Kentucky Statutes 249.060 – Nurseries and dealers to be licensed — Fees
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(1) Every resident nursery or dealer selling nursery stock in this state shall annually file credentials with the state entomologist. If these credentials are satisfactory to the state entomologist, the director, and the Commissioner, the state entomologist shall, upon payment by the nursery or dealer of the fee set out in subsection (2) of this section, issue it a license authorizing it to do business in the state.
(2) Payment of fees shall be made according to the following rates:
(a) Class A nursery: nurseries that are actively growing nursery stock with the intent of selling shall pay an annual fee of forty dollars ($40), plus one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per acre.
(b) Class B nursery: nurseries and garden centers that do not grow their nursery stock, but do overwinter a portion of their stock, shall pay an annual fee of forty dollars ($40).
(c) Class A dealer: landscapers and businesses who do not grow or overwinter their nursery stock but whose primary business involves the sale or planting of nursery stock shall pay an annual fee of forty dollars ($40).
(d) Class B dealer: businesses whose primary business is not the sale of nursery stock shall pay an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25).
(3) Any person soliciting orders for or delivering trees or plants in this state shall carry with him a copy of his license which he shall show to prospective buyers, purchasers, county officials, or agents of the state entomologist, on demand.
Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 1. effective June 17, 1978. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1925a-8.
(2) Payment of fees shall be made according to the following rates:
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 249.060
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
- Director: means the director of the agricultural experiment station. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
- Nursery stock: means all field or container-grown and native trees, sod, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit-pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
- Person: means any individual, partnership, association, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(a) Class A nursery: nurseries that are actively growing nursery stock with the intent of selling shall pay an annual fee of forty dollars ($40), plus one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per acre.
(b) Class B nursery: nurseries and garden centers that do not grow their nursery stock, but do overwinter a portion of their stock, shall pay an annual fee of forty dollars ($40).
(c) Class A dealer: landscapers and businesses who do not grow or overwinter their nursery stock but whose primary business involves the sale or planting of nursery stock shall pay an annual fee of forty dollars ($40).
(d) Class B dealer: businesses whose primary business is not the sale of nursery stock shall pay an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25).
(3) Any person soliciting orders for or delivering trees or plants in this state shall carry with him a copy of his license which he shall show to prospective buyers, purchasers, county officials, or agents of the state entomologist, on demand.
Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 1. effective June 17, 1978. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1925a-8.