1. Every egg handler shall obtain a license issued by the department. The license fee shall be determined on the basis of the total number of eggs purchased or handled during the preceding month of April as follows:

 a. Less than one hundred twenty-fivecases    $40.40
 b. One hundred twenty-five cases ormore but less than two hundred fifty cases    $94.50
 c. Two hundred fifty cases or more butless than one thousand cases   $135.00
 d. One thousand cases or more but lessthan five thousand cases   $270.00
 e. Five thousand cases or more but lessthan ten thousand cases   $472.50
 f. Ten thousand cases or more   $675.00
 2. The license shall expire two years after the license’s date of issue.
 3. For the purpose of determining the license fee, a case shall be thirty dozen eggs.
 4. All license fees collected under this section shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state.
 5. If an egg handler is not operating during the month of April preceding the date that the license is to be issued, the department shall estimate the volume of eggs purchased or handled, or both, and may revise the license fee based on three months of operation.