4.8.401    REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTS

(1) All report forms shall be sent out from the department of agriculture with an enclosed envelope addressed to the department, and these reports shall be completed and returned to the department after being properly signed. These reports shall be filed with the department within twenty (20) days after the close of the business for the month in which the report is being filed. Each report shall show a date of assessment, invoice draft number, pounds of seed (in dirt/or conditioned) , total settlement and total assessment. Additional sections of this form may be used to comply with Section 80-11-310 MCA.

(2) Requests for past due reports shall be handled in the following manner:

(a) First notice shall be a form letter from the alfalfa seed committee requesting submission of past due reports within ten (10) days of the date of the letter.

(b) Second notice shall be a telephone call from the alfalfa seed committee giving five (5) additional days to submit the past due reports.

(c) Third and final notice shall be a visit from a department of agriculture inspector to collect the past due reports.

(d) Any person failing to produce the past due reports shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than $25 or more than $500 upon conviction.

History: Sec. 80-11-303 MCA; IMP, Sec. 80-11-308 MCA; NEW, 1982 MAR p. 1094, Eff. 5/28/82.