§157-22  Application for license and payment of fee.  An applicant for an original or renewal license to operate as a producer, producer-distributor, or distributor shall file an application upon a form prepared by the board of agriculture, containing such information which the board deems necessary for the administration of this chapter.  The board shall establish a reasonable application fee for an original or renewal license which the applicant shall remit when application is filed.  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 application fee.

     The license year shall be from July 1 to the following June 30.  All applications for renewal of licenses must be duly made at least thirty days before the commencement of the license year. [L 1967, c 260, §13; HRS §157-22; am L 1977, c 65, §4]