Defeating Unreasonable Increases in State Pesticide Registration Fees

Consumer protection and health benefit products include disinfectants, sanitizers, germicides, antibacterial products, and insect and rodent control products. Consumers use these products to protect themselves, their children and their residential premises. Institutions such as hospitals, schools, restaurants, hotels and others use these products to protect the public's health. Under federal and state law, consumer protection and health benefit products are defined, registered and regulated as pesticides.

Manufacturers are required by state law to register pesticide products. In addition, states require payment of a registration fee. Currently, the average annual fee is approximately $193 per product (or nearly $10,000 to register one product in all 50 states). Many states have, or are considering, adopting increases in these fees either to raise general-purpose revenues, or to finance special purpose programs.

CSPA does not oppose reasonable pesticide registration fees that fund the cost of administering state registration programs and services that equally benefit all pesticide registrants. CSPA opposes pesticide registration fees that are dedicated to funding of special programs that are unrelated to consumer protection and public health benefit products. CSPA also opposes pesticide registration fees that are either dedicated to state general funds or assessed as a percentage of sales (which are, in effect, hidden taxes).

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