Certain feed-facility fee payers must file sworn tonnage reports and pay the inspection fee due with each report.
Sec. 141.072. QUARTERLY TONNAGE REPORTING AND INSPECTION FEE PAYMENT. (a) The person responsible for paying the inspection fee for a feed facility generating $100 or more during a license year in tonnage fees shall file with the service a quarterly sworn report either stating that no tonnage of commercial feed was distributed during the preceding quarter or setting forth the tonnage of all commercial feed that the feed facility manufactured or distributed in this state during the preceding quarter. Each quarterly tonnage report must be accompanied by payment of the inspection fee due based on the tonnage reported for that quarter. (b) The person responsible for paying the inspection fee for a feed facility producing less than $100 a license year in tonnage fees shall file with the service an annual sworn report either stating that no tonnage of commercial feed was distributed during the preceding license year or stating the tonnage of all commercial feed the facility manufactured and distributed in this state during the preceding license year. Each annual tonnage report must be accompanied by payment of the inspection fee due based on the tonnage reported for that year. (c) A quarterly tonnage report and inspection fee payment is due on or before the 31st day following the last day of November, February, May, and August for persons reporting quarterly. An annual tonnage report and inspection fee payment is due on or before the 31st day following the last day of August for persons reporting annually. (d) The service may prescribe and furnish forms as necessary under this section. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1328, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Sec. 141.073 and amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1868, ch. 349, art. 2, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 314, Sec. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.