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(c)      A separate application shall be filed for each person whose name appears
on the label. Upon renewal, a person shall file a statement listing any required new
information that does not appear on the statement filed when the pesticide was
registered or was last reregistered.

(d)     The applicant shall pay an annual fee of [$60] $100 to the Secretary for
each product registered. Unless the Secretary determines otherwise, each applicant
also shall pay a terminal registration fee of [$60] $100 for each discontinued pesticide
each year for two years.

(e)     In addition to the annual fee, any person filing a renewal application after
January 31 for any product offered for sale shall pay a ten percent per month late
registration fee for each pesticide, but not exceeding twice the annual registration fee
per pesticide. Late fees apply retroactively to the January 1 filing date. Late fees are
not applicable to new products which are registered before being distributed, sold, or
offered for sale.

(f) The Secretary may require the submission of toxicological, environmental,
or health effects data that the Secretary considers appropriate, or the complete
formula of any pesticide whenever he deems this action necessary to effectuate the
purposes of this subtitle. The Secretary shall register the pesticide if he determines
that the pesticide, its labeling, and other material required to be submitted comply
with the requirements of this subtitle.

(g)     Provided the product label has not been altered or changed, a distributor
shall not be required to register the brand or trade name of a pesticide which has been
registered by another person under this subtitle.

(h) Before a pesticide may be registered by the Secretary, the pesticide shall
comply with the provisions of federal pesticide laws and regulations.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2003.

Approved May 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 297
(House Bill 433)

AN ACT concerning

Task Force on the Needs of Persons with Co-Occurring Mental Health
Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders

FOR the purpose of establishing a Task Force on the Needs of Persons with
Co-Occurring Mental Health Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders; providing
for the composition of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to elect a
chairman and vice-chairman of the Task Force from among the Task Force's
members; requiring the Mental Hygiene Administration and the Alcohol and

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