Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 5E-4.007 - Commercial Tests and Consumer Request Samples

(1) The department will make commercial tests and perform analysis of consumer request samples of seed when such will not interfere with prescribed duties of the department.

(2) Definitions. As used in this rule, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) Consumer means individuals who purchase and use seed for plant production purposes.

(b) Consumer request seed samples means an official seed sample taken and analyzed by the department at the request of the consumer.

(3) Schedule of charges for the collection, packaging, shipment and analysis of consumer request seed samples and commercial tests is listed below:

	Type Test and Charge
Product	Purity	Germination
(a) Aeschynomene	$10.50	$15.75
(b) Alfalfa	15.75	15.75
(c) Austrian Winter Pea	10.50	15.75
(d) Bahiagrass, All Varieties	21.00	21.00
(e) Beggarweed	10.50	15.75
(f) Bentgrass	15.75	15.75
(g) Bermudagrass	21.00	15.75
(h) Bluegrass	21.00	15.75
(i) Buckwheat	15.75	15.75
(j) Carpetgrass	21.00	15.75
(k) Centipedegrass	21.00	15.75
(l) Chufa	10.50	21.00
(m) Clovers	15.75	15.75
(n) Corn, Field or Sweet	10.50	21.00
(o) Cowpeas	10.50	15.75
(p) Fescue	21.00	15.75
(q) Flowers	15.75	15.75
(r) Flowers, Mixed	26.25	31.50
(s) Hairy Indigo	15.75	15.75
(t) Hemp	21.00	21.00
(u) Herbs	15.75	15.75
(v) Lespedeza	15.75	15.75
(w) Lovegrass	21.00	15.75
(x) Lupine	10.50	15.75
(y) Millets	15.75	15.75
(z) Mixed Grasses	36.75	36.75
(aa) Oats	15.75	15.75
(bb) Partridge Pea	10.50	15.75
(cc) Peanuts, Hulled	10.50	15.75
(dd) Rye	15.75	15.75
(ee) Ryegrass	21.00	15.75
(ff) Rice	15.75	15.75
(gg) Sesame	10.50	15.75
(hh) Sesbania	10.50	15.75
(ii) Sorghum	15.75	15.75
(jj) Soybeans	10.50	15.75
(kk) Sunflower	10.50	15.75
(ll) Timothy	15.75	15.75
(mm) Tobacco	15.75	15.75
(nn) Tree or Shrub Seed	15.75	21.00
(oo) Triticale	15.75	15.75
(pp) Vegetables	10.50	15.75
(qq) Velvet bean	10.50	15.75
(rr) Vetch	10.50	15.75
(ss) Wheat	15.75	15.75

(4) The Cold Test for corn is $5.00.

(5) Seed not listed will be charged according to other seed of similar size.

(6) An additional charge of $5.00 is required for testing germination of uncleaned seed.

(7) The charge for noxious weed test is equal to one-half of the charge of the purity test.

Notes

Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 5E-4.007

Rulemaking Authority 578.11(2) FS. Law Implemented 578.11(2)(h) FS.

New 6-29-62, Amended 9-29-83, Formerly 5E-4.07, Amended 8-17-92, Amended by Florida Register Volume 45, Number 123, June 25, 2019 effective 7/7/2019, Amended by Florida Register Volume 46, Number 009, January 14, 2020 effective 1/28/2020.

New 6-29-62, Amended 9-29-83, Formerly 5E-4.07, Amended 8-17-92, 7-7-19, 1-28-20.