5.__Rulemaking.__The commissioner shall adopt rules to establish procedures for licensing and awarding dates for agricultural fairs and performance standards for evaluating agricultural fairs.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

§83.__Licensing of agricultural fairs

A person or entity is not eligible to receive a stipend unless that person or entity has been issued a license by the department to hold an agricultural fair.

1. Application; fee. A person or entity applying for a license under this section must submit a completed application form and a $10 license fee to the commissioner no later than March 31st in the calendar year preceding the first year of the license.__The application for the license must contain the information prescribed by the commissioner and must be signed and sworn to by the applicant.__When the applicant is an agricultural society, an executive officer of the society must sign and swear to the information on the application.

2.__Issuance of license. If satisfied that an applicant will comply or, if an applicant has previously held a license, that the applicant has complied and will continue to comply with the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, the commissioner may issue a license to the applicant for an agricultural fair. A license is issued for 3 consecutive years and only for the dates assigned by the commissioner in accordance with section 84.

§84. Fair dates

1. Assigned fair dates. The commissioner shall set the dates for which an agricultural fair license is effective in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 82, subsection 5. No later than May 15th of the calendar year preceding the first year of each 3-year license period,__the commissioner shall announce the assignment of fair dates and issuance of licenses.