La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1655 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1655
Entomologist to prepare rules and regulations; fees; Horticulture and Quarantine Fund; disposition of funds
Status: in_force

A. The state entomologist shall prepare rules and regulations in accordance with this Part, which shall become effective on the approval of the commissioner of agriculture. Such rules and regulations may be amended by the state entomologist upon the approval of the commissioner.

B. The state entomologist, with the approval of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, may charge reasonable fees to help defray the expenses incurred for salaries for inspecting nursery stock grown or propagated for sale or distribution. The fees shall be established by rule adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars per nursery location and ten cents per nursery permit shipping tag.

C.(1) The state entomologist, with the approval of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, shall establish procedures for inspecting and collecting the fees.

(2) All assessments, fees, penalties, and all other funds received under the provisions of this Part, subject to the exceptions contained in Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

(3) Out of the funds remaining in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund after a sufficient amount is allocated from the fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer, prior to placing the remaining funds in the state general fund, shall pay an amount equal to the total amount of funds paid into the state treasury under the provisions of this Part into a special fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the Horticulture and Quarantine Fund.

(4) All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The treasurer shall invest the monies in the fund in the same manner as monies in the state general fund. All interest earned on monies from the fund invested by the state treasurer shall be deposited in the fund.

(5) Subject to appropriation, the monies in the fund shall be used for the following purposes:

(a) To provide for the expenses of the program established by this Part and the expenses of the office of agricultural and environmental sciences, as determined by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

(b) To fund any and all costs related to the carrying out of the powers and duties granted to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the commissioner of agriculture and forestry under this Part to control crop pests and diseases.

D. The state entomologist, with the approval of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, may assess fees to defray the costs of inspections or the issuance of certificates or permits for the shipment of agricultural products, commodities, packaging, or equipment. If the fee is assessed in connection with a federal program, the amount of the fee assessed shall be based on the fee which would be assessed by the federal government.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 217, §1; Acts 1988, No. 179, §1; Acts 1993, No. 137, §1; Acts 2003, No. 143, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2011, No. 31, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1468 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1468
Testing; inspections
Status: in_force

A.(1) The department shall collect samples to test all industrial hemp crops, except those crops produced by licensees approved by the department for performance-based sampling, prior to harvest to ensure the THC concentration does not exceed a total delta-9 THC concentration of 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. The grower shall harvest his approved industrial hemp plants not more than thirty days following the date of sample collection by the department, unless specifically authorized in writing by the department.

(2) The department shall ensure that one or more of the following factors exist when determining if a licensee is eligible for performance-based sampling:

(a) The variety or strain is recognized as AOSCA Certified Seed or has consistently demonstrated to result in compliant hemp plants pursuant to the sampling and testing process of the department.

(b) The hemp is produced for grain or fiber and no leaf or floral material will be harvested.

(c) The producer is conducting industrial hemp research.

(d) The producer has consistently produced compliant industrial hemp plants over an extended period of time.

(e) The producer is growing immature industrial hemp plants produced from industrial hemp seed of known compliant varieties and the plants will be harvested prior to flowering.

(3) The department may enter into contracts, cooperative endeavor agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other agreements with any public postsecondary education institution for the testing of THC levels in industrial hemp crops or industrial hemp products deemed necessary by the commissioner.

B. In addition to any scheduled testing, the department may randomly inspect any industrial hemp crop or industrial hemp product in the possession of any person or entity with a grower, processor, handler, or seed producer license and take a representative composite sample for THC concentration analysis if the department has reason to believe a violation of this Part has occurred.

Acts 2019, No. 164, §1, eff. June 6, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 344, §1; Acts 2021, No. 336, §1; Acts 2022, No. 498, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2774 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2774
Parishes to provide animal facilities
Status: in_force

Each parish shall provide suitable shelters or facilities for dogs seized under the provisions of this Part.

Acts 2003, No. 133, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.
La. R.S. § 3:2009 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2009
Tit. 3, § 2009. Compensation on castration of scrub bull
Status: in_force

The owner of any scrub bull castrated under the authority of this Part shall be entitled to no compensation unless provision has been made therefor.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:132 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 132
Election of officers
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall elect a president, a secretary, a treasurer and one or more vice-presidents, and may elect or select any other officers, assistant officers and agents as are authorized in the articles or by-laws; provided that if the articles or by-laws so stipulate, the above named officers or agents may be elected by the members or stockholders of the association or their duly authorized and qualified representatives or delegates. The articles or by-laws may prescribe special qualifications for any officer. Unless otherwise provided in the articles or by-laws, only members of the board of directors shall be eligible for election as president or vice-president. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be combined and designated as secretary-treasurer. The treasurer may be a bank or any depository, and as such shall not be considered as an officer but as a functionary of the board of directors. In such case the secretary shall perform the usual accounting duties of the treasurer, excepting that the funds shall be deposited only as authorized by the board of directors.

Amended by Acts 1966, No. 88, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3711 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3711
Title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Louisiana Renewable Fuels Production Accountability Act."

Acts 2006, No. 656, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:41 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 41
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Agricultural commercial operation" means the use of any agricultural facility or agricultural land for agricultural production or agricultural processing and includes the production and processing of crops or products, livestock or livestock products, farm-raised fish and fish products, wood, timber or forest products, fowl and plants for breeding or sale, and poultry or poultry products for commercial or industrial purposes. "Agricultural commercial operation" also includes the use of farm machinery, equipment, devices, chemicals, products for agricultural use, materials, and structures designed for agricultural use and used in accordance with traditional farm practices.

(2) "Aircraft" means an unmanned aircraft operated as a part of an unmanned aerial system.

(3) "Commissioner" means the Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

(4) "Data" means any information, pictures, images, samples, or other such information obtained through an unmanned aerial system.

(5) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

(6) "Unmanned aerial system" means an unmanned aircraft and all associated support equipment, control station, data links, telemetry, communications, and navigation equipment necessary to operate the unmanned aircraft. Such system may include drones, remote-controlled aircraft, unmanned aircraft, or any other such aircraft that is controlled autonomously by computer or remote control from the ground.

Acts 2015, No. 166, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:285 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 285
Louisiana Agricultural Workforce Development Program
Status: in_force

A. Title; creation. There is hereby created the Louisiana Agricultural Workforce Development Program, hereinafter referred to as the "program", within the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, to be administered and supervised by the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority, in order to grant incentive payments to Louisiana agricultural businesses to encourage the creation and employment of internships.

B. Declaration of purpose. The Legislature of Louisiana hereby finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state are dependent upon the continued encouragement, development, growth, and expansion of the Louisiana agriculture industry and rural areas. Furthermore, agricultural industries are a major source of employment for Louisiana residents and more programs are needed to encourage interest in and provide the necessary training for a wide range of agricultural jobs. Therefore, it is declared to be the purpose of this Section to ensure the continuation of a quality workforce for the agricultural industry and assist in the expansion of agricultural jobs by providing incentive payments to Louisiana agricultural businesses to encourage the creation and employment of internships.

C. Definitions. For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Agricultural business" means an agricultural producer, or a person or legal entity who engages in agriculture or provides support activities, products, or services to an agricultural producer and such products or services that are directly related to the planting, growing, production, harvesting, or processing of Louisiana agricultural products.

(2) "Director" means the director of the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority.

(3) "Immediate family member" means the spouse, parent, sibling, or child of the owner, manager, chief executive officer, or president of an agricultural business; a person to whom the owner, manager, chief executive officer, or president stands as legal guardian or tutor; or any other person living in the household of the owner, manager, chief executive officer, or president of an agricultural business by blood or marriage.

(4) "Intern" means an individual who is a student enrolled at a Louisiana secondary or postsecondary institution or a young and beginning farmer or rancher employed by an agricultural business pursuant to the program.

D. Program. (1) In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, the authority, in cooperation with the commissioner, shall promulgate rules and regulations, subject to oversight by the House and Senate Committees on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development, as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section including but not limited to rules and regulations regarding the following:

(a) Criteria for selecting agricultural businesses for participation in the program, including the ability of a business to effectively supervise an intern and offer the intern an opportunity to obtain meaningful work experience through the business.

(b) Criteria for an internship to qualify under the program, including requirements that the internship provide an intern with at least one hundred thirty hours of work experience, not exceed one year in duration per intern, and pay an intern an hourly wage rate that is no less than the minimum wage rate pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

(c) Criteria for an agricultural business to use in selecting qualified interns provided that an immediate family member shall not be eligible to qualify as an intern.

(d) The process and timetable for selecting qualified agricultural businesses and qualified interns.

(e) Accounting requirements for tracking internship costs.

(f) The process for an agricultural business to seek reimbursement.

(2) Subject to appropriations by the legislature or receipt of other monies, the authority, on behalf of the department, may reimburse a participating agricultural business in an amount not to exceed fifty percent of the actual cost to the business of participating in the program. Actual cost includes the wages paid to an intern, reasonable allocation of fixed overhead expenses, and all incidental costs directly related to the internship. Based on the annual appropriation or monies received from other sources for the program, the director, in consultation with the commissioner, shall determine how many internships may be approved, the amount of reimbursement per internship, and whether an agricultural business may be reimbursed for more than one intern in the same fiscal year; provided that an agricultural business shall not be reimbursed for more than three internships in the same fiscal year.

E. Reporting. The department shall submit annually by August thirty-first to the appropriate legislative oversight committees, a report on the effectiveness of the program in achieving the purpose. The report shall include program information deemed relevant by the director in addition to the following specific informational items for each fiscal year:

(1) The total number of approved agricultural businesses to participate in the program.

(2) The total number of agriculture businesses participating in the program.

(3) The total number of interns and hours worked.

(4) The total amount of incentives granted under the program.

(5) The total amount of income earned by interns under the program.

(6) The total number of internships that led to permanent employment with a Louisiana agricultural business.

Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 23, §1, eff. Oct. 28, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4231 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4231
Designation; Chapter as superseding other laws
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be designated as the Louisiana Meat and Poultry Inspection Law. This Chapter supersedes all city, municipal or other ordinances or laws in the state on meat and poultry inspection in all facets of meat and poultry inspection covered by this Chapter.

Acts 1968, No. 376, §29. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:1062 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1062
Tit. 3, § 1062. Authorization for other branch experiment stations
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College may establish branch experiment stations at such places and for such purposes as it deems necessary to best serve the agricultural and livestock interests of Louisiana.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3112 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3112
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture and forestry or his duly authorized representative acting at his direction.

(2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

(3) "Ratite" means a flightless bird with a flat chestbone of the order Ratitae including but not limited to ostrich ( Struthio camelus ), rhea ( Rhea americana ), emu ( Dromaius novaehollandiae ), and cassowary ( Casuarius ). Domestic farm-raised ratites shall be considered livestock if identified and maintained for the commercial purpose of producing meat, hides, feathers, oil, or progeny.

Acts 1993, No. 134, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
La. R.S. § 3:2431 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2431
Tit. 3, § 2431. Humane society may arrange for care of animals
Status: in_force

All officers of incorporated humane societies, in cities over twenty-five thousand and under one hundred thousand inhabitants, and all officers of the law in the cities, who are hereby made special officers of the societies, when in their judgment cruelty is being practiced towards any animal or the animal is bruised, wounded, crippled, abrased, sick, or diseased, may remove the animal whenever found to any stable designated by the humane society, for care and treatment, there to remain until sufficiently recovered to resume service.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3537 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3537
Use of funds
Status: in_force

A. After deduction from the proceeds of the assessment, the expenses of collection and administration, the board shall dedicate the balance to rice promotion. The board shall have the discretion as to what organizations and agencies to expend monies for such purposes. Use of these funds may be applied within or outside of the state of Louisiana, including regional, national, and international applications.

B. Board members, and any committees of the board on which they serve, may be reimbursed for allowable expenses necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties, but no member shall receive a salary or per diem for the performance of his duties.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 104, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8H, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2014, No. 216, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1605 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1605
Cooperative agreements
Status: in_force

The commissioner, through the commission, is authorized to carry out programs to suppress or eradicate the boll weevil in the state. The commissioner is authorized to cooperate with any agency of the federal government, any state, any other agency in the state or in the region, or any person engaged in growing, processing, marketing, handling cotton, or any group of such persons in programs to effectuate the purposes of this Part and may enter into written agreements, including cooperative endeavor agreements, to effectuate such purposes. Such agreements may provide for cost sharing, and for division of duties and responsibilities under this Part and may include other provisions generally to effectuate the purposes of this Part.

Acts 1992, No. 58, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 124, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2306 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2306
Shipment of bees or beekeeping equipment into the state
Status: in_force

A. No person shall move, ship, or bring into this state any colony, honeybees, or beekeeping equipment except as provided in this Section.

B. Honeybees and used or secondhand beekeeping equipment may be shipped into the state by a person possessing a current Class A permit, but only when accompanied by certification of inspection signed by the state entomologist, state apiary inspector, or similar official of the state or country of such bees' origin. The certificate shall certify to the apparent freedom of the bees from contagious or infectious diseases and pests and shall be based upon an actual inspection of the bees to be shipped or moved within a period of sixty days preceding the date of shipment.

C. Combless honeybees may be shipped into the state by a person possessing a current Class B permit but only when accompanied by a certificate of inspection signed by the state entomologist, state apiary inspector, or similar official of the state or country of such bees' origin. The certificate shall certify to the apparent freedom of the bees from contagious or infectious diseases and shall be based upon an actual inspection of the bees to be shipped or moved within a period of sixty days preceding the date of shipment.

D. When honeybees are to be shipped or moved into the state from other states or countries where no official state apiary inspector or state entomologist is available, the commissioner, by rule, may permit the shipping into Louisiana of such bees upon presentation of suitable evidence showing the bees to be free from disease.

E. Notwithstanding Subsections B and C, the commissioner may inspect any honeybees or beekeeping equipment being shipped into this state, even if the honeybees or beekeeping equipment are accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued by another state. If an inspection of honeybees or beekeeping equipment accompanied by a certificate of inspection of another state reveals the presence of contagious or infectious disease, the commissioner may declare a moratorium on this state's recognition of any certificate of inspection issued by that state until the commissioner determines that the standards of inspection of that state are adequate to ensure the health and safety of Louisiana honeybees at least equal to the standards established by this state.

F. Except as otherwise permitted in this Section, the movement or shipment into this state of colonies of bees, nuclei, comb package of bees, or used or secondhand beekeeping equipment is prohibited.

Acts 1984, No. 529, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4292 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4292
Instruction on forestry in public schools; Arbor Day
Status: in_force

The Department of Education and the parish school boards shall encourage the observance of Arbor Day and encourage participation in natural resource education programs such as forestry awareness, forestry skills, 4-H, Future Farmers of America, and Project Learning Tree to promote learning about the natural environment and the opportunities and benefits it provides for all students.

Acts 2012, No. 808, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3391.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3391.2
Purpose; legislative intent
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby finds and declares that the Formosan termite has for many years been a public nuisance, a pest, and a menace to homes and buildings, live trees, agricultural crops, electronic and communication cables, wooden bridges, railroad ties, pilings, and other structures. The Formosan termite causes massive destruction and damage. The Formosan termite problem crosses all racial, ethnic, financial, and cultural barriers and has caused damage in historic as well as business and residential areas. The purpose of this initiative is to manage infestations and halt the spread of the Formosan termite. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the spread of the Formosan termite must be contained and brought to a controllable level.

Acts 1999, No. 486, §1, eff. June 21, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3212 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3212
Officers and employees
Status: in_force

A. The members of the commission shall elect a chairman, a vice chairman, and such other officers as they deem necessary. All officers shall be members of the commission.

B. The commission shall employ a director and an assistant director, who shall be appointed by the commission subject to the approval of the commissioner of agriculture. The director and assistant director shall be in the unclassified service. The commissioner may employ such other personnel of the commission as he deems appropriate. All employees of the commission shall be under the direction and supervision of the commissioner.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4278.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4278.2
Sale of undivided timber interest; consent of co-owners; theft
Status: in_force

A. A co-owner or co-heir of land may execute an act of timber sale whereby he sells his undivided interest in the timber, and any condition imposing a time period within which to remove the timber shall commence from the date of its execution.

B. A buyer who purchases the timber from a co-owner or co-heir of land may not remove the timber without the consent of the co-owners or co-heirs representing at least seventy-five percent of the ownership interest in the land, provided that he has made reasonable effort to contact the co-owners or co-heirs who have not consented and, if contacted, has offered to contract with them on substantially the same basis that he has contracted with the other co-owners or co-heirs.

C. A co-owner or co-heir of the land who does not consent to the exercise of such rights has no liability for the cost of timber operations resulting from the sale of the timber, and shall receive from the buyer the same price which the buyer paid to the other co-owners or co-heirs. The consenting co-owners or co-heirs shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the nonconsenting co-owners or co-heirs for any damage or injury claims which may result from such operations.

D. If the nonconsenting co-owner or co-heir fails or refuses to claim his portion of the sale price of the timber, the buyer shall be obligated to hold such funds in escrow, for and on behalf of such nonconsenting co-owner or co-heir and any interest or other income earned by such funds in escrow shall inure to the benefit of the co-owner or co-heir for whom they are held.

E. Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section shall constitute prima facie evidence of the intent to commit theft of the timber by such buyer.

F. The sale of an undivided interest in timber that constitutes community property shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title VI of Book III of the Civil Code.

G. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a civil action pursuant to provisions of this Section shall be subject to a liberative prescriptive period of five years.

Acts 1992, No. 223, §1; Acts 2001, No. 558, §2; Acts 2009, No. 107, §2; Acts 2021, No. 190, §1, eff. June 11, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:322 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 322
Rural Development Fund
Status: in_force

A. Funds received by the office of rural development under this Chapter or otherwise made available for the purpose of this Chapter shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury.

B. After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and prior to monies being placed in the state general fund, an amount equal to that deposited as required in Subsection A of this Section and monies appropriated by the legislature shall be credited to a special fund hereby created in the state treasury to be known as the "Rural Development Fund". The monies in this fund shall be used solely as provided in Subsection C of this Section and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies in this fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to this fund, again following compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

C. The monies in the Rural Development Fund shall be used by the office of rural development solely to fund projects developed and coordinated jointly by the office of rural development and the Department of Transportation and Development in rural areas of this state and for the administration and implementation of the provisions of this Chapter.

D. The Rural Development Fund is hereby authorized to receive monies from the sale of general obligation bonds of the state issued pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Such proceeds are to be used for the constitutionally permissible purposes of making capital improvements, providing relief from natural catastrophes, or for the matching of federal funds received for such purposes.

Acts 2021, No. 331, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:204 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 204
Tit. 3, § 204. Capital stock
Status: in_force

The capital stock of any corporation organized under this Chapter shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares with par value of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars each. At least one-half of the capital stock shall be subscribed and actually paid in before the corporation is authorized to commence business. Stock issued shall be sold only for cash at not less than par value. All shares acquired by the corporation shall become its property and may be reissued and sold at a price, not less than par value, fixed by the board of directors. At no time shall there be less than one-half of the capital stock outstanding and belonging to its members.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1422 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1422
Application of Subpart
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of this Subpart apply to materials that are to be used in the manufacture of mixed fertilizer nor to fertilizers processed or manufactured in this state intended for sale or distribution in other states nor to fertilizers being transported through this state and destined for use in other states.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:341 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 341
Delta Economic Research and Sustainability District; creation; purpose; territorial jurisdiction; domicile
Status: in_force

A. The Delta Economic Research and Sustainability District, referred to in this Part as the "district", is hereby constituted and is declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

B. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district, acting through its board of commissioners, the governing authority of the district, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to or authorized for political subdivisions for industrial, commercial, research, and economic development purposes including but not limited to the power to incur debt and issue revenue and general obligation bonds, certificates of indebtedness, bond and certificate anticipation notes, and refunding bonds, subject to the limitations provided in this Part.

C. The district shall be established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging agricultural research and sustainability to stimulate the economy through commerce, industry, and research and for the utilization and development of natural and human resources of the area by providing job opportunities.

D. The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the parishes of Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas.

E. The domicile of the district shall be Concordia Parish.

Acts 2021, No. 337, §1; Acts 2023, No. 265, §1; Acts 2024, No. 602, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:83 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 83
Tit. 3, § 83. Co-operative activities not in restraint of trade
Status: in_force

No association organized under this Part is in violation of the anti-trust statutes of this state, a combination in restraint of trade, nor an illegal monopoly; an attempt to lessen competition or fix prices arbitrarily; nor shall the marketing contracts or agreements between the association and its members, or any agreement authorized by this Part, be considered illegal or in restraint of trade, or in violation of the anti-trust statutes of this state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 302
Farmers' institute conductor
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture and forestry may appoint a farmers' institute conductor, who shall devote his time exclusively to the work, as the commissioner may direct.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4686 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4686
Forfeiture of right to do business because of violation of Subpart
Status: in_force

Whoever violates the provisions of this Subpart or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Subpart, may, in addition to any civil penalty that may be imposed by the commissioner under this Subpart, for the first and second offense, forfeit the right, for not less than one week nor more than six months, to continue or to engage in the business of buying, selling, or distributing petroleum products at the place of business involved. For any subsequent offense, the offender may forfeit the right to engage in said business for not less than three months nor more than twelve months. This forfeiture shall extend only to the individual guilty of the offense, unless the individual is acting as an agent for a principal who knew of and participated in the violation, or knowing of the violation, acquiesced therein. The forfeiture shall extend to the right to use the filling station and all tanks, pumps, containers or equipment for the same period of time for the first and second offense. However, if the dealer does not own the property or equipment, and is merely renting, leasing or borrowing it, or is acting as agent for another, the forfeiture will extend to the owner or principal only if the owner or principal knew, or had good reason to know, of the violation. The commissioner has authority on motion in court to take a rule against the dealer, to show cause in not less than two nor more than ten days, inclusive of holidays after the service thereof, why said dealer should not be ordered to cease from further pursuit of business as dealer for the aforesaid period. Violations of the injunction shall be considered as a contempt of court and punished according to law. These motions shall be tried out of term and in chambers, and always by preference.

Acts 2003, No. 139, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:838 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 838
Officers and employees
Status: in_force

A. The members shall annually elect a chairman and such other officers as deemed necessary.

B. The commission shall employ a director and assistant director who shall be appointed by the commission, subject to the approval of the commissioner. The director and assistant director shall be in the unclassified service. The commissioner is authorized to employ such other personnel necessary for the efficient and proper administration of this Part. All employees of the commission shall be under the direction and supervision of the commissioner.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 441, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 495, §2; Acts 1986, No. 447, §1, eff. July 1, 1986; Acts 2003, No. 523, §1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8F, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4712 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4712
Use of state-owned trademarks or labels for agricultural and seafood promotions; Agricultural and Seafood Products Support Fund; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Part:

(1) "Agricultural products" shall include aquacultural, horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, and farm and range products, and furbearing animals raised or produced on a defined acreage.

(2) "Seafood products" shall include any type of species caught in privately owned waters or public waters, including streams or lakes, or any final derivative resulting from a combination or breakdown of raw seafood products.

B. Any state agency shall assist Louisiana Economic Development, when requested by the department, in the development, registration, and licensing of a trademark or label for use in promoting Louisiana agricultural and seafood products. The department may sell licenses for the use of such trademark or label developed and registered by the department to persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, associations, or other organizations, for the sole purpose of promoting Louisiana agricultural and seafood products. Monies derived from such sale shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury.

C, D. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 345, §1, eff. Dec. 21, 2023.

E. To implement the provisions of this Section, the secretary of economic development may participate in cooperative endeavors and, after consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, shall adopt such rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act as he deems necessary.

F, G. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 345, §1, eff. Dec. 21, 2023.

Acts 2006, No. 558, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8M, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2023, No. 345, §1, eff. Dec. 21, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:556.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 556.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:

(1) "Artificial crawfish bait" or "bait" means any substance that is manufactured or processed into a substantially different form than the raw materials and is sold for the purpose of attracting crawfish to traps.

(2) "Board" means the Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board.

(3) "Commissioner" means the Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

(4) "Crawfish farmer" means a person who farms or cultivates crawfish in ponds.

(5) "Crawfish harvester" means a person who harvests wild crawfish commercially without participating in the growing of the crawfish.

(6) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

(7) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity.

(8) "Quarter" means a calendar quarter more specifically defined as follows:

(a) First quarter: January, February, and March.

(b) Second quarter: April, May, and June.

(c) Third quarter: July, August, and September.

(d) Fourth quarter: October, November, and December.

(9) "Ultimate consumer" means any person who purchases bait for use in crawfish traps.

(10) "Distributor" means a Louisiana manufacturer of crawfish bags or a person who brings crawfish bags into Louisiana which were manufactured outside of Louisiana or a person who brings crawfish tail meat into Louisiana or who distributes crawfish tail meat in Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 679, §1; Acts 1985, No. 492, §1; Acts 1995, No. 543, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3116 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3116
Identification and transportation of ratites
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner may, by rule, establish procedures for the identification of ratites, including but not limited to guidelines and requirements for the use of marks, bands, tattoos, or electronic identification.

B. Ratites may be shipped into the state only when accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection signed by a United States Department of Agriculture accredited veterinarian or other similar official of the country of such ratites' origin. The certificate shall certify the apparent freedom of the ratites from contagious or infectious diseases and shall be based upon an actual inspection or specific serologic testing of the ratites to be shipped or moved within a period of thirty days preceding the date of shipment.

C. Notwithstanding Subsection B of this Section, the commissioner may inspect any ratites shipped into this state, even if the ratites are accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued by another state or country. If such an inspection reveals the presence of contagious or infectious disease, the commissioner may declare a moratorium on Louisiana's recognition of any certificate of veterinary inspection issued by a representative of that state or country, until the commissioner determines that the standards of inspection of that state or country are adequate and equal to those health standards established by the state of Louisiana.

D. The commissioner, by rule, may establish other procedures for the shipment or movement of ratites within or into this state.

Acts 1993, No. 134, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3384 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3384
Requirement that eight hours precede the exposure of children to restricted use pesticides
Status: in_force

A restricted use pesticide shall be applied to a school building or on school grounds only during periods in which students are not expected to be present for normal academic instruction or organized extracurricular activity for at least eight hours after the application.

Acts 1993, No. 729, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4752 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4752
Implementation; ordinances
Status: in_force

A political subdivision may, after public hearing, establish by ordinance an urban agriculture incentive zone within its boundaries for the purpose of entering into enforceable contracts with landowners, on a voluntary basis, for the use of vacant, unimproved, or blighted lands for agricultural use as defined in R.S. 3:4751(1).

Acts 2015, No. 429, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 18
Emergency use airstrips; designation of certain roads
Status: in_force

A. The department shall, through cooperation with other state agencies and local governing authorities, develop a program to designate certain roads, including but not limited to dead-end roads and strategically placed parish roads, as airstrips to aid in the use of aircraft for agricultural purposes.

B. Such roads shall be used only upon declaration by the department that an agricultural emergency exists making it necessary for certain roads to be used as airstrips by aircraft for agricultural purposes only.

C. The department shall adopt such rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, as it deems necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1995, No. 334, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1471 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1471
Criminal penalties
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to cultivate, handle, process, or transport industrial hemp in any of the following circumstances:

(1) Without a license.

(2) Outside the scope of a license.

(3) If the industrial hemp originates from a seed that has not been approved by the commissioner.

(4) If the Cannabis sativa L. plant or any part of that plant would otherwise be industrial hemp as defined by this Part except that it has a THC concentration that exceeds the THC concentration authorized in this Part. This shall not include handling the plant for destruction as required by the department pursuant to this Part.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than twenty years and shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, the Southern University Agricultural Center, and the University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy when performing research and development as provided for in R.S. 3:1469.

Acts 2019, No. 164, §1, eff. June 6, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 344, §1; Acts 2021, No. 336, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4278.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4278.6
Timber harvesting; rules; regulations; penalty
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other requirements provided by law, any person conducting timber harvesting operations with the intent to cut five acres or more of timberland shall enter into a written contract or agreement with the owner, purchaser, or an agent or representative of either the owner or the purchaser of such timberland.

B. The commissioner of agriculture and forestry, with the advice of the Louisiana Forestry Commission, shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section.

C.(1) The commissioner may impose a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each instance of failure to comply with the provisions of this Section.

(2) Each day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense.

(3) Civil penalties may be assessed only by a ruling of the commissioner based on an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 2024, No. 214, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2461 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2461
Authority of parish governing authorities to adopt Part
Status: in_force

In addition to and supplemental with any other authority granted to parish governing authorities by law, a parish governing authority may adopt an ordinance establishing minimum standards for animal shelters within the parish consistent with the provisions of this Part.

Acts 1985, No. 806, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:124 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 124
Purposes
Status: in_force

A. An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the marketing or selling of the agricultural products of its members, or with the harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling, shipping, or utilizing thereof, or the manufacturing or marketing of by-products thereof; or in connection with the manufacturing, selling, or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment, or supplies; or more of the activities specified herein; or in the financing of the above enumerated activities; or to represent the interest of its members; or to engage in any lawful activity for which corporations may be formed under the laws of the state of Louisiana.

B. Every group of persons contemplating the organization of an association under this Part is urged to communicate with the dean of the college of agriculture of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, who will inform them whatever a survey of the marketing conditions affecting the commodities proposed to be handled may indicate regarding probable success.

Acts 2017, No. 65, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2351 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2351
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Power and authority is hereby delegated to the state entomologist to prepare and promulgate rules and regulations necessary and proper to establish a program for the eradication and control of the imported fire ant ( Solenposis saevissima richteri Forel ), subject to the approval of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 180, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3248 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3248
Direct supervision
Status: in_force

Persons who hold certificates issued under the provisions of this Chapter may provide direct supervision for the application or sale of a restricted use pesticide by competent uncertified persons. The certified person shall be fully responsible for the actions of the uncertified persons under his direct supervision. The certified person shall give instruction and direction to the uncertified persons and shall be available when and if his presence is needed. The certified person need not be physically present at all times unless the commissioner by rule requires the physical presence of the certified person at the time the restricted use pesticide is sold or applied.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1400 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1400
Deficiency assessments; enforcement
Status: in_force

A. If a given lot or shipment of feed is found by official sample and analysis to be deficient in one or more of the guaranteed feeding units, a deficiency assessment of no less than ten dollars shall be assessed against the registrant with respect to the lot or shipment of feed in question in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) Crude protein:

(a) For feeds guaranteed to contain 0-19.99% protein, a deficiency assessment of four times the value of the protein deficiency if such deficiency is in excess of two percent of the guaranteed analysis plus an analytical tolerance factor of .3%.

(b) For feeds guaranteed to contain 20-34.99% protein, a deficiency assessment of four times the value of the protein deficiency if such deficiency is in excess of two percent of the guaranteed analysis plus an analytical tolerance factor of .4%.

(c) For feeds guaranteed to contain 35-49.99% protein, a deficiency assessment of four times the value of the protein deficiency if such deficiency is in excess of two percent of the guaranteed analysis plus an analytical tolerance factor of .5%.

(d) For feeds guaranteed to contain fifty percent or more protein, a deficiency assessment of four times the value of the protein deficiency if such deficiency is in excess of two percent of the guaranteed analysis plus an analytical tolerance factor of .6%.

(2) Crude fat: A deficiency assessment of ten percent of the retail purchase price of the feed if the deficiency is greater than ten percent of the guarantee.

(3) Crude fiber: A deficiency assessment of ten percent of the retail purchase price of the feed if the excess is greater than ten percent of the guarantee.

(4) Minerals: A deficiency assessment of ten percent of the purchase price of the feed if the deficiency or excess, where applicable, is greater than the tolerance established by the commission by rule.

(5) All other guarantees: A deficiency assessment, not to exceed ten percent of the purchase price of the feed, if the deficiency or excess, where applicable, is greater than the tolerances established by the commission by rule.

B. When the commissioner has evidence which indicates that a person has committed an offense for which the deficiency assessment is found in Subsection A of this Section, the commissioner shall notify the person by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the facts involved in the alleged offense and the deficiency assessment set forth in Subsection A of this Section for the alleged offense. If the alleged violator does not pay the deficiency assessment within thirty days of the notice or the alleged violator disputes the deficiency found, the commissioner may call a hearing to adjudicate the matter as provided in Section E of this Section. All deficiency assessments assessed pursuant to this Section shall be paid to the person who purchased the feed for use when that person can be identified. If the person cannot be identified, the deficiency assessment shall be paid to the commission.

C. The commission may assess a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for any violation of this Part other than those found in Subsection A of this Section. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense.

D. The commission may suspend or revoke the registration of any manufacturer for any violation of the provisions of this Part or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part.

E. Civil penalties may be assessed and registrations may be suspended or revoked only by a ruling by the commission based on an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

F. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings to enforce the commission's rulings in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.

G. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent the violation of the provisions of this Part or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1; Acts 2012, No. 16, §1; Acts 2024, No. 101, §1, eff. May 21, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3655 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3655
Administration
Status: in_force

A. The secretary shall administer the provisions of this Chapter.

B. The secretary shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Chapter. All rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and shall conform with the requirements of Section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, P.L. 99-198*, as amended, and regulations issued thereunder as applicable.

C. The failure of the secretary to include in the central registry the information contained in any effective financing statement filed with any filing officer and transmitted to the secretary for inclusion in the central registry as provided in this Chapter shall subject the office and its insurer to the payment of all damages suffered thereby by any person.

D.(1) The office and its insurer shall be answerable for injury resulting from the filing officer's omitting to record such effective financing statements that are filed for recordation with the filing officer.

(2) The office and its insurer shall be answerable for injury resulting from a filing officer's omitting to mention in encumbrance certificates one or several effective financing statements filed for recordation with the filing officer and transmitted to the secretary for inclusion in the central registry, unless the error proceeds from a want of exactness in the description which cannot be imputed to him.

(3) The office of risk management within the division of administration shall obtain and maintain in effect at all times liability insurance covering the office for any errors and omissions which may occur in the operation of the central registry.

Acts 1987, No. 451, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, No. 548, §1, eff. Aug. 22, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 123, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

*7 U.S.C.A. 1631.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3391.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3391.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Formosan Termite Initiative Act".

Acts 1999, No. 486, §1, eff. June 21, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2042 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2042
Donation of land for livestock shows
Status: in_force

The parishes of Rapides, Richland, and St. Bernard may each donate any land to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College for the purposes set out in R.S. 3:2041.
La. R.S. § 3:1145 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1145
Tit. 3, § 1145. Provision in budget for establishing farms
Status: in_force

Parishes may make provision in their budgets for the carrying out of this Part at the earliest practical time that the finances of each parish will permit.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3376 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3376
Exemptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part and the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part shall not apply to the following:

(1) Persons personally performing structural pest control work on property which they own, lease, or rent.

(2) Persons engaged in the manufacture of pesticides.

(3) Persons engaged in the sale or distribution of pesticides. Notwithstanding this exemption, no person who sells pesticides at retail shall demonstrate pesticides in any manner upon the premises of any customer or potential customer, make any recommendation relative to the use of the pesticides, or offer any services related to structural pest control work unless that person has the proper permit, license, or registration.

Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2575 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2575
Impounded animals, release of prohibited; penalty
Status: in_force

No person shall by force, threats, or fraud release any animal impounded under the provisions of R.S. 3:2572.

Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1744 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1744
Powers
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture and forestry shall administer the terms of this Part and control and disburse the proceeds of the tax levied and collected thereunder; however, disbursements may be authorized only by a majority of the members of the commission. He may continue to maintain a field office at Opelousas, Louisiana, to carry on the work of the commission, at which office meetings of the commission may be held, and he may establish rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, for the administration and implementation of the provisions of this Part. To assist in the collection of the tax, the commission may cause its duly authorized agent or representative to go upon the premises of any grower, shipper, dealer, or handler of sweet potatoes and examine or cause to be examined by any such agent or representative any books, papers, records, or memoranda bearing on the amount of taxes payable, and to secure other information directly or indirectly concerned in the enforcement of this Part.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 389, §2; Acts 1968, No. 434, §1; Acts 1975, No. 134, §1; Acts 1976, No. 109, §1; Acts 1997, No. 61, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8C, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3407 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3407
Seizure by commission
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner, with the prior approval of the commission, may institute legal proceedings by petition in the district court for the district in which the licensee is located for an order authorizing the commissioner to effect a seizure of the facilities of the licensee and to act as receiver thereof whenever any of the following conditions occur:

(1) The licensee does not have sufficient commodities to cover the outstanding warehouse receipts and scale tickets marked for storage issued by the licensee.

(2) The licensee does not have sufficient funds to operate its business and is in imminent danger of being unable to continue to operate its business.

(3) The licensee is unable to fulfill its obligations to producers.

(4) The licensee refuses to submit to a lawful inspection or audit ordered by the commission.

B. Immediately upon the filing of the petition alleging the commission's approval and the existence of any condition set forth in Subsection A of this Section, the court shall issue an ex parte order authorizing the commissioner to effect a temporary seizure of the facilities of the licensee and to act as temporary receiver thereof. This order shall remain in effect until the conclusion of a hearing on the petition which hearing shall be held within ten days after the filing of the petition.

C. The commission may require, on an emergency basis without the necessity of court approval for a period of not more than five days, any licensee to operate under its supervision prior to or during any proceedings leading to the appointment of a receiver as provided under this Section.

D. Whenever the commissioner is appointed to act as receiver he shall continue to act as receiver until all of the assets of the licensee have been distributed to the creditors of the licensee or until ordered by the district court to surrender possession of the assets of the licensee.

E. As part of the receivership, the commissioner may recover from the assets of the licensee the costs of administering the receivership, including the cost of liability insurance for the commission, the commissioner, and employees who are engaged in the administration of the receivership.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 767, §1, eff. June 30, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1444 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1444
Prohibitions
Status: in_force

No person shall:

(1) Sell, offer for sale, transport, or distribute any agricultural, vegetable, or flower seeds unless the seeds have been tested in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission. The commission by rule may require information relative to the test to be affixed to the packaging of the seeds.

(2) Sell, offer for sale, transport, or distribute any agricultural, vegetable, or flower seeds that are not labeled in accordance with this Part or that have false or misleading labeling.

(3) Sell, offer for sale, transport, or distribute any agricultural, vegetable, or flower seeds for which there has been false or misleading advertisement.

(4) Sell, offer for sale, transport, or distribute any agricultural seeds containing noxious weed seeds, subject to tolerances and methods of determinations, in excess of those prescribed under this Part.

(5) Detach, deface, destroy, or use a second time any label provided for in this Part or the rules and regulations made by the commission.

(6) Alter or falsify any seeds, seed labels, seed tests, laboratory reports, records, or other documents to create a misleading impression as to kind, kind of variety, history, quality, or origin of seed.

(7) Disseminate any false or misleading advertisement concerning agricultural, vegetable, or flower seeds.

(8) Obstruct in any way any authorized person in the performance of his duties under this Part.

(9) Fail to comply with a stop order or to move or otherwise handle or dispose of any lot of seed held under a stop order, except with express permission of the commissioner for the purposes specified by him.

(10) Use relabeling stickers without having both the calendar month and year the germination test was completed and the lot number that matches the existing, original lot number.

(11) Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 26, §3, eff. May 23, 2013.

Amended by Acts 1977, No. 149, §5; Acts 1978, No. 34, §1; Acts 1986, No. 190, §1; Acts 2003, No. 175, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2012, No. 146, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 26, §§1, 3, eff. May 23, 2013; Acts 2018, No. 362, §1, eff. May 20, 2018.
La. R.S. § 3:82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 82
Tit. 3, § 82. Stock or membership certificates; liability for debts; voting rights; transfer of stock or membership
Status: in_force

When a member of an association established without capital stock, has paid his membership fee in full, he shall receive a certificate of membership.

Except for debts lawfully contracted between him and the association, no member shall be liable for the debts of the association to an amount exceeding the sum remaining unpaid on his membership fee or his subscription to the capital stock, including any unpaid balance on any promissory note or notes given in payment thereof.

No member or stockholder shall be entitled to more than one vote.

The by-laws shall prohibit the transfer of the membership or stock of the association to persons not engaged in the production of the agricultural products handled by the association, and such restrictions shall be printed upon every certificate of membership or stock subject thereto.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3002
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following terms are defined as follows:

(1) "Livestock" means cattle, buffalo, bison, oxen, and other bovine; horses, mules, donkeys, and other equine; sheep; goats; swine; domestic rabbits; fish, turtles, and other animals identified with aquaculture that are located in artificial reservoirs or enclosures that are both on privately owned property and constructed so as to prevent, at all times, the ingress and egress of fish life from public waters; imported exotic deer and antelope, elk, farm-raised white-tailed deer, farm-raised ratites, and other farm-raised exotic animals; chickens, turkeys, and other poultry; and animals placed under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry and any hybrid, mixture, or mutation or any such animal.

(2) "Owner of livestock" means any person owning or having control of livestock.

(3) "Public highway" means any public way except those highways provided for in R.S. 3:2803 for vehicular traffic including the entire area dedicated thereto and the bridge, culverts, structures, appurtenances and features necessary to or associated with its purpose.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 399, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 528, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4001 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4001
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this subpart, the following shall be herein defined:

(1) Commissioner: The commissioner of agriculture, his representative or his agent.

(2) Cooperative: A legally chartered organization of milk producers, their representatives or their agents.

(3) Purchaser: Any person, firm, corporation or cooperative purchasing milk and cream on the basis of volume, weight and butterfat content therein.

(4) Producer: Any person, firm, corporation or cooperative producing milk for sale on the basis of volume, weight and butterfat content therein.

(5) Milk: As defined by the state health sanitary code, the butterfat requirement shall be excluded as related to milk produced at dairy farms.

(6) Fresh milk test: A butterfat analysis which shall have been determined by a method approved by law and which shall have been proven accurate and deemed acceptable as a factor of payment by the commissioner.

(7) Time composite: A sample of milk obtained by the mixing of single samples, each being representative of and proportionate to the volume from which they were taken and which shall represent a period of time not to exceed sixteen days.

(8) License: Any technical license issued by the commissioner.

Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4004
Records required
Status: in_force

The purchaser and/or the cooperative shall maintain, both individually and collectively, a record of each producer's delivery of milk. The records shall state the date of delivery, the producer's name or permit number, the volume measurement and converted weight of milk, the temperature, the purchaser or cooperative and the signature of the licensed measurer-sampler or milk and cream tester. The producer shall be provided a daily record of volume and weight upon receipt and a collective record of weight and test upon payment. Daily and periodic laboratory records shall be maintained as relates to volume, weight, fat analysis, calibration log and licensed personnel performance reports. Upon request, the commissioner shall be granted access and/or copy of all records required.

Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:131 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 131
Directors; election
Status: in_force

A. The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, elected by the members or stockholders from their own members and shall have all rights and powers as provided for under the general corporation laws of this state, and such other powers as may be necessary to the proper execution of this Part. The by-laws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts and that the directors shall be elected according to such districts. In such cases, the by-laws shall specify the number of directors to be elected by each district, the manner and method of reappointing the directors and redistricting the territory covered by the association. The by-laws may provide that primary elections shall be held in each district to elect the directors apportioned to such districts and the results of all primary elections shall be ratified by the next regular meeting of the association or may be considered final as to the association.

B. The by-laws may provide that one or more directors may be appointed by the governor of the state, the dean of the college of agriculture of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or the commissioner of agriculture and forestry. The directors appointed in this manner shall represent primarily the interest of the general public in associations. The director or directors so appointed need not be members or stockholders of the association, but shall have the same powers and rights of the other directors. Directors so appointed shall not number more than one-fifth of the entire number of directors.

C. The directors of the association may provide a fair remuneration for the time actually spent by its officers, directors and employees in its service. No director, during the term of his office, shall be a party to a contract for profit with the association differing in any way from the business relations accorded regular members or holders of common stock of the association.

D. The by-laws may provide for an executive committee and may allot to such committee all the functions and powers of the board of directors, subject to the general direction and control of the board.

E. When a vacancy on the board of directors occurs, other than by expiration of term, the remaining members of the board by a majority vote shall fill the vacancy, unless the by-laws provide for an election of directors by districts. In such case, the board of directors shall immediately call a special election to be voted in by the members or stockholders in that district to fill the vacancy.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1419 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1419
Penalty; fines
Status: in_force

A. Whoever is found by the commission to have violated a provision of this Subpart or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this Subpart shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars per violation.

B. The commission may assess the cost of the adjudicatory proceeding and shall, by rule and regulation, determine the amount of costs to be assessed, which may include the cost of inspections, investigations, and laboratory analysis.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3801
Horticulture Commission
Status: in_force

A. The Horticulture Commission of Louisiana is hereby created within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to be comprised of the following members:

(1) The commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

(2) The assistant commissioner of agricultural and environmental sciences.

(3) The director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.

(4) A licensed arborist.

(5) A floral dealer.

(6) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 643, §2, eff. June 11, 2024.

(7) A licensed landscape horticulturist.

(8) A licensed landscape architect.

(9) A nursery stock dealer.

(10) A wholesale nurseryman.

(11) A licensed utility arborist.

(12) A sod grower.

(13) A licensed landscape irrigation contractor.

B. The commissioner of agriculture and forestry, the assistant commissioner of agricultural and environmental sciences, and the director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service shall serve as ex officio members with the same rights, powers, and privileges as the other members.

C. The following members shall be appointed by the commissioner, subject to confirmation of the Senate, and shall serve terms of four calendar years beginning with the year of appointment in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) The licensed arborist shall be appointed during the second year of each administration from the arborists licensed by the commission.

(2) The floral dealer shall be appointed during the second year of each administration from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana State Florists Association, Inc.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 643, §2, eff. June 11, 2024.

(4) The licensed landscape horticulturist shall be appointed during the fourth year of each administration from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association.

(5) The licensed landscape architect shall be appointed during the third year of each administration from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

(6) The nursery stock dealer shall be appointed during the first year of each administration from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Retailers Association.

(7) The wholesale nurseryman shall be appointed during the first year of each administration from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association.

(8) The licensed utility arborist shall be appointed during the second year of each administration from the utility arborists licensed by the commission, who are graduate foresters and who work in the utility line clearing area.

(9) The sod grower shall be appointed during the fourth year of each administration from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Turfgrass Association.

(10) The licensed landscape irrigation contractor shall be appointed during the first year of each administration from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Irrigation Association.

D. Vacancies in the office of the appointed members shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made within ninety days of the date the vacancy occurred and shall be for the unexpired portion of the term of the office vacated.

E. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business and the carrying out of the duties of the commission. Each member shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for state officers. Members of the commission shall not receive any salary for their duties as members. The appointed members who are not state employees or officers may receive a per diem for each day spent in actual attendance of meetings of the commission or of duly appointed committees or subcommittees of the commission. The amount of the per diem shall be fixed by the commission in an amount not to exceed forty dollars. The appointed members who are not state employees or officers may receive a mileage allowance for mileage traveled in attending meetings. The mileage allowance shall be fixed by the commission in an amount not to exceed the mileage rate for state employees.

F. The commissioner is hereby authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to enforce the provisions of this Chapter. The commission is hereby authorized to carry out the intent of the laws contained in this Chapter, including but not limited to rules and regulations for the following purposes:

(1) To govern the qualifications and practices of persons engaged in the professions and occupations regulated by the commission.

(2) To establish examinations for applications for licenses and to establish minimum scores necessary to pass those examinations.

(3) To require the payment of examination fees, license fees, and permit fees as provided in this Chapter.

(4) To hold hearings and to conduct investigations.

(5) To do all things necessary to prevent fraudulent practices by persons engaged in the professions and occupations regulated by the commission.

(6) To encourage holders of licenses and permits to participate in continuing education programs approved by the commission.

G. The commissioner of agriculture and forestry, the assistant commissioner for agricultural and environmental sciences, and the director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service may name designees to attend meetings for those officers. The commissioner may appoint an alternate member for each member he appoints. If the member is appointed from a list of nominees, the alternate shall be appointed from the same list. Any designee or alternate who attends a meeting as a representative of a member shall have the same rights, powers, and privileges, including voting rights, as the member he represents.

H. The commission, by a vote of two-thirds of the appointed members, may expel a member who has accumulated three consecutive unexcused absences from commission meetings.

I. The commission shall employ a director and assistant director who shall be appointed by the commission, subject to the approval of the commissioner. The director and assistant director shall be in the unclassified service.

Acts 1950, No. 224, §1; 1954, No. 534, §1; Acts 1965, No. 127, §1; Acts 1972, No. 320, §1; Acts 1980, No. 330, §2; Acts 1981, No. 418, §1; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1; Acts 1986, No. 447, §1, eff. July 1, 1986; Acts 1988, No. 318, §1; Acts 1990, No. 69, §1; Acts 1992, No. 60, §1; Acts 1995, No. 182, §1; Acts 2004, No. 810, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 63, §1, eff. June 5, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 227, §1, eff. June 16, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 229, §1, eff. June 16, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 310, §1, eff. May 25, 2012; Acts 2024, No. 243, §1, eff. May 23, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 643, §§1, 2, eff. June 11, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1465 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1465
Licensure
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) Each seed producer shall obtain an annual license issued by the department. The license shall authorize the licensee to produce, transport, and sell approved seeds to licensed industrial hemp growers, seed producers, handlers, and processors.

(b) A licensed seed producer shall ensure that the seed complies with the standards set by the commission.

(c) The department shall provide information that identifies sellers of industrial hemp seed to growers.

(2) A grower of industrial hemp shall obtain an annual license issued by the department. The license shall authorize the licensee to possess, store, cultivate, trim, dry, cure, and transport industrial hemp in this state.

(3) A processor of industrial hemp shall obtain an annual license issued by the department. The license shall authorize the licensee to possess, store, process, and transport industrial hemp in this state.

(4) A handler of industrial hemp shall obtain an annual license issued by the department. The license shall authorize the licensee to handle industrial hemp in this state.

B. Any person desiring to obtain a license shall apply to the commissioner for a license on a form prescribed by the commissioner. A license must be obtained before a person purchases or obtains any industrial hemp seeds.

C.(1) The application for any grower, processor, handler, or seed producer license shall include the following information:

(a) The name and address of the applicant.

(b) The name and address of the designated responsible party, if the applicant is a business entity.

(c) If applicable, the legal description and global positioning coordinates of the land area to be used to produce or process industrial hemp.

(2) If any changes are made to the required information in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the applicant shall resubmit the application to the department within fifteen days.

D.(1) Upon application for initial licensure and every three years thereafter, each applicant shall be required to submit to a criminal background check pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection. For purposes of this Subsection, "applicant" shall mean an applicant or designated responsible party as defined in R.S. 3:1462.

(2) The applicant shall submit fingerprints and other identifying information to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information for the purpose of obtaining state and national criminal history record information and grant permission to the department to obtain the state and national criminal history information on the applicant.

(3) Upon request by the department and upon submission of an applicant's fingerprints, and such other identifying information as may be required, the bureau shall survey its criminal history records and identification files and make a simultaneous request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for like information from other jurisdictions. The bureau may charge the applicant a reasonable processing fee for conducting and reporting on any such search.

(4) Any and all state or national criminal history record information obtained by the department from the bureau or FBI which is not already a matter of public record shall be deemed nonpublic and confidential information restricted to the exclusive use by the department in evaluating the applicant's eligibility or disqualification for licensure. No such information or records related thereto shall, except with the written consent of the applicant or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, be released or otherwise disclosed by the department to any other person or agency.

(5) No person shall be eligible to obtain a license if convicted under state or federal law of any of the following:

(a) A felony within the ten years immediately preceding the date of application.

(b) A drug-related misdemeanor within the two years immediately preceding the date of application.

E. The applicant is responsible for any employee working under the applicant's license.

F. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, the Southern University Agricultural Center, the University of Louisiana at Monroe Agribusiness Program, and the University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy when performing research and development as provided for in R.S. 3:1469.

Acts 2019, No. 164, §1, eff. June 6, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 344, §1; Acts 2021, No. 336, §1; Acts 2022, No. 498, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2356 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2356
Shipment of catfish to be used for stocking purposes into the state; inspection; fees; penalties
Status: in_force

A. No person, firm, or corporation shall move, ship, or transport into this state any catfish to be used for stocking purposes, of any species, whether farm raised or caught in the waters from any other state, except as provided in this Section.

B. Catfish to be used for stocking purposes may be shipped into this state by a person, firm, or corporation possessing all necessary wholesale licenses, but only when accompanied by certification of inspection issued by the state or country of origin. The certificate shall certify the apparent freedom of the catfish to be used for stocking purposes from contagious or infectious diseases and shall be based upon an actual inspection of the catfish to be used for stocking purposes to be shipped or moved within a period of forty-eight hours preceding the date of shipment.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B, the commissioner of agriculture may inspect any catfish to be used for stocking purposes being shipped into this state, even if the catfish to be used for stocking purposes are accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued by another state or country, unless the facility receiving the catfish to be used for stocking purposes is inspected or the catfish to be used for stocking purposes on hand in such facility is inspected by the state and/or federal food and drug administration. If an inspection of catfish to be used for stocking purposes accompanied by a certificate of inspection of another state or country reveals contagious or infectious disease, the commissioner may declare a moratorium on this state's recognition of any certificate of inspection issued by that state or country until the commissioner determines that the standards of that state or country are adequate to insure the health and safety of catfish to be used for stocking purposes in that state or country at least equal to the standards established by this state.

D. Except as otherwise permitted in this Section, the movement or shipment of catfish to be used for stocking purposes into this state shall be prohibited.

E. In cases where the commissioner inspects catfish to be used for stocking purposes pursuant to this Section, he may by rule impose an inspection fee, provided that the fee schedule is uniform as to all similar inspections and the funds are used to defray the cost of inspections.

F. Any person, firm, or corporation who violates this Section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both.

Acts 1985, No. 729, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2093 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2093
Powers
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Board of Animal Health shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement and enforce the powers and duties assigned to the board by law. All rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(2) To hold hearings and conduct investigations. All adjudicatory hearings shall be held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(3) To issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents and records anywhere in the state in any hearing before the board.

(4) To issue charters and determine sale days for livestock markets in accordance with R.S. 3:665.

(5) To issue market agency and livestock dealer permits in accordance with R.S. 3:563.

(6) To compel owners of livestock subject to regulation by the board to quarantine, test, or vaccinate the livestock whenever necessary to prevent, control, or eradicate any infectious disease present in the livestock.

(7) To issue cease and desist orders when a violation that is endangering or causing significant damage to animal health or commerce is occurring or is about to occur.

(8) To institute civil proceedings seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent violations of the laws or of administrative rules administered or enforced by the board.

(9) To impose penalties for violations of the laws and administrative rules administered and enforced by the board as follows:

(a) Civil penalties of up to one thousand dollars for each violation of the laws and administrative rules administered and enforced by the board. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense.

(b) Issuance of a public or private letter of reprimand or concern.

(c) Restitution of the department's costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of this Part.

(d) Denial, revocation, or suspension of any permit issued by the board.

(10) To advise the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the legislature with respect to all phases of the meat industry in Louisiana, including but not limited to the slaughtering and processing of meat and the implementation of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the state meat inspection program.

(11) To adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to monitor compliance with the prohibition against tampering with livestock at a public livestock exhibition as set forth in R.S. 14:102.1(B)(2).

(12) To adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to establish standards governing the care and well-being of bovine, equine, ovine, caprine, porcine, and poultry bred, kept, maintained, raised, or used for show, profit, or for the purpose of selling or otherwise producing crops, animals, or plant or animal products for market. The board shall consider the following when adopting the standards:

(a) The health and husbandry of the bovine, equine, ovine, caprine, porcine, and poultry.

(b) Generally accepted farm management practices.

(c) Generally accepted veterinary standards and practices.

(d) The economic impact the standards may have on bovine, equine, ovine, caprine, porcine, and poultry farmers, the affected bovine, equine, ovine, caprine, porcine, and poultry sectors, and consumers.

(13) To assess penalties pursuant to an administrative hearing conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The board may institute civil proceedings to enforce its rulings in the district court of the parish in which the violation occurred.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 273, §1; Acts 1952, No. 425, §2; Acts 1954, No. 689, §2; Acts 1982, No. 443, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1997, No. 461, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 113, §1, eff. June 8, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 204, §1; Acts 2018, No. 429, §1; Acts 2020, No. 306, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. R.S. § 3:149 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 149
Tit. 3, § 149. Application of general corporation laws
Status: in_force

The provisions of the general corporation laws of this State and all powers and rights thereunder shall apply to the association organized hereunder, except where such provisions are in conflict with, or inconsistent with, the express provisions of this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4611 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4611
Use of unsealed instruments
Status: in_force

No one shall use or have in his possession any commercial weighing or measuring device which has not been sealed by the department at its direction, within the year prior thereto, unless written notice has been given to the department to the effect that the commercial weighing or measuring device is available for examination or is due for re-examination, as the case may be.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §1; Acts 2003, No. 139, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.
La. R.S. § 3:2439 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2439
Tit. 3, § 2439. Court review of humane society's treatment of animal; damages limited to costs
Status: in_force

Any person feeling himself aggrieved at the action of the humane society or its officers may try the issues before a court of competent jurisdiction, but the issues meant herein shall only be as to whether the animal's condition is such as to warrant action by the society or whether the animal is in condition to be used, before or after treatment, or whether the treatment accorded the animal by the owner, as set out in R.S. 3:2438 is proper or beneficial; no damages except the actual court costs shall be assessed against the society.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1772 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1772
Responsibility for law enforcement
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture and forestry and the state entomologist shall carry out all provisions of the law relative to pests and diseases affecting agricultural and horticultural plants and plant products and quarantines and embargoes resulting therefrom.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3410 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3410
Warehouse license required prior to operation of warehouse; demonstration of competency; renewal; fees; licensed capacity; prohibition
Status: in_force

A. No person shall operate a warehouse wherein any agricultural commodities or other farm products are stored and a fee is charged for such storage unless licensed under this Chapter or under the United States Warehouse Act, as amended.

B. The applicant for a warehouse license shall file the application described in R.S. 3:3408 and demonstrate its competency to engage in the business of operating a warehouse.

C. Each license issued by the commission pursuant to this Section shall specify on the face thereof that it is a warehouse license and shall be posted in all warehouse locations.

D. Each warehouse license issued by the commission shall be valid until June 30 following date of issue and shall be renewed on or before July 1 of each year.

E. The fee for the issuance and the annual renewal of any warehouse license shall be two hundred dollars.

F. Each license shall cover all facilities which are owned or leased by the entity to whom the license is issued and used by the entity in the conduct of its business as a warehouse.

G. Each license shall specify the licensed capacity of each facility covered by the license.

H. No warehouse license shall be issued unless the facility to be licensed is suitable for the storage of the agricultural commodity to be stored therein. The commission may suspend or revoke any warehouse license whenever any licensed facility becomes unsuitable for storage of the agricultural commodity for which it is designed.

I. No person holding a warehouse license shall engage in any other activities regulated under this Chapter unless he holds a license issued by the commission to engage in such activities.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1986, No. 1068, §1, eff. July 17, 1986; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 767, §1, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 145, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2015, No. 430, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1484 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1484
Permit to sell; office of alcohol and tobacco control
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each wholesaler of consumable hemp products shall apply for and obtain a permit from the office of alcohol and tobacco control.

(2) The commissioner may establish and collect an annual wholesaler permit fee. The amount of the wholesaler permit fee shall be based on the cost of the regulatory functions performed and shall not exceed five hundred dollars per year.

(3) A wholesaler permitted pursuant to this Subsection shall obtain and distribute only approved consumable hemp products from a consumable hemp processor permitted in accordance with R.S. 3:1483(A)(1). A wholesaler shall not offer any consumable hemp product for resale except to a retailer that holds a valid consumable hemp product retail permit.

B.(1)(a) Each person who sells or is about to engage in the business of selling at retail, including remote retailers, any consumable hemp product shall first apply for and obtain a permit for each place of business from the office of alcohol and tobacco control. No retail permit to sell consumable hemp products shall be issued to an applicant whose primary business is marketed to or is to provide goods and services for minors as determined by the commissioner.

(b)(i) A remote retailer shall be eligible to apply for a retail permit to sell consumable hemp products at retail in this state.

(ii) An applicant to be a remote retailer of consumable hemp products in this state shall meet the same qualifications as permitted retailers with a physical presence in this state and shall be registered to do business in this state with the secretary of state.

(iii) A remote retailer shall offer for retail sale only consumable hemp products approved by the department and obtained from a wholesaler permitted in accordance with this Part. The remote retailer shall be required to identify on its website the Louisiana permitted wholesaler from which the consumable hemp products offered for retail sale in the state of Louisiana by the remote retailer have been obtained.

(iv) For purposes of this Section, each individually registered domain name owned or leased by or on behalf of a remote retailer shall be considered a place of business.

(2) Prior to selling consumable hemp products at a special event, the retailer shall request and promptly receive an annual special event permit from the commissioner. For purposes of this Section, a special event shall be defined as any event held at any location, other than a permitted place of business, where consumable hemp products are sold. The permittee shall notify the commissioner in writing of any special event that the permittee will be attending prior to the event. Failure to notify the commissioner shall be grounds for revocation of the permit.

(3) No permit issued pursuant to this Section shall authorize the permittee to sell or offer for sale any cannabinoid product derived from any source other than hemp authorized by this Part.

(4) A retailer permitted pursuant to this Subsection shall obtain consumable hemp products to sell at retail only from a wholesaler permitted pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.

(5) No retail permit shall be issued pursuant to this Section to any applicant that also holds a Class A permit issued pursuant to Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Any restaurant or bar that holds both a Class A permit and a permit to sell consumable hemp products at retail prior to June 17, 2024, shall continue to be eligible to sell consumable hemp products at retail and shall be eligible to renew the retail consumable hemp permit annually.

C.(1) The commissioner may establish and collect an annual retail permit fee and an annual special event permit fee. The amount of each permit fee provided for in this Subsection shall be based on the cost of the regulatory functions performed and shall not exceed one hundred seventy-five dollars per year.

(2) The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations to restrict on-premise outdoor advertising of consumable hemp products of permitted retailers.

D. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Part or rules adopted pursuant to this Part; who alters, forges, or counterfeits, or uses without authority any permit or other document provided for in this Part; who operates without a permit; or who fails to collect or to timely pay the assessments, fees, and penalties due or assessed pursuant to this Part shall be subject, in addition to any unpaid assessments, late fees, or collection costs, to the civil penalties provided in this Section. Each day on which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.

(1) For a first offense, not more than three hundred dollars.

(2) For a second offense that occurs within two years of the first offense, not more than one thousand dollars.

(3) For a third or subsequent offense that occurs within two years of the first offense, not less than five hundred dollars but not more than three thousand dollars.

E.(1) In addition to the penalties provided in Subsection D of this Section, any permittee who violates any provisions of this Part shall be subject to having his permit suspended or revoked. Any fine imposed pursuant to this Part or the revocation or suspension of a permit is in addition to and is not in lieu of or a limitation on the imposition of any other penalty provided by law.

(2) Any permittee found to be in violation of any provision of this Part for a third offense that occurs within two years of the first offense shall have his permit revoked and shall be deemed ineligible to apply for or receive any permit authorized to be issued by this Part for a period of five years from the date of revocation.

F. In addition to the commissioner's authority to revoke or suspend a permit pursuant to this Section, the secretary of the Department of Revenue shall order the commissioner to immediately suspend the retailer's permit if the secretary determines that a consumable hemp product retailer has failed to timely file returns or pay taxes as required by R.S. 47:1693. The secretary shall order the commissioner to suspend the retailer's permit until the returns have been filed and the taxes are paid. No permit shall be suspended for taxes which have been properly protested or appealed by the retailer pursuant to R.S. 47:1565 or 1567.

G. The office of alcohol and tobacco control shall investigate any report of a violation of a provision of this Part and report any criminal violation to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

H. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section. The rules shall not include any fees or penalties for any permit not provided for in this Section, or any requirements for proof of Louisiana residency, criminal background checks, diagrams of retail premises, or proof of lease or ownership of any retail establishment.

Acts 2019, No. 164, §1, eff. June 6, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 344, §1; Acts 2021, No. 336, §1; Acts 2022, No. 498, §1, eff. June 16, 2022; Acts 2024, No. 752, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025, §3, eff. June 19, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4105
Sales of dairy products not subject to price regulation
Status: in_force

Sales of all dairy products covered by this Subpart by retailers, distributors, and processors shall not be subject to price regulation; in no event shall the Dairy Stabilization Board have power or authority to regulate or establish wholesale or retail prices; provided that any such sales shall be subject to the condition of open market competition in compliance with the disruptive trade practice provisions of this Subpart.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 31, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 695, §1; Acts 1985, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3254 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3254
Special exemptions for certain applications and recommendations of pesticides
Status: in_force

As used in R.S. 3:3252(A)(2), the reference to recommendations or applications inconsistent with the labeling of a pesticide shall not include the following:

(1) The application of a pesticide at any dosage, concentration, or frequency less than that specified on the labeling.

(2) The application of a pesticide against any target pest not specified on the labeling, if the application is to the crop, animal, or site specified on the labeling, unless the E.P.A. has required that the labeling specifically state that the pesticide may be used only for the pests specified on the labeling.

(3) The use of any method of application not prohibited by the labeling.

(4) The mixing of a pesticide or pesticides with a fertilizer when the mixture is not prohibited by the labeling.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2815 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2815
Impoundment pens or areas
Status: in_force

The State Department of Public Safety shall designate and establish within each parish of the state, where necessary, an impoundment pen or area which shall be maintained by the department or by a person designated by the Superintendent of State Police solely for the purpose of impounding and retaining within the parish all livestock, swine and other cattle or animals subject to impoundment under the laws of this state. Animals impounded under such laws shall be retained and cared for in said impoundment pens or areas until disposed of in the manner provided by law.

The Superintendent of State Police is authorized to deputize or otherwise obtain the services of one farmer in each parish who shall be responsible for maintaining and caring for all animals impounded.

Acts 1960, No. 290, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4414 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4414
Exclusions and limitations
Status: in_force

A. Landowners who have received federal or private funding for reforestation shall not be eligible to participate, on the same acreage, in any cooperative agreement under this Part.

B. Public utility companies and landowners who are engaged in the manufacturing or production of forestry products shall not be eligible to participate in any cooperative agreement under this Part.

Acts 1997, No. 1377, §1, eff. July 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2361 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2361
Horses and mules which may not be sold
Status: in_force

A. No person shall sell either at private sale or public auction, or offer or receive for sale any horse or mule which by reason of debility, disease, or lameness, or for any other cause could not be worked in the city in which it is offered for sale without violating the laws against cruelty to animals. This Section shall apply only in cities in this state having a population of ten thousand or more.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months.

Acts 2018, No. 148, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3303 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3303
Administration
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of this Part shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry through the division of pesticide and environmental programs within the office of agricultural and environmental sciences.

B. The commissioner shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Part. The rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

C. The commissioner shall employ such personnel as are necessary to administer the provisions of this Part.

Added by Acts 1988, No. 349, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4745 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4745
Powers
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner of agriculture shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Part and adopt rules and regulations to enforce the provisions of this Part. All rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

B. The commissioner may:

(1) Employ personnel to enforce the provisions of this Part.

(2) Receive and investigate complaints regarding alleged violations of this Part and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Part.

(3) Seek and obtain injunctive or other civil relief to restrain and prevent violations of this Part, rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Part, or orders and rulings issued by the commissioner pursuant to this Part.

(4) Institute civil proceedings to enforce his rulings or collect any penalties due under this Part.

Acts 2019, No. 273, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4421 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4421
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be cited as the "Forestry Product Fairness Act."

Acts 2009, No. 352, §1, eff. July 6, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4691 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4691
Weight limits; sugar mill scales
Status: in_force

A. All sugar mills shall lock out their scales at one hundred thousand pounds gross vehicle weight per load of sugarcane.

B.(1) When a vehicle carrying a load of sugarcane exceeds the weight limit established in Subsection A of this Section, an amount of sugarcane equal to the excess gross weight shall be forfeited by the owner or producer of the sugarcane.

(2) No owner or producer of sugarcane shall be compensated for revenue derived from forfeited sugarcane.

(3) No hauler of sugarcane shall be compensated for hauling forfeited sugarcane.

C. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall certify the scales and conduct at least one random inspection of the scales during the harvest season each year.

D. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2003, No. 147, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2056 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2056
Use of funds
Status: in_force

A. The council may expend the funds available to it to:

(1) Contract for scientific research with any accredited university, college, or similar institution and enter into other contracts or agreements which will aid in carrying out the purposes of the program, including cattle and beef promotion, consumer market development, research advertising and, including contracts for the purpose of acquisition of facilities or equipment necessary to carry out purposes of the program.

(2) Disseminate reliable information benefiting the consumer and the cattle and beef industry on such subjects as, but not limited to, purchase, identification, care, storage, handling, cookery, preparation, serving, and the nutritive value of beef and beef products.

(3) Provide information to such government bodies as request it on subjects of concern to the cattle and beef industry and act jointly or in cooperation with the state or federal government and agencies thereof in the development or administration of programs deemed by the council to be consistent with the objectives of the program.

(4) Cooperate with any local, state, regional, or nationwide organization or agency engaged in work or activities consistent with the objectives of the program.

(5) Pay funds to other organizations for work or services performed which are consistent with the objectives of the program.

B. All funds available to the council shall be expended only to effectuate the purposes of this Part and shall not be used for political purposes in any manner. A report of all expenditures shall be published annually.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 320, §1. HCR 187, 1987 R.S.; HCR 201, 1988 R.S.; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8K, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2015, No. 428, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1732 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1732
Terms defined
Status: in_force

The terms used in Parts III and III-A of this Chapter shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Certificate permit" means a written document, stamp, or other form of identification approved by the department that authorizes the movement, sale, offer for sale or storage of sweet potato plants, plant products or parts thereof, or regulated materials.

(2) "Certificate permit tag" means a tag that authorizes the movement, sale, or offer for sale or storage of sweet potato plants, plant products or parts thereof, or regulated materials.

(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

(4) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

(5) "Processing plants" means canning, freezing, and dehydrating facilities.

(6) "Sweet potato" means all plants, plant parts, and plant products in the genus Ipomoea and any other plants, plant parts, or plant products that commonly are referred to as sweet potato, that can harbor injurious pests or diseases affecting said plants, plant parts, and plant products.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2013, No. 332, §1, eff. June 17, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:845 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 845
Exclusion from coverage of Part
Status: in_force

A. Retail stores that receive eggs or egg products from a licensed distributor solely for the purpose of selling the eggs or egg products directly to consumers are exempt from the licensing requirements of this Part.

B. Any producer who has egg production from less than five hundred hens is exempt from the licensing requirements of this Part and from the payment of any assessment if that producer sells his eggs or egg products directly to the consumer from the farm.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 441, §1; Acts 2003, No. 523, §1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8F, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:903 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 903
Fees for inspection, classification, and grading
Status: in_force

The commissioner may collect fees for the inspection, classification, and grading of farm products, fruits, and vegetables. The fees shall not exceed the actual cost necessary to provide for the proper inspection, grading, and classification of the products.

Acts 1978, No. 242, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8A, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2017, No. 39, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:726 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 726
Payment for strawberries and other produce
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section the following terms shall have the following meaning:

(1) "Buyer" means any person who buys produce from a producer for resale or processing.

(2) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity.

(3) "Produce" means strawberries and other fruits and vegetables which are sold for processing or for resale in fresh, frozen, canned, or processed form.

(4) "Producer" means any owner, tenant, or operator of land in this state who has an interest in and receives all or any part of the proceeds from the sale of produce grown on that land.

B. Each producer who sells produce to a buyer shall have the right to request and receive payment for the produce within forty-five days from the date the produce is delivered.

C. The Department of Agriculture shall enforce the provisions of this Section.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 305, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:2003 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2003
Tit. 3, § 2003. Castration or impounding of scrub bulls
Status: in_force

Parishes may also provide by ordinance for the castration of, or the impounding of, any scrub bull whose owner fails to comply with any regulations authorized by this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:737 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 737
Duration of recordation; renewal
Status: in_force

A. The recordation of each brand or mark shall expire on the last day of December of 1984, and every fifth year thereafter.

B. The commission shall notify each owner of a brand or mark of the expiration date no later than the first day of April of each expiration year. Applications for renewal shall be received by the commission no later than the first day of September of the expiration year. Applications for renewal shall be on forms approved by the commission and shall be accompanied by the renewal fee and such other information as the commission may require. If any owner of a brand or mark fails to renew his recordation by the first day of September of the expiration year, the brand or mark shall be forfeited on the last day of the expiration year, and may thereafter be issued to another applicant.

C. Lifetime recordation of brands and marks shall be available upon application pursuant to R.S. 3:736, approval by the commission, and payment of the required fee.

Acts 1982, No. 113, §1; Acts 2021, No. 234, §1, eff. June 11, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3310 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3310
Violations
Status: in_force

No person shall violate any provision of this Part or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Part.

Added by Acts 1988, No. 349, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1606 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1606
Entry of premises; eradication activities; inspections
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner may enter cotton fields, cotton processing facilities, any means of conveyance within this state, and any other property or premises, other than dwellings, to inspect for boll weevil infestations, to examine and copy records, and to carry out suppression or eradication activities, including but not limited to treatment with pesticides, sampling, monitoring, and destruction of growing cotton or other host plants, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Part.

B. In circumstances not covered by Subsection A of this Section, the commissioner may apply to the district court for the parish in which the entry is to occur for a warrant or warrants authorizing the right of entry to any dwelling for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Section or other activities authorized by this Part.

C. The commissioner may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of records or things anywhere in the state at a deposition or at a hearing before the commission for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Part.

Acts 1992, No. 58, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 124, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1431 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1431
Terms defined
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following terms have the meanings given:

(1) "Advertisement" means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to seed within the scope of this Part.

(2) "Agricultural seed" means any lawn, flower, oil, grass, forage, cereal, fiber, or other kinds of crop seed sold, offered for sale, or used in Louisiana for agricultural or other purposes, and any combinations of such seeds.

(3) "Certified seeds", "registered seeds", and "foundation seeds" are seeds which have been inspected and sampled during their period of growth and preparation for market by the commissioner, or by the inspection official of the state in which the seeds were grown, and which have been found to conform to the regulations issued by the commission under this Part.

(4) "Commission" means the Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission.

(5) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

(6) "Crop" means any cultivated plants that produce agricultural produce such as grains, seeds, fruits, vegetables, or flowers.

(7) "Dormant" means viable seed, excluding hard seed, which fails to germinate when provided the specified germination conditions for the kind of seed in question.

(8) "Farm" means a piece or tract of land on which an agricultural, vegetable, or flower crop is grown or allowed to grow.

(9) "Flower seeds" are seeds of all plants grown for ornamental purposes for domestic or commercial use.

(10) "Germination" is the percentage of seeds capable of producing normal seedlings under ordinarily favorable conditions. Broken, weak, malformed, and obviously abnormal seedlings are not considered as having germinated.

(11) "Hard seeds" are the percentage of seeds which, because of hardness or impermeability, do not absorb moisture or germinate under prescribed tests but remain hard during the period prescribed for germination of the kind of seed concerned.

(12) "Hybrid" is one or more crosses of inbreeds of the same kind of seed; for example, hybrid corn.

(13) "Inert matter" is all matter not seeds including pieces of broken and damaged seeds one-half or less than the original size, sterile florets, fungus bodies, stones, and all matter considered as inert by the Association of Official Seed Analysts Rules for Testing Seeds.

(14) "Kind" is one or more related species which singly or collectively is known by one common name; for example, corn, beans, lespedeza.

(15) "Labeling" includes all labels and other written, printed, or graphic representations accompanying and pertaining to any seed, whether in bulk or containers. Labeling includes invoices and other bills of shipment when sold in bulk. The labels shall be uniform in accordance with the standards adopted by the Association of Southern Seed Control Officials.

(16) "Lot of seed" is a definite quantity of seeds identified by a lot number or mark, every portion or bag of which is uniform, within permitted tolerances, relative to the factors which appear in the labeling.

(17) "Minor violation" means a violation of noncompliance that does not create a competitive disadvantage for licensees in full compliance, is not a violation that adversely affects human health, safety or the environment, is not a violation performed with malicious, deliberate or fraudulent intent, and is not a repetitive violation.

(18) "Mixed seeds" are seeds of more than one kind or variety when each kind or variety is present in excess of five percent of the whole.

(19) "Noxious weeds" are weeds that are injurious to the environment, agricultural fields, lawns, or gardens and difficult to control by good cultural practices and the use of herbicides.

(20) "Origin" means place, state, or foreign country where grown.

(21) "Other crop seeds" are the seeds of all kinds or varieties not of the kind or variety declared on the label.

(22) "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership.

(23) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 362, §3, eff. May 20, 2018.

(24) "Pure seeds" are all seeds of the kind and variety under consideration, whether shriveled, cracked, or otherwise injured, and pieces of seeds larger than one-half the original size.

(25) "Retail seedsman" means any person who sells seed at retail directly to the consumer either in quantities of not less than one pound or any quantity including closed containers of less than one pound.

(26) "Seed" is a propagative part of a plant capable of producing a new plant, including but not limited to those parts commonly referred to as seeds, bulbs, roots, tubers, and other propagating stock.

(27) "Stop order" is any written or printed notice given by the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry or his authorized agents, to the person with a lot of seed, directing the person not to sell or offer for sale the seed until the requirements of this Part and regulations promulgated hereunder have been complied with and a written release is issued. Such seeds may be released for sale as feed.

(28) "Treated" means that the seed has received an application of a substance or that it has been subjected to a process for which a claim is made.

(29) "Variety" is a subdivision of a kind characterized by growth, plant, fruit, seed, or other characteristic by which it can be differentiated from other seeds of the same kind.

(30) "Vegetable seeds" are seeds of vegetable crops grown in gardens or on truck farms.

(31) "Weed seeds" are seeds of all plants that are considered to be undesirable or troublesome in an area where the plant is not wanted.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 439, §1; Acts 1975, No. 766, §1; Acts 1977, No. 149, §1; Acts 1978, No. 34, §1; Acts 1988, No. 229, §1; Acts 1990, No. 28, §1; Acts 2003, No. 175, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 146, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 26, §§1 and 6, eff. May 23, 2013; Acts 2018, No. 362, §§1, 3, eff. May 20, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4108 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4108
Disruptive trade practices
Status: in_force

A. Unfair methods of competition, unfair or deceptive acts or practices and disruptive trade practices are hereby declared unlawful with respect to the sale of milk and milk products.

B. The board is hereby empowered and directed to prevent persons, partnerships and corporations from using unfair methods of competition, unfair or deceptive acts or practices and disruptive trade practices in the sale of milk and milk products, and the board, after notice and hearing, shall promulgate rules and regulations implementing the policy and purposes of this Subpart and defining with specificity acts and practices in the sale of milk and milk products which are unfair methods of competition, unfair or deceptive acts or practices and disruptive trade practices and providing for the investigation of complaints thereunder and the enforcement thereof. Such rules and regulations so promulgated shall not be in derogation of or inconsistent with the provisions of Parts IV, VI and VIII of Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

C. The adoption, issuance, amendment or repeal of any rule or regulation provided for in this Section shall be accomplished in accord with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950, et seq.

D. No handler, processor or distributor shall refuse to accept or discontinue to receive milk from a milk producer as a result of such producer's affiliation with a cooperative association or as a result of activities engaged in by such cooperative association or efforts to organize a producer association; provided this provision shall not apply to milk which is not produced in compliance with sanitary requirements of the Louisiana Health and Human Resources Administration.

E. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the donation of ice cream and/or frozen desserts to nonprofit charitable groups, organizations, institutions or any other such entities.

F. The dock method of distribution is defined as the distribution of milk and milk products at the processor's plant to distributors and retailers. The dock method of distribution of milk and milk products shall not be unlawful as it applies to the provisions of this Subpart.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 31, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 695, §1; Acts 1985, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:303 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 303
Holding institutes; lecturers
Status: in_force

Farmers' institutes shall be held yearly at such time and at such places as the commissioner of agriculture and forestry may direct. The commissioner shall make rules and regulations for organizing and conducting the institutes, and may call on the president of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to furnish one or more lecturers from the faculty or student body, whose traveling expenses shall be paid going to or returning from the institute work. The commissioner may also employ lecturers, male or female, at nominal salaries and traveling expenses while so employed, to perform duties in connection with institute work. The course of instruction at institutes shall be so arranged as to present to those in attendance the results of the most recent investigations in practical and scientific agriculture.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4742 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4742
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Part is to protect consumers from misleading and false labeling of food products that are edible by humans.

Acts 2019, No. 273, §1, eff. Oct 1, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3241 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3241
Certification of private applicators
Status: in_force

No person shall apply or supervise the application of any restricted use pesticide as a private applicator unless that person has the proper certification. Certification shall be issued only after the applicant has satisfactorily passed an examination or has satisfactorily demonstrated his knowledge of the laws, rules and regulations, and safety practices governing the sale and application of restricted use pesticides in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner. Certification shall be valid for three years and may be renewed in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner. Private applicators may supervise the application of restricted use pesticides by competent uncertified individuals who are under the direct supervision of the private applicator.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1736.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1736.6
Sweet Potato Pests and Diseases Fund; disposition of funds
Status: in_force

A. All assessments, fees, penalties, and other funds received under the provisions of Parts III and III-A of this Chapter shall be disposed of in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) All assessments, fees, penalties, and all other funds received under the provisions of Parts III and III-A of this Chapter, subject to the exceptions contained in Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

(2) Out of the funds remaining in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state, which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer, prior to placing the remaining funds in the state general fund, shall pay an amount equal to the total amount of funds paid into the state treasury under the provisions of Parts III and III-A of this Chapter into a special fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the Sweet Potato Pests and Diseases Fund.

(3) All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The treasurer shall invest the monies in the fund in the same manner as monies in the state general fund. All interest earned on monies from the fund invested by the state treasurer shall be deposited in the fund.

B. Subject to appropriation, the monies in the fund shall be used for the following purposes:

(1) To provide for the expenses of the program established by Parts III and III-A of this Chapter, as determined by the commissioner.

(2) To fund any and all costs related to the carrying out of the powers and duties granted to the commissioner under Parts III and III-A of this Chapter.

Acts 2013, No. 332, §1, eff. June 17, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3383 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3383
Record of pesticides used to control pests
Status: in_force

A. Each school shall keep a written record of restricted use pesticides used to control pests. After the application of a restricted use pesticide, an entry shall be made in the record which lists:

(1) The name of the pesticide applied.

(2) The quantity of pesticide applied.

(3) The pest which the pesticide is intended to control.

(4) The date, time, and location on the school grounds where the pesticide was applied.

(5) The name of the person or persons who applied the pesticide.

B. The records required by Subsection A of this Section shall be kept for at least three years in the business office of each school and made available for public inspection by any person during regular school hours.

Acts 1993, No. 729, §1; Acts 2012, No. 147, §1, eff. May 14, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3404
Officers and employees
Status: in_force

A. At the first meeting of the commission, the members shall elect, from their membership, a chairman, vice-chairman, and such other officers as the commission may deem advisable.

B. The commission, with the approval of the commissioner, shall appoint a director and an assistant director who shall be in the unclassified service of the state. The director and assistant director may perform any other duties and functions which he or the commission consider necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. July 22, 1982; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2137 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2137
Unlawful transportation of diseased animals or livestock or adulterated meat
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for anyone to knowingly bring into the state or to transport through this state or to move within this state any adulterated meat or diseased livestock or animals without the express written approval of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry or his designee. The board shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with this Chapter for the enforcement of this Section.

B. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this Section or any rule or regulation administered and enforced by the board pursuant to this Section shall be subject to a civil penalty of five thousand dollars imposed in accordance with R.S. 3:2093. Each act of bringing, transporting, or moving diseased livestock or adulterated meat into, through, or within this state shall be a separate violation. Each day or partial day shall be a separate violation.

C. In addition to the civil penalties and civil relief provided for in this Chapter, whoever intentionally, or in a criminally negligent manner, violates the provisions of this Section or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Section shall be guilty of a crime and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than five thousand, nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year, nor more than ten years, or both.

Acts 2001, No. 650, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 204, §3(B); Acts 2013, No. 115, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2092.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2092.1
Domicile
Status: in_force

The board shall be domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge, and no suit may be filed against the board at any place other than the parish of East Baton Rouge. In suits against the board, all service shall be made on the commissioner of agriculture.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 169, §1. Acts 1982, No. 443, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 2013, No. 200, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:2044 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2044
Tit. 3, § 2044. Disposition of donated lands on discontinuance of shows
Status: in_force

In the event the annual livestock show or exhibition is discontinued in any one of the parishes named in this Part, title to the lands donated in accordance with R.S. 3:2042 shall be returned by the board of supervisors to the donor parish in which the annual event is terminated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2061 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2061
Bonding
Status: in_force

Any member or employee of the council authorized to receive, handle, or disburse funds shall be bonded. The cost of the bond shall be paid from the funds received under the provisions of this Part. The bond shall be a security for any illegal act of the member or employee of the council under the provisions of this Part, and recovery thereon may be had by the council for any injury by such illegal act of such person.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 320, §1. HCR 187, 1987 R.S.; HCR 201, 1988 R.S.; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8K, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3368 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3368
Structural pest control operator's license
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 3:3369, no person shall apply pesticides in connection with structural pest control work unless that person has a structural pest control operator's license.

B. A structural pest control operator's license shall be issued only after the applicant has satisfactorily passed an examination. The examination shall include the general standards examination required by the EPA and a separate examination for the category in which the applicant desires to be licensed.

C. Each applicant for examination shall possess one of the following qualifications in order to take the examination:

(1) A degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in entomology.

(2) A degree from an accredited four-year college or university with at least twelve semester hours of coursework in entomology and at least one year of experience as a registered technician under the supervision of a licensee in the license category for which the applicant desires to take the examination.

(3) Four years of experience as a registered technician under the supervision of a licensee in the license phase for which the applicant desires to take the examination.

(4) Four years of experience as a technician under the supervision of a structural pest control operator in another state in the license category for which the licensee desires to take the examination. Experience with an out of state structural pest control operator shall be substantiated by evidence acceptable to the commission.

D. Each applicant for examination shall submit an application which shall contain such information as the commission by rule may require and which shall be accompanied by the examination fee and by proof of experience and education acceptable to the commission.

E. The examination shall be administered at any location approved by the commission after the application for examination is received by the commission.

F. The examination shall test the applicant's practical and scientific knowledge of structural pest control including the ability to recognize and control hazardous conditions which might have an adverse effect on human health and safety.

G. Any person who successfully completes the examination may apply for a structural pest control operator's license. The application shall contain such information as the commission by rule may require and shall be accompanied by the license fee.

H. A structural pest control operator's license shall not be issued unless the applicant has applied for and is eligible to receive a place of business permit or submits evidence acceptable to the commission that the applicant will be employed by a person who holds a place of business permit.

I. The commission shall issue a license and a commercial applicator's certification card to each person who successfully completes the examination and meets the other requirements of this Section.

J. Each licensee shall participate in continuing educational programs as a condition of obtaining recertification as a certified commercial applicator. The commission by rule shall establish requirements for continuing education for licensees, including the substantive content of the course and the amount of time which must be spent attending the course.

K. Structural pest control licenses are not transferable.

Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 149, §1; Acts 2022, No. 8, §1, eff. May 13, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1652 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1652
Power of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to control pests and diseases; rules and regulations; restricting importation
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall have full and plenary power to deal with all crop and fruit pests and such contagious and infectious crop and fruit diseases as in the opinion of the entomologist, may be prevented, controlled, or eradicated; with full power to make, promulgate and enforce such rules, ordinances and regulations, and to do and perform such acts as, in the judgment of the entomologist, may be necessary to control, eradicate, or prevent the introduction, spread, or dissemination of all injurious crop and fruit pests and diseases. The rules, ordinances and regulations of the department shall have the force and effect of law five days after their promulgation in the official journal of the state. The department may prohibit or regulate the shipment or bringing into this state of any plants, farm products, or other articles of any nature or character whatsoever from any state, territory, or foreign country, when in the opinion of the entomologist the prohibition or regulation is necessary.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2451
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be referred to as the Louisiana Abandoned Animals Act.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 692, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2894 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2894
Disposition of proceeds of sale
Status: in_force

From the price of the sale, the sheriff or constable shall deduct the fee of the person impounding the swine, the cost of feeding and caring for the swine at the rates hereinabove specified in R.S. 3:2893, and all expenses incurred in the sale. He shall pay the person taking up the swine the fee due him and the person feeding and caring for the swine the fees provided for such services and the remainder shall be paid into the parish treasury for the use and benefit of the parish. If the swine cannot be sold as herein specified, they may be donated by the auctioning officer to any charitable or public institution or welfare recipient or, if none be willing to accept them, disposed of forthwith as the auctioning officer sees fit, except that they shall not be released to run at large.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 130, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 419, §4.
La. R.S. § 3:831 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 831
Tit. 3, § 831. Penalty for violations
Status: in_force

Whoever violates a provision of this Part or any regulations issued hereunder shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4024 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4024
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt such rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter and the Southern Dairy Compact.

Acts 1997, No. 11, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1430.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1430.9
Complaints
Status: in_force

A. Any person who believes that he has suffered damages because he purchased materials which do not meet the standards set forth in R.S. 3:1430.8 or because the amount of materials delivered was less than the net weight stated on the package or on the invoice may file a damage complaint with the commissioner.

B. All damage complaints shall be in writing, shall be on forms prescribed by the commissioner, shall be signed by the complainant, and shall be filed within fifteen days after the date of the sale or the date the deficiency was discovered, whichever is later. Failure to file a timely complaint shall not affect the right of the complainant to institute legal proceedings to recover the damages.

C. Each person who files a damage complaint shall allow the commissioner to inspect and sample the allegedly deficient material.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2807 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2807
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person convicted of violating the provisions of R.S. 3:2803 shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. The auditor of the Department of Public Safety shall receive all of the fines imposed and collected for such violation.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 443, §1. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955; Acts 1978, No. 528, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:318 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 318
Contract authority
Status: in_force

The office is hereby empowered to enter into any agreement or contract with any corporations or public agencies necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 1990, No. 216, §1; Acts 1991, No. 396, §2; Acts 1991, No. 449, §1; Acts 1997, No. 637, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3201
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter may be cited as the "Louisiana Pesticide Law".

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:825 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 825
Commissioner of agriculture and forestry to appoint enforcement officer and deputies
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture and forestry shall appoint an enforcement officer and such deputies as may be needed, who shall be responsible for the enforcement of this part along with the regulations and supplemental rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3674 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3674
Dairyman selling direct to processor or distributor not subject to license tax or inspection fees
Status: in_force

Any dairyman in this state, who does not operate a retail delivery route and sell his produce at retail, may sell any produce from his dairy in any quantities direct to a creamery, ice cream maker, or other distributor in this state, and shall not be required to pay any license tax or inspection fees of any kind whatsoever, directly or indirectly. Any state, parochial, or municipal authority having the power or charged with the duty may at its own expense inspect the produce above mentioned, the inspection to be made at such time and in such manner as not to unduly delay the dairyman in the distribution of his produce.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §8E, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4381 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4381
Policies and purposes of urban forestry
Status: in_force

A. The Legislature finds and declares that:

(1) Trees serve as a vital resource in the urban environment and as an important psychological link with nature for the urban dweller.

(2) Trees are a valuable economic asset in our cities. They help maintain or increase property values and attract business and new residents to urban areas.

(3) Trees play an important role in energy conservation by the modification of temperature extremes, humidity, and winds. This role is particularly important in reducing the amount of energy consumed in heating and cooling buildings and homes, and potentially producing a local fuel and energy source.

(4) Trees directly reduce air pollution by removing airborne particulates from the atmosphere and helping to purify the air.

(5) Trees also help reduce noise, provide habitat for songbirds and other wildlife, reduce surface runoff and protect urban water resources, and enhance the aesthetic quality of life in the city.

(6) Growing conditions in urban areas for trees and associated plants have worsened so that many Louisiana cities are now losing more trees than are replaced.

B. The purpose of this Part is to:

(1) Arrest the decline of our urban forest resources, facilitate the planting of trees in the city, and improve the quality of the environment in urban areas.

(2) Facilitate the creation of permanent jobs in tree maintenance and related urban forestry activities in neighborhood, local, and regional urban areas.

(3) Maximize the potential of tree and vegetative cover in reducing energy consumption and producing fuel and other products.

(4) Encourage the coordination of state and local agency activities in urban forestry and related programs and encourage maximum citizen participation in their development and implementation.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 746, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3681 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3681
Sale of hogs with head or ears removed prohibited; penalty
Status: in_force

No person except public slaughter, packing, or cold storage houses shall offer for sale a dressed hog ready for market with its head or ears removed from its body.

Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or both.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §8E, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1438 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1438
Suspension or revocation of seed dealer license
Status: in_force

Any licensee who violates any of the provisions of this Part or the regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part shall be subject to having his license suspended, revoked, or placed on probation, in addition to any other penalties authorized by this Part.

Amended by Acts 1977, No. 149, §5; Acts 2003, No. 175, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2013, No. 26, §1, eff. May 23, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1219 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1219
Saving provision
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in R.S. 3:1204 and R.S. 3:1207 shall be interpreted to reduce or limit any authorization granted in any act of the legislature of this state to any agency of the government of this state or to any parish, municipality, special-purpose district or other local governmental subdivision of this state, or to any research or educational institution supported wholly or in part with public funds and operating in this state.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 469, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:926 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 926
Civil penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any person who violates a provision of this Part or a regulation adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Part shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per violation.

B. Civil penalties may be assessed only by ruling of the commissioner based upon an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and this Part.

Acts 2017, No. 327, §1, eff. June 22, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3546 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3546
Limitation of liability of members of the board
Status: in_force

The members of the Louisiana Rice Research Board shall not be responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any producer or any other person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, except for their own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No such person shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any other member of the board. The liability of the board shall be several and not joint and no member shall be liable for the default of any other member.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 105, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8I, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1221
Carbon sequestration; emissions reduction of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner is authorized to take all action necessary to ensure Louisiana's participation, to the fullest extent practicable, regarding carbon sequestration or the reduction of emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from agriculture and forestry.

B. The office of soil and water conservation of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall function as the state's agency for such participation.

C. The provisions of this Section do not affect the authority of the Department of Conservation and Energy or benefits, credits, or offsets derived from projects approved and undertaken by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority in the coastal area.

Acts 2010, No. 527, §1; Acts 2023, No. 150, §1, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:671 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 671
Disposition of fees
Status: in_force

Fees paid as required by R.S. 3:666 shall be deposited in the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Louisiana Board of Animal Health Account, for paying the expenses of administration of this Part.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 142, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 220, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1496 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1496
Use of funds
Status: in_force

Funds made available to the commissioner shall be expended to effectuate the purposes of this Part including but not limited to the following uses:

(1) To attract additional business associated with the industrial hemp industry to Louisiana including processors.

(2) To develop and promote Louisiana industrial hemp brands or marketing campaigns.

(3) To aid in the development of a coordinated research plan designed to develop higher quality industrial hemp seeds and plants best suited for cultivation within the state, new and improved uses for industrial hemp, and best management practices.

(4) To develop educational programs and disseminate educational materials about industrial hemp.

(5) To support the enhancement and maintenance of public-use industrial hemp facilities, specifically those used for the purposes of promotion and research.

(6) To promote activities, facilities, events, and the needs of the Louisiana industrial hemp industry.

(7) To contract for scientific research with accredited postsecondary education institutions, or similar educational institutions, and industrial hemp licensees authorized to conduct industrial hemp research under this Chapter that will assist in carrying out the purposes of the program, including industrial hemp best management practices.

Acts 2022, No. 462, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4382 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4382
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Part the following definitions shall apply to the terms used herein:

(1) "Urban forestry" means the cultivation and management of trees in urban areas for their present and potential contribution to the physiological, sociological, and economic well-being of urban society.

(2) "Urban forest" means those native or introduced trees and related vegetation in the urban and near-urban areas including, but not limited to, street trees, park trees, residential trees, natural riparian habitats, and trees on other private and public properties.

(3) "Urban area" means an urban place, as that term is defined by the United States Department of Commerce.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 746, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1430.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1430.6
Labeling
Status: in_force

Each package of agricultural liming materials sold, offered for sale, or distributed in this state shall contain a conspicuous and legible label attached to the package. If the materials are sold in bulk form, a copy of the label shall be attached to the invoice which is delivered to the person purchasing the materials. The label shall contain the following information:

(1) The name and the address of the principal office of the manufacturer.

(2) The brand name of the material.

(3) The type of the material.

(4) If the material is dolomitic limestone, the content of elemental magnesium.

(5) If the material is ground shells, the name of the mollusk from which the shells were obtained.

(6) The net weight of the material in the package.

(7) Such other information as the commission by rule may require.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4208 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4208
Sanitation
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation, or other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines are slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are prepared solely for intrastate commerce as may be necessary to inform himself concerning the sanitary conditions of the same, and to prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishments shall be maintained; and where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat, meat food products or poultry products are rendered adulterated, he shall refuse to allow said meat, meat food products or poultry products to be labeled, marked, stamped or tagged as "Louisiana Inspected and Passed".

Acts 1968, No. 376, §7. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2453 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2453
Notice requirements; freedom from liability
Status: in_force

A. The notice required in R.S. 3:2452(A) above shall be given to the owner of the animal or the owner's agent at his last known address by registered mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall contain a statement that if the animal is not claimed within ten days after receipt of the notice, the animal may be sold, donated, turned over to the nearest humane society or animal control center, or otherwise disposed of as the person having custody of the animal may deem proper.

B. In the event that the notice described in Subsection A cannot be delivered for any reason, or in the event that such notice is returned as "refused", "addressee unknown", "not at this address", or other similar designation, then the animal may be sold, donated, turned over to the nearest humane society or animal control agency, or otherwise disposed of as the person having custody of the animal may deem proper.

C. The receipt of notice by the owner or his agent, or the return as "refused", "addressee unknown", "not at this address", or other similar designation, whichever is applicable, shall relieve the custodian of any liability for the sale, donation, euthanasia, or other disposal of the animal.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 692, §1; Acts 1997, No. 976, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1612 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1612
Penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Part or the rules or regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, or who alters, forges, or counterfeits, or uses without authority, any certificate or permit or other document provided for in this Part or in the rules or regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, or who, except in compliance with the rules or regulations adopted by the commission, moves any regulated article which the commissioner found is infested by the boll weevil into this state from any other state shall be subject, in addition to any unpaid fees associated with the eradication program, to a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each act of violation and for each day of violation. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate offense.

B. Penalties may be assessed only by a ruling of the commissioner based upon an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

C. In addition to civil penalties, the commissioner may assess the proportionate costs of the adjudicatory hearing against the violator. The commissioner, by rule, shall determine the amount of costs to be assessed.

D. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings to enforce his rulings in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.

E. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent the violation of the provisions of this Part, or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.

Acts 1992, No. 58, §1; Acts 2019, No. 185, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1736.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1736.5
Penalty for violations
Status: in_force

A. A violator of any provision of Part III or III-A of this Chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of Part III or III-A of this Chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each act of violation and for each day of violation. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate offense.

B. Penalties may be assessed only by a ruling of the commissioner based upon an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

C. In addition to civil penalties, the commissioner may assess the proportionate costs of the adjudicatory hearing against the offender. The commissioner, by rule, shall determine the amount of costs to be assessed.

D. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings to enforce his rulings in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.

E. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent the violation of the provisions of Part III or III-A of this Chapter, or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of Parts III and III-A of this Chapter, in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.

Acts 2013, No. 332, §1, eff. June 17, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3805 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3805
Applications
Status: in_force

Each application to take an examination and each application for a license or permit shall be in writing and shall be on forms which shall be prescribed by the commission. Each application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee and by such documents as the commission may require. Each applicant shall indicate on the application the street address of his residence and the street address of his place of business. If the residence or place of business does not have a street address, the applicant shall provide sufficient information to establish the physical location of the residence or place of business. Each applicant for a nursery stock dealer, cut flower dealer, or floral dealer permit shall have an identifying sales tax number issued by the secretary of revenue and taxation and shall indicate that number on the application. A floral dealer permit shall be issued based on a simple registration application without requiring an examination of any kind.

Acts 1950, No. 224, §5; Acts 1954, No. 534, §2; Acts 1981, No. 621, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1; Acts 1985, No. 192, §1; Acts 2024, No. 643, §1, eff. June 11, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:556.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 556.1
Purpose
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of this Part are intended to provide a voluntary method of raising revenues to be used for the purposes of developing markets for farm-raised and wild-caught Louisiana crawfish and for funding research which will increase production of farm-raised and wild-caught Louisiana crawfish.

B. It is hereby acknowledged that the promotion and marketing of farm-raised or wild-caught Louisiana crawfish is of great public interest and that the development of marketing potential for Louisiana crawfish can be of great economic benefit to the state and its citizens. The department shall put forth great effort to promote and help develop markets for Louisiana crawfish whether they be farm-raised or wild-caught Louisiana crawfish.

C. In pursuit of the effort to promote the Louisiana crawfish industry, the commissioner and the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries are hereby directed to enter into a memorandum of understanding recognizing the immense value of the wild-caught crawfish industry to the state of Louisiana and pledging to work together to bring the resources of both departments in support of Louisiana crawfish, both farm-raised or wild-caught. The memorandum of understanding shall also include a pledge to work together to seek out revenue sources that can be used to support, develop, and promote both the farm-raised and the wild-caught crawfish industries and a pledge to work jointly to support, develop, promote, and enhance the crawfish industry, both farm-raised or wild-caught. The memorandum of understanding shall also include a pledge to work jointly with the state's congressional delegation to ensure that all elements of the industry, including the farmers, the harvesters, and the processors, are eligible for any disaster funding which may be appropriated for the industry.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 679, §1; Acts 2008, No. 334, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:2771 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2771
Tit. 3, § 2771. Dogs not to run at large
Status: in_force

No person shall suffer or permit any dog in his possession, or kept by him about his premises, to run at large on any unenclosed land, or trespass upon any enclosed or unenclosed lands of another.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:744 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 744
Purchase of cattle for slaughter
Status: in_force

A. No person engaged in the business of butchering or slaughtering cattle shall purchase any cattle slaughtered by another unless the hide and ears of the animal accompany the carcass.

B. No person engaged in the business of butchering or slaughtering cattle shall purchase any cattle slaughtered by another if the hide or ears accompanying the carcass indicate that the brand or mark on the animal has been changed, mutilated, or destroyed.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to persons engaged in the business of butchering or slaughtering cattle who are operating under the provisions of the federal Packers and Stockyards Act of 1924, as amended, or under a permit issued by the Louisiana Department of Health.

Acts 1982, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3391.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3391.8
Formosan termite suppression zones; creation of suppression and control programs
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner may designate one or more areas of the state as Formosan termite suppression zones where Formosan termite treatment, control, or suppression programs may be undertaken.

B. The designation of an area as a suppression zone shall define the geographical limits of the suppression zone, establish the effective date of the creation of the suppression zone, and state the nature of the Formosan termite treatment, control, or suppression program that may be conducted in that suppression zone, and the date such treatment may begin.

C. A designation of an area as a suppression zone shall go into effect immediately upon being declared by the commissioner, unless a later effective date is stated in the declaration. Upon declaring an area as a suppression zone, the commissioner shall cause the declaration to be published, within five working days of signing, in the official journal of the state and shall publish the declaration in the next available Louisiana Register. Failure to publish the declaration of a suppression zone as provided shall cause the suppression zone to expire twenty-one days from the date of declaration.

D. The commissioner may lift a designation of an area as a suppression zone by publishing a declaration revoking the designation in the same manner as required for declaration of a suppression zone.

E. The commissioner may determine the nature and extent of the treatment program needed, the nature, type, and amount of termiticide to be used, and the frequency of application and may devise a plan for the implementation of the treatment program.

F. Pursuant to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law, upon declaration of a suppression zone, the commissioner shall notify a regional notification center. Upon receipt of notice, a regional notification center shall give notice of intent for treatment and shall notify all member operators having underground utilities or facilities in or near the sites to be drilled or bored under the treatment program so that the treatment may proceed in a timely manner.

Acts 1999, No. 486, §1, eff. June 21, 1999.
La. R.S. § 3:3512 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3512
Tit. 3, § 3512. Advisory boards and committees
Status: in_force

A. Any marketing order shall provide for the establishment of an advisory board to assist the commissioner in the administration of any marketing order. The members of such board shall be appointed by the commissioner. The number of members of such boards shall be determined by the commodity group represented. Such boards shall have no less than seven members and no more than eleven members, the final number to be determined at such hearing. A marketing order shall, however, provide for the appointment of members from nominations made by the producers and handlers and shall also provide for the method of selecting such nominees. Marketing orders shall provide for each position on the advisory board, producers or handlers shall nominate two persons and the commissioner shall appoint one of such names. In the event two or more commodities join in a marketing order, each commodity shall be represented by its own board of equal membership. These boards shall sit in joint meetings.

B. If the marketing order affects directly only producers of a particular commodity, the members of the advisory board shall be producers. If the marketing order affects directly only handlers of a particular commodity, the members of the advisory board shall be handlers.

C. If the marketing order affects directly both producers and handlers of a particular commodity, the advisory board shall be composed of both producers and handlers. The number of each shall be determined by the commissioner and a majority of board members shall be producers.

D. Upon the recommendation of the advisory board, the commissioner may appoint one person who is neither a producer nor a handler to represent consumers.

E. A member of an advisory board is entitled to a per diem of twenty-five dollars while engaged in performing his duties that are authorized by this Chapter and, with the approval of the advisory board concerned, may receive per diem not to exceed twenty-five dollars per day for each day spent in actual attendance at, or traveling to and from, meetings of the board or on special assignment for the board.

F. The commissioner may authorize an advisory board to do all of the following:

(1) Enter into contracts or agreements.

(2) Employ necessary personnel, including attorneys engaged in the private practice of the law, and fix their compensation and terms of employment.

(3) Incur such expenses, to be paid by the commissioner from monies which are collected as provided in this Chapter, as the commissioner may deem necessary and proper to enable the advisory board properly to perform its duties.

G. The duties of an advisory board are administrative only and any such board may do only the following:

(1) Administer the marketing order subject to the approval of the commissioner.

(2) Recommend to the commissioner administrative rules and regulations which relate to the marketing order.

(3) Receive and report to the commissioner complaints of violations of the marketing order.

(4) Recommend to the commissioner amendments to the marketing order.

(5) Assist the commissioner in the assessment of members and in collection of funds to cover administrative expenses.

(6) Assist the commissioner in the collection of necessary data.

H. Each advisory board shall file an annual report with the commissioner and members involved in such order.

I. The board members and employees shall not be individually liable on any contract of the advisory board.

J. Special committees or subcommittees may be established to assist the advisory board. Each advisory board may appoint such committees to handle necessary business upon the approval of the commissioner.

K. If the marketing order so authorizes, or there is a recommendation of the advisory board, the commissioner may establish such committees and make appointments to them.

L. An advisory board may at any time invite any persons to their meetings to serve in an advisory capacity and the commissioner may, if requested by the advisory board, pay necessary expenses to such persons at rates not to exceed those granted to advisory board members.

M. Any action of any committee, special committee, or subcommittee of the board, is subject to final approval by the advisory board. Members and alternate members of any committee, special committee, or subcommittee are entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in official duties.

N. It is hereby declared that the producer, or handler, or both, appointed to any advisory board is intended to represent the particular agricultural industry concerned. Such representation is intended to serve the public interest.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 500, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8J, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3228 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3228
Exclusions
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in specific agreements between the commissioner and the E.P.A., the provisions of this Part shall not apply to:

(1) Chemical components to be used in the manufacture of pesticides.

(2) Pesticides processed or manufactured in this state and intended for sale or distribution in other states or countries.

(3) Pesticides being transported through this state and destined for use in other states or countries.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4721 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4721
Logo for state products
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry may develop and adopt an official logo for:

(1) Products grown, manufactured, or produced in Louisiana.

(2) Agricultural related activities conducted in Louisiana.

B. The logo may be registered as a trademark and appropriate steps may be taken to protect the logo from misuse or infringement.

C. The department may license the use of the logo and may adopt rules for determining which products and which growers, producers, or manufacturers will be allowed to use the logo.

D. The department by rule may establish fees to be charged for the use of the logo.

E. The department may spend funds to promote the logo.

F. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

Acts 1988, No. 325, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 2009, No. 24, §§1, 8B, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2016, No. 329, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:730.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 730.1
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Part is to promote the general well-being of the strawberry industry of the state of Louisiana by promoting increased production and quality in Louisiana strawberries through marketing and research; by expanding the market for Louisiana strawberries through promotion and marketing; by increasing the consumption of strawberries in Louisiana through advertising, promotion, and marketing; by providing producers, distributors, retailers, and consumers with educational information as to the nutritional and health value of strawberries; and by performing any other act deemed advisable in promoting this industry and the general welfare of the people of this state.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 485, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 365, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1253, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8D, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. R.S. § 3:123 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 123
Tit. 3, § 123. Who may organize
Status: in_force

Ten or more persons, a majority of whom are residents of this state, engaged in the production of agricultural products may form a non-profit, co-operative association, with or without capital stock, under the provisions of this Part.
La. R.S. § 3:212 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 212
Tit. 3, § 212. Bond of officers handling money
Status: in_force

The secretary or treasurer, and all other officers who have charge of moneys and securities of such corporations, shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, give such bond for the faithful performance of their duties, as is required and approved by the board of directors. The bond of the treasurer shall not be less than ten thousand dollars.
La. R.S. § 3:214 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 214
Tit. 3, § 214. Construction of conflicting laws
Status: in_force

Provisions of law, which are in conflict with this Chapter shall be construed as not applying to any corporation created hereunder nor to the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted herein to corporations nor to the manner in which the corporations are authorized to make and secure loans.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2358.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2358.2
Administration and enforcement; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of this Part shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry through the office of animal health and food safety.

B. The commissioner shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Part, including rules regarding breeding, disposal, raising, identification, inspecting, licensing, monitoring, sanitization, shipping or transporting, testing, and quarantine of farm-raised turtles or turtle eggs. The rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

C. The commissioner may employ such personnel as are necessary to administer the provisions of this Part.

Acts 1990, No. 770, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2017, No. 69, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:2775 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2775
Tit. 3, § 2775. Use of dogs for hunting
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Part shall prevent any citizen of this state from lawfully hunting with a dog, provided the dog is accompanied by the owner or keeper.
La. R.S. § 3:1775 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1775
Tit. 3, § 1775. Penalty for violations
Status: in_force

Whoever violates this Part shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:836 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 836
Terms defined
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings, except where the context expressly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Case" means a standard thirty dozen egg case.

(2) "Commission" means the Louisiana Egg Commission.

(3) "Commissioner" means the Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

(4) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

(5) "Distribute" means to ship, bring, or take eggs or egg products into or out of Louisiana or to transfer eggs or egg products in Louisiana from one place to another.

(6) "Egg products" means shell eggs, whether in cooked, dried, frozen, liquid, or raw form, and any product made from shell eggs, egg whites, egg yolks, or any combination thereof.

(7) "Eggs" means pullet and hen eggs only.

(8) "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, company, association, corporation, limited liability company, and any other legal entity or group of persons.

(9) "Producer" means any person engaged in the business of producing eggs in Louisiana or any person deriving a profit from such a business.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 441, §1; Amended by Acts 1975, No. 212, §1; Acts 2003, No. 523, §1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8F, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4351.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4351.4
Investments
Status: in_force

A. No security or other investment shall be eligible for purchase or acquisition by the fund unless it is interest-bearing or interest-accruing or dividend- or income-paying, and is not then in default in any respect, and the fund is entitled to receive for its exclusive account and benefit the interest or income accruing thereon.

B. Amounts not needed for current obligations may be invested by the board of trustees, only as provided in this Section, in any or all of the following:

(1) Deposits in federally insured banks or savings and loan associations when any one of the following applies:

(a) The deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(b) The deposits are collateralized by direct obligations of the United States government.

(2) Bonds or securities not in default as to principal or interest, which are obligations of the United States government or of any agency of the United States government, without limitation.

(3) Pass-through mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or the Federal Housing Administration, without limitation, provided that the collateralized mortgage obligations have a minimum rating of A by Moody's, Standard & Poor's, or Fitch.

(4) Obligations of the state of Louisiana or its subdivisions having a minimum rating of A by Moody's, Standard & Poor's, or Fitch. Not more than five percent of the fund's assets may be invested in any particular issue and the type of investment cannot exceed fifteen percent of the fund's assets in the aggregate.

(5) Obligations of any state or its subdivisions having a minimum rating of A by Moody's, Standard & Poor's, or Fitch. Not more than five percent of the fund's assets may be invested in any particular issue and the type of investment cannot exceed fifteen percent of the fund's assets in the aggregate.

(6) Commercial mortgage-backed securities with purchases having a minimum rating of Aaa by Moody's, AAA by Standard and Poor's, or AAA by Fitch. Not more than two percent of the fund's assets may be invested in one issue, and this type of investment shall not exceed ten percent of the fund's assets in the aggregate.

(7) Asset-backed securities with purchases having a minimum rating of Aa by Moody's, AA by Standard and Poor's, or AA by Fitch. No more than five percent of the fund's assets may be invested in one issue, and this type of investment cannot exceed ten percent of the fund's assets in the aggregate.

(8) Repurchase agreements, without limitation, when the collateral for the agreement is a direct obligation of the United States government, provided that the repurchase agreement shall meet all of the following specifications:

(a) Be in writing.

(b) Have a specific maturity date.

(c) Adequately identify each security to which the agreement applies.

(d) State that in the event of default by the party agreeing to repurchase the securities described in the agreement at the term contained in the agreement, title to the described securities shall pass immediately to the fund without recourse.

(9) Corporate bonds, subject to the following limitations:

(a) The bonds shall have a minimum rating of Baa by Moody's, BBB by Standard and Poor's, or BBB by Fitch.

(b) Except as provided in Subparagraph (d) of this Paragraph, not more than five percent of the fund's assets may be invested in corporate bonds of any particular issue or issuer.

(c) Except as provided in Subparagraph (d) of this Paragraph, not more than fifty percent of the fund's assets may be invested in corporate bonds of all types.

(d) The five-percent and fifty-percent limitations specified in Subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this Paragraph, respectively, may be exceeded up to an additional ten percent of the fund's assets in the event, and only in the event, of financial circumstances acceptable to the department, such as an increase in market value after initial purchase of a corporate bond, provided that:

(i) The initial purchase of corporate bonds was within the limitations specified in Subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this Paragraph.

(ii) For the purpose of determining the financial condition of the fund, the department shall not include as assets of the fund those corporate bonds which exceed fifty percent of the fund's total assets.

(10) Mutual or trust fund institutions registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 which have underlying investments consisting solely of securities approved for investment as set forth in this Subsection. This type of investment shall not exceed fifty percent of the fund's assets in the aggregate.

(11)(a) Equities subject to all of the following limitations:

(i) The equity sector shall not exceed fifteen percent of the overall investment fund.

(ii) A minimum of five different issues shall be held in the equity sector to provide for diversification.

(iii) No single issue may represent more than five percent, at cost, of the overall investment fund.

(iv) Market capitalization of each issue shall be at least one billion dollars.

(v) Each eligible issue shall be paying a cash dividend.

(vi) Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, equity holdings shall be restricted to high quality, readily marketable securities corporations that are domiciled in the United States and that are actively traded on the major United States exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation Stock Market, LLC.

(b) Foreign domiciled corporations are eligible if they trade American Depositary Receipts on the major United States exchanges.

(c) In lieu of individual securities, investment in a mutual fund or exchange traded fund which pays a dividend and consists of securities which have an average market capitalization of at least one billion dollars shall be permitted. The same general quality constraints shall be met and the aggregate total of the funds, plus any individual securities, may not exceed fifteen percent of the overall investment fund.

C. The fund shall not invest in rental assets, which for the purposes of this Section shall include but not be limited to any of the following:

(1) Any item carried as an asset on the fund's balance sheet which is not, in fact, actually owned by the fund.

(2) Any item carried as an asset on the fund's balance sheet, the ownership of which is subject to resolution, rescission, or revocation upon the fund's insolvency, receivership, bankruptcy, statutory supervision, rehabilitation, liquidation, or upon the occurrence of any other contingency.

(3) Any item carried as an asset on the fund's balance sheet for which the fund pays a regular or periodic fee for the right to carry the item as an asset, whether the fee is characterized as a rental, a management fee, or a dividend not previously approved by the department, or other periodic payment for such right. This provision is not intended to apply to leases capitalized under generally accepted accounting principles.

(4) Any asset purchased for investment by the fund on credit whereby the interest rate paid by the fund on its credit instrument is greater than the interest rate or yield generated by the purchased asset.

(5) Any item carried by the fund as an asset on its balance sheet which is subject to a mortgage, lien, privilege, preference, pledge, charge, or other encumbrance which is not accurately reflected in the liability section of the fund's balance sheet.

(6) Any asset received by the fund as a contribution to capital or surplus from any person which meets any of the criteria set forth in Paragraphs (1) through (5) of this Subsection while in the hands of that contributing person, or at the moment of the contribution to capital, or thereafter.

Acts 2022, No. 586, §1, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 598, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4
Election, tenure, oath of office, salary of commissioner
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner of agriculture shall be elected by the qualified electors at each general state election held for the governor and other state officers. He shall hold office for a term of four years. In case of a vacancy in the office, the governor, with consent of the senate, shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term as provided by the constitution.

B. The commissioner shall take the oath prescribed for other state officers.

C. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 846, §4, eff. Jan. 8, 1996.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 60, §1; Acts 1952, No. 397, §1; Acts 1956, No. 125, §1; Acts 1960, No. 572, §1; Acts 1965, No. 61, §1; Acts 1966, No. 65, §1; Acts 1969, No. 11, §1; Acts 1974, No. 433, §7; Acts 1979, No. 236, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 376, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 636, §3, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1995, No. 846, §4, eff. Jan. 8, 1996.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3413 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3413
Hedging requirement, grain dealer's maximum risk position; appeal from commission action; change of maximum risk position
Status: in_force

A. Each grain dealer shall adhere to normal merchandising practices, as determined by the commission, in hedging its obligations. "Normal merchandising practices" means that each grain dealer shall achieve and maintain a relatively even hedge position within a reasonable period of time after each purchase of commodities.

B. In order to determine the risk position of any grain dealer, the commission may require the grain dealer to submit, in addition to the certified financial statement required as a part of the application for licensure, unaudited financial statements in the interim between the annual application for the renewal of the license. No grain dealer may maintain a risk position in excess of thirty percent of its current net worth, provided that the commission may specify a lower maximum risk position for any grain dealer in an amount having a reasonable relationship to that grain dealer's net worth.

C. Whenever the commission, on the basis of its inspection, examination, or audit of a grain dealer, anticipates a need for the establishment of a maximum risk position of less than thirty percent of the grain dealer's current net worth, the commission shall notify the grain dealer, as required by Chapter 13 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to appear at a public hearing before the commission and show cause why such lower maximum risk position should not be established by the commission for the grain dealer. The grain dealer shall be allowed to appear in person or be represented by counsel at said public hearing and shall be afforded every reasonable opportunity to present data or arguments in support of its position. The commission shall not establish a maximum risk position of less than thirty percent of any grain dealer's current net worth prior to a hearing conducted pursuant to by Chapter 13 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

D. The commission may from time to time revise the risk position established for any grain dealer. Whenever the commission proposes to revise the maximum risk position established for any grain dealer, the grain dealer shall be notified and a public hearing conducted as required by Subsection C hereof prior to any change in the maximum risk position established for any grain dealer.

E. Any grain dealer may request in writing at any time that the commission revise the risk position established for his business activities and the commission shall act upon its request at its next regular or special meeting.

F. Any grain dealer aggrieved by any action of the commission in revising its maximum risk position may seek judicial relief as provided by Chapter 13 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

G. No cotton merchant shall be subjected to any type of hedging requirement.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1997, No. 1034, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3510 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3510
Notice, reports, and hearing
Status: in_force

A. If the commissioner has reason to believe that the issuance of a marketing order or amendments to an existing marketing order will tend to effectuate the policy of this Chapter, he shall give notice of not less than thirty days for a public hearing upon a proposed marketing order of such amendments to such existing market order. In an emergency situation, the commissioner may, upon citing the nature of the emergency in the notice, give less than thirty days notice.

B. The commissioner shall also mail a copy of such notice of hearing and a copy of such proposed marketing order or proposed amendment to every producer or handler of such commodity whose name and address appears upon lists of such persons, on file in the department that may be directly affected by the provisions of such proposed marketing order or such proposed amendments.

C. The notice of hearing shall set forth all of the following:

(1) The date and place of the hearing.

(2) The commodity and the terms which are covered by such proposed marketing order or such proposed amendments.

(3) A statement that the commissioner will receive, at such hearing, in addition to testimony and evidence as set forth in R.S. 3:3511, testimony and evidence with respect to the accuracy and sufficiency of lists on file with the commissioner which show the names and addresses of producers or handlers of such commodity that are directly affected by such proposed marketing order or proposed amendments, and the quantities of such commodity which were delivered by such producers to handlers, or handled by such handlers, in the marketing season preceding such hearing.

D. To provide the commissioner with accurate and reliable information regarding the persons that may be directly affected by the provisions of any proposed marketing order for any commodity, the commissioner shall notify all handlers to file with the commissioner within fifteen days from the last date of such notice, a report which shows all of the following:

(1) The correct name and address of such handler.

(2) The quantities of the commodity that are affected by such proposed marketing order which were handled by such handler in the previous marketing season.

(3) The correct name and address of every producer of such commodity, that may be directly affected by such proposed marketing order, from whom such handler received such commodity in the previous marketing season.

(4) The quantities of such commodity which were received by such handler from each such producer in the previous marketing season.

E. The commissioner shall mail a copy of such notice to file such report to every handler of such commodity whose name and address is on file in the department.

F. Each handler of such commodity that may be directly affected by the provisions of such proposed marketing order shall file such verified report with the commissioner within the time which is specified in Subsection D of this Section. Failure or refusal of any handler to file the report within the time which is specified does not invalidate any proceeding which is taken or marketing order which is issued pursuant to this Chapter. The commissioner shall proceed upon the basis of such information and reports as may otherwise be available.

G. From the reports which are filed and the information which is received or available to the commissioner, the commissioner shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of the producers and the volume of such commodity which was produced or marketed by all such producers and a list of the names and addresses of such handlers and the volume of such commodity which was handled by handlers, that are directly affected by the provisions of proposed marketing order. Such lists shall constitute complete and conclusive lists for use in any finding, and findings are conclusive.

H. In the preparation of the list, the commissioner shall omit from such list the name of any person that makes only casual sales of the product incidental to urban home ownership, or the result of activity other than a commercial farm or business venture. Any person that is excluded from such list is not subject to the provisions, including the payment of any assessments, which are applicable upon producers, or handlers, as prescribed in any such marketing order or marketing agreement.

I. The information which is contained in the individual reports of handlers which are filed with the commissioner shall not be made public by the commissioner in such form but the information which is contained in such reports may be prepared in combined form for use by the commissioner, his agents, or other interested persons, in the formulation, administration, and enforcement of a marketing order, or may be made available to anyone for private purposes.

J. The hearing on a proposed marketing order or proposed amendments shall be public and all testimony shall be received under oath. A full and complete record of all proceedings at such hearing shall be made and maintained on file in the office of the commissioner.

K. At the hearing, the commissioner shall receive, in addition to other necessary or relevant matters, evidence upon all of the following:

(1) The matters which are set forth in R.S. 3:3511.

(2) The accuracy and sufficiency of the official producer and/or handler lists on file with the commissioner.

(3) The quantity of such commodity which was delivered by such producers or handled by such handlers in the marketing season previous to such hearing.

L. At any public hearing which is held in connection with the formulation or amendment of a marketing order or marketing agreement, the commissioner shall receive testimony with respect to the establishment of the official producer or handler list which is applicable.

M. If the commissioner finds that a referendum shall be had, he shall direct that a referendum be held in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 3:3516(A) through (E), inclusive.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 500, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8J, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2438.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2438.1
Horse aftercare; definition
Status: in_force

"Horse aftercare" means the providing for the retraining or retiring of thoroughbreds and quarter horses that have participated at licensed race tracks in Louisiana.

Acts 2019, No. 221, §1; Acts 2019, No. 328, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 301
Support for programs of Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
Status: in_force

As a cooperative endeavor with the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the governing body of any local government subdivision may provide financial and other support for the programs of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service which benefit that local government subdivision under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service and the local government subdivision. Financial support for the cooperative endeavor may be appropriated from the general funds of the local government subdivision or may be provided for by an increase in the ad valorem taxes for such specific purpose in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Part II, of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 242, §1.