A professional Lobbyist to represent your interests during legislative sessions and with state regulatory officials.
A legislative training workshop for members to be more effective in contacting and working with their legislators.
An annual conference and trade show providing training sessions for obtaining required CEU’s (Continuing Education Units) for pesticide licenses.
Cost savings on conference registration.
Initial training at the conference for the state applicators license.
A paid Executive Director to organize and manage the Association.
AMTOP is a member of PLANET and receives numerous benefits.
Classes of Members
Regular Member
$95.00 dues.
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation, including employees.
No firm, partnership or corporation shall be eligible for Regular membership if fifty percent or more of its control is owned by one or more existing Regular member(s) of the Association.
One vote per physical address.
Receives one set of all mailings.
Anyone within the business can run for an elected position on the board.
Attend all association functions at member rates.
Associate Member
$50.00 dues.
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation including employees, not actively involved in the application of pesticides.
No vote.
Receives one set of all mailings.
Cannot run for elected position.
Attend all association functions at member rates.
Corporate Membership
$800.00 annual dues.
Any firm, partnership or corporation in the business of providing services and/or materials to AMTOP members.
Includes fees for ONE Winter & ONE Summer conference booth and advertising costs for newsletter. (If TWO tables are required the second one is ½ off)
No vote and cannot run for elected position.
Receives all association mailings and correspondence.
Honorary Member
No Dues.
Discretion of Board.
No vote.
Receives one set of all mailings.
Cannot run for elected position.
Fees waived for association functions.
Student Representative
No Dues.
Scholarship winner from MSU School of Horticulture.
The dues structure for membership in AMTOP is based on any person, firm, partnership or corporation and includes employees. The dues are $95.00 for a Regular membership, $50.00 for an Associate Membership and $800.00 for a Corporate Membership.
Every company will submit a contact name for correspondence and voting. Each company only has one vote.
Example:
XYZ Lawn Care Company
123 Maple St.
Helena, MT
This company has a Manager and 5 employees. The Regular membership dues are:
Total $95.00
When registering for the Conference a company must be a member of AMTOP to receive registration discounts. All employees within that company can register at member rates.
Membership is from September 1st of current year through August 31st of following year.
