Pesticides: assessments on sales: home water treatment pesticide products.

Existing law requires every person who sells a pesticide product for use in this state that has been registered by the Director of Pesticide Regulation to pay an assessment on all sales of the pesticide product, and requires the director to establish by regulation a mill assessment rate, not to exceed $0.021, as specified. Existing law requires the assessment for certain combination pesticide products to be based on the value of the active ingredient only if the director makes specified findings, including that the device is sold primarily for other than a pesticide use. This bill would provide that for certain home water treatment pesticide products, the assessment shall be paid only on the value of the active ingredient, as determined by the director upon application of a registrant.