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Committee backs $50 pesticide-registration surcharge, tasks agency with study
Summary
The committee discussed adding a $50 per-product registration fee to fund collection of unwanted or obsolete pesticides and directed the Agency of Agriculture to report funding options by Dec. 15, 2025; solid-waste districts and the agency supported the change but full funding and administration questions remain.
The House Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry Committee reviewed provisions of H.44 that add a $50 per-product pesticide registration surcharge to a pesticide-registration special fund and direct the Agency of Agriculture to report back on funding mechanisms by Dec. 15, 2025.
The change would augment the existing annual pesticide registration fee (currently $200, with $185 directed to the pesticide-registration special fund) and make the additional $50 available to reimburse municipal solid-waste entities that collect unwanted or obsolete pesticides. "They're just not getting paid their full…
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