22-108. AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR CONCERNING RAPESEED. (1) In addition to other powers and duties, the director of the department of agriculture shall have regulatory authority to specify the varieties of rapeseed produced in the state and the geographical locations where each variety may be produced or stored. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations in compliance with chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, that may be necessary for the efficient enforcement of the provisions of this section and may prescribe grade and quality standards for rapeseed.
(2) The director may, by rule and regulation, establish a schedule of fees for services performed by the department in the administration of this section and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and the director may levy a fee on each hundredweight of rapeseed produced in this state sufficient to defray the costs of administering the provisions of this section and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. Receipts of these fees shall be deposited in the agricultural inspection account created pursuant to section 22-105, Idaho Code, and shall be used, subject to annual appropriation of the legislature, to pay the cost of administering the provisions of this section and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
(3) Every violation of the provisions of this section and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
History:
[22-108, added 1986, ch. 249, sec. 1, p. 670.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 22 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
Chapter 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Section 22-101 - DEPARTMENT CREATED — APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR — RULES.
Section 22-101A - RULES OF THE DIRECTOR.
Section 22-102 - ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT — DIVISIONS.
Section 22-102A - AIRCRAFT USE IN CONTROLLING UNPROTECTED OR PREDATORY ANIMALS.
Section 22-103 - DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
Section 22-104 - AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT INSPECTION ACCOUNT — OTHER ACCOUNTS.
Section 22-105 - AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT INSPECTION FUND — CONTINUING APPROPRIATION.
Section 22-107 - VOLUNTARY SERVICES FOR PUBLIC — FEES — APPROPRIATION OF MONEYS.
Section 22-108 - AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR CONCERNING RAPESEED.
Section 22-109 - QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORY PROGRAM — MANDATORY ASSESSMENT REFERENDUM AUTHORITY.
Section 22-110 - AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL WASTE.
Section 22-112 - PROMOTION AND CERTIFICATION OF IDAHO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.