New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 71 - GRADES AND STANDARDS
Subchapter 2 - AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
Section 2:71-2.28 - Charges for inspection or grading and certification services; written agreements for commodity inspection

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:71-2.28

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Charges for inspection or grading and certification services of five or more consecutive days duration, performed pursuant to a written agreement between the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and the requester of the services, shall be made according to the following schedule:

1. Basic schedule for all products:
i. A charge of $ 408.00 per eight-hour day for each inspector;

ii. A charge of $ 2,040 per five-day week (Monday through Friday) of 40 hours or less for each inspector;

iii. A charge of $ 76.50 per hour, or portion thereof, for all hours worked over 40 in the five-day week (Monday through Friday), or for all hours over eight hours per day;

iv. There will be at least a two-hour minimum charge of $ 153.00 assessed for each inspector assigned work on Saturday and/or Sunday; and a charge of $ 76.50 per hour, or portion thereof, for the actual hours worked by each inspector on Saturday and/or Sunday in excess of two hours;

v. There will be at least a two-hour minimum charge of $ 153.00 assessed for each inspector assigned work on legal State holidays occurring Monday through Friday; and a charge of $ 76.50 per hour, or portion thereof, for the actual hours worked by each inspector on legal State holidays occurring Monday through Friday in excess of two hours; and

vi. Official mileage will be charged at the prevailing State rate per mile starting and ending where the inspector officially reports for duty.

2. Charges for inspection or grading and certification of fruit and vegetables other than potatoes for fresh market:
i. A charge of $ 0.10 will be made for all packages inspector or graded and certified in excess of 4,941 packages during the seven-day week (Saturday through Friday).

3. Charges for inspection or grading and certification of potatoes for the fresh market:
i. A charge of $ 0.10 per hundredweight for all hundredweights inspected or graded and certified in excess of 4,941 hundredweights during the seven-day week (Saturday through Friday).

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