Sec. 76.044.  FEES.  (a)  The department shall charge a fee, as provided by department rule, for each pesticide to be registered.  The fee must be submitted with an application for registration or renewal of registration.
(b)  A person who fails to apply for renewal of registration on or before the expiration date of the registration must pay, in addition to the renewal fee, the late fee provided by Section 12.024 of this code for each brand to be renewed.
(c)  Of the money received by the department under this section, the department shall annually deposit to the credit of the pesticide disposal fund under Section 76.009 an amount to cover the cost of administering the pesticide waste and pesticide container collection activities performed under Section 76.132, not to exceed $400,000. The department may not increase the amount of a fee under this section for purposes of this subsection or Section 76.132.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1193, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4284, ch. 682, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 83, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 5, Sec. 9.08, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 2.35, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1369, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1025 (H.B. 191), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.