(a)
The director shall, by regulation, establish methods and procedures for the settlement of a dispute between a lien claimant supplying agricultural chemicals and labor and a lien debtor, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)
Time requirements for submitting the dispute to the department.
(2)
Time requirements within which a notice of the dispute shall be submitted to each party.
(3)
A process for evaluating the dispute.
(b)
Each party to the dispute is equally liable for the reasonable costs incurred by the department in carrying out this section.