§157-23 License fees. In order to meet the expenditures necessary to administer this chapter, the board of agriculture and biosecurity shall establish license fees to be paid by producers, producer-distributors and distributors. In determining these fees, the board shall, at least thirty days before the new license year begins:
To facilitate the collection of license fees, the board may require a producer-distributor or distributor to withhold from any payment owing to any producer a part or all of the license fee due under this chapter by such producer. For any such withholding required by the board, the producer-distributor or distributor shall be paid a reasonable fee by the board. The amount of the fee shall be set by the board. An agricultural cooperative all of whose producer-members have complied with the licensing provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from the payment of the license fee. [L 1967, c 260, §14; HRS §157-23; am L 1977, c 65, §5; am L 1988, c 25, §3; am L 2025, c 236, §18]