a grade of fertilizer registered by the manufacturer or blended to grade from registered products by the licensee.
     (3) License renewals received by the department prior to January 1 of each year must be accompanied by a fee of $50 for each license."

     History: En. 3-1715.1 by Sec. 3, Ch. 279, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 3-1715.1(4); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 27, L. 1989.