(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.
Rulemaking Authority Florida Statutes § 578.11(2). Law Implemented 578.11(2)(h) FS. History-New 6-29-62, Amended 9-29-83, Formerly 5E-4.07, Amended 8-17-92, 7-7-19, 1-28-20.