1. Every egg handler shall obtain an annual license from the department. The fee for the license shall be determined on the basis of the total number of eggs purchased or handled during the preceding month of April in each calendar year as follows:
a. Less than one hundred twenty-five
cases $20.20
b. One hundred twenty-five cases or
more but less than two hundred fifty
cases $47.25
c. Two hundred fifty cases or more but
less than one thousand cases $67.50
d. One thousand cases or more but less
than five thousand cases $135.00
e. Five thousand cases or more but less
than ten thousand cases $236.25
f. Ten thousand cases or more $337.50
2. The license shall expire one year after its date of issue. For the purpose of determining fees, a case shall be thirty dozen eggs. All fees collected shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state.
3. If an egg handler is not operating during the month of April, the department shall estimate the volume of eggs purchased or handled, or both, and may revise the fee based on three months of operation.
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