La. Rev. Stat. § 3:743 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 743
Strayed animals
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall determine the ownership of strayed animals which are subject to the provisions of this Part, based on the brands and marks recorded with the commission.

B. Each person who takes possession of a strayed animal which is subject to the provisions of this Part shall notify the commission by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by electronic submission through the department's website. The notice shall indicate the kind of animal; the color, weight, size, sex, age, brands, marks, and distinguishing features of the animal; the place where the animal is kept; and the name and address of the person holding the animal. The costs and expenses which may be charged by a person holding a strayed animal shall commence on the date that the notice is mailed or electronically submitted through the department's website to the commission.

C. If the commission is unable to determine the ownership of the strayed animal, the commission shall notify the person holding the strayed animal who, within ten days of receipt of the notice, shall cause the strayed animal to be advertised and sold in accordance with R.S. 3:3006.

Acts 1982, No. 113, §1; Acts 2024, No. 54, §1, eff. May 15, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1446 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1446
Penalty for violation; procedures for imposition of penalties
Status: in_force

A. Whoever violates this Part or the rules and regulations made under this Part may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred 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 commission based upon an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and this Part as follows:

(1) The commission shall be convened by the commissioner for the purpose of hearing any alleged violation of this Part or any rule and regulation adopted pursuant to this Part.

(2) The commissioner shall appoint a hearing officer to preside over the hearing.

(3) The commission shall make an initial determination on the matter. This determination shall be submitted to the commissioner in writing.

(4) The commissioner shall make the final determination on the matter. If the determination of the commissioner differs from the determination of the commission, the commissioner shall issue a written opinion based on the record of the hearing.

(5) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring the commission to institute adjudicatory proceedings for minor violations of this Part when the department believes that the public interest will best be served by a suitable notice of noncompliance in writing.

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. R.S. § 3:1101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1101
Tit. 3, § 1101. Board of control of state penitentiary to maintain demonstration farms
Status: in_force

The board of control of the state penitentiary shall maintain on Hope Plantation, Oakley Plantation and Monticello Plantation a general system of demonstration of agricultural and stock raising operations, to which at least five hundred acres of land on each of the properties should be dedicated from the area of each of the properties; it may in its discretion and to meet the requirements of the purposes herein set forth increase the area. No portion of the land so dedicated shall be sold by the Governor of the state by virtue of the authority of any legislative act prior to July 22, 1914, permitting the sale.
La. R.S. § 3:3369 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3369
Tit. 3, § 3369. Registered technicians
Status: repealed

A. Persons who hold a place of business permit may employ unlicensed technicians to apply pesticides in connection with structural pest control work in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

B. The commission by rule may provide for different categories of registration of technicians including categories for technicians who apply pesticides and for technicians who prescribe treatment.

C. Each technician shall be registered with the commission within thirty days of the date he is employed. The application for registration shall contain the technician's name, residence address, date of birth, the employer's name and business address, the name of the licensed structural pest control operator who will provide direct supervision for the technician, and such other information as the commission by rule may require.

D. Each registered technician shall be under the direct supervision of a licensed structural pest control operator. The licensed structural pest control operator shall give instruction and direction to the registered technician and shall be fully responsible for the actions of the registered technicians who are under his direct supervision. The commission by rule may provide additional requirements for direct supervision.

E. Each registered technician shall carry his registration card on his person while performing structural pest control work and shall display his registration card upon the request of any person for whom structural pest control work is being performed by any employee of the commission.

F. Each person who employs a registered technician shall notify the commission within ten days after the termination of the employment of the registered technician or after any change in the assignment of the registered technician to a licensed structural pest control operator.

G. The registration of a technician shall be valid only while the technician remains employed by the person who registered the technician with the commission.

H. Each registered technician shall successfully complete an examination. Each registered technician shall take the examination within ninety days of the date he was employed. If the registered technician fails to pass the examination within ninety days after he is employed, he shall be allowed to work as a registered technician for another ninety days during which time he shall take the examination again. If the registered technician fails to pass the examination within one hundred eighty days after he is employed, he shall not be allowed to work as a registered technician until he has passed the examination.

I. The terms of each employment agreement between each licensed structural pest control operator or person who holds a place of business permit (employer) and each registered technician (employee) who is employed by that employer shall meet each of the requirements set forth in this Subsection. Any employment agreement between an employer and an employee which does not meet the requirements of this Subsection is prohibited. The requirements are:

(1) Each employee shall remit to each employer all funds collected in connection with structural pest control work performed by that employee.

(2) Each employer shall pay each employee in accordance with the terms of the employment agreement between them.

(3) Each employer shall withhold from the pay of each employee the amounts which employers are required to withhold from employees by applicable state and federal law.

(4) Each employer shall keep complete records of all structural pest control work performed by each employee. These records shall be maintained for at least two years. These records shall include the address of the structure treated, the name of the person for whom the treatment was performed, the brand name of the pesticide applied, and all other information required by the commission by rule.

J. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 335, §2.

K. Each registered technician shall participate in continuing educational programs as a condition of maintaining his or her status as a registered technician. The commission by rule, approved by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, shall establish requirements for continuing education for technicians, including the substantive content of the course and the amount of time which must be spent attending the course.

Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 210, §§1 and 2; Acts 1988, No. 287, §1; Acts 2023, No. 335, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2801
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

There is hereby found and declared a necessity for a stock law embracing certain public highways of the state of Louisiana and necessity that its application be uniform throughout the state.

Added by Stats.1950, No. 443, §1. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:730.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 730.9
Offenses; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Part or the rules and 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 fails to collect or to timely pay the assessments or penalties due under this Part shall be subject, in addition to any unpaid assessments, late fees, or collection costs, to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred 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 and this Part as follows:

(1) The board shall be convened by the commissioner for the purpose of hearing any alleged violation of this Part or any rule and regulation adopted pursuant to this Part.

(2) The commissioner shall appoint a hearing officer to preside over the hearing.

(3) The board shall make an initial determination on the matter. This determination shall be submitted to the commissioner in writing.

(4) The commissioner shall make the final determination on the matter. If the determination of the commissioner differs from the determination of the board, the commissioner shall issue a written opinion based on the record of the hearing.

C. In addition to civil penalties, the commissioner may assess the cost of the adjudicatory hearing against any person found to be in violation of this Part or the regulations adopted pursuant to this Part. The commissioner shall, by rule, determine the amount of costs to be assessed in adjudicatory hearings.

Acts 2010, No. 40, §1, eff. June 30, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4623 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4623
Exemption from Chapter
Status: in_force

A. This Chapter does not in any way apply to or affect the provisions pertaining to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission or the storage, handling, sale, transportation, or distribution of liquefied petroleum gas and the measures used in connection therewith as provided in R.S. 40:1841 et seq.

B. This Chapter does not apply to platform scales used solely for safety purposes in connection with the distribution of liquefied petroleum gas; however, this does not prevent the department from entering into any cooperative endeavor or cooperative agreement with the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission to certify or register such scales.

C.(1) This Chapter does not apply to the sale of an aggregate of twenty thousand bushels or less per year of shelled field corn made directly from a producer to a purchaser.

(2) This Chapter does not apply to the sale of an aggregate of more than twenty thousand bushels per year of shelled field corn if the net weight of the shelled field corn is verified by a National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) certified scale prior to distribution of the shelled field corn.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §1; Acts 2003, No. 139, §1, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 47, §1, eff. May 21, 2004; Acts 2018, No. 155, §1; Acts 2019, No. 337, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:661 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 661
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known and cited as the Louisiana Livestock Market Charter Law.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 142, §1; Acts 2020, No. 306, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3608 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3608
Minimization of impact of governmental action
Status: in_force

To minimize the impact of governmental action affecting private agricultural property and private agricultural property rights, a governmental entity shall:

(1) Avoid imposing an undue burden on the resources of that governmental entity by actions that require compensation of private agricultural property owners under the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) Avoid diminution in value of private agricultural property which is used in agricultural production or which may potentially be used in agricultural production.

(3) Expedite a decision by the entity in cases in which a delay of the decision will substantially interfere with the use or value of private agricultural property rights affected by the provisions of this Part.

(4) Avoid unnecessary delays in compensating owners of private agricultural property when diminution in value occurs by governmental action.

Acts 1995, No. 302, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4689 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4689
Labeling of lubricating oil
Status: in_force

A.(1) The legislature finds and declares that millions of gallons of used oil are generated each year in the state and that this oil is a valuable resource which can be used as an environmentally acceptable source of clean, re-refined product, among other uses.

(2) The legislature finds and declares that the disposal of automotive engine oil and other lubricants is very costly, creates hazards, and depletes the state's and the nation's dwindling supply of petroleum.

(3) It is the intent of the legislature to reduce the amount of used oil improperly disposed and increase the amount that is reused as a valuable product.

B. As used in this Section:

(1) American Petroleum Institute (API) engine oil service classifications are two letter classification performance ratings for which engine oils are designed.

(2) "Lubricating oil" includes any oil classified for the use in an internal combustion engine, hydraulic system, gear box, differential, wheel bearings, or other machinery.

(3) "Recycled oil" means any oil prepared from used oil, for energy recovery or reuse as a petroleum product, by reclaiming, reprocessing, re-refining, or other means to utilize properly treated used oil as a substitute for petroleum products.

(4) "Re-refined oil" means used oil which is refined to remove the physical and chemical contaminants acquired through use, which by itself or when blended with new lubricating oil or additives, meets applicable API and SAE service classifications.

(5) Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) viscosity grade is the measure of an oil's resistance to flow at a given temperature.

(6) "Used oil" means any oil which has been refined from crude or synthetic oil and as a result of use, becomes unsuitable for its original purpose due to loss of original properties or presence of impurities, but which may be suitable for further use and may be economically recyclable.

C.(1) It shall be unlawful to sell, offer, or keep for sale any lubricating oils, lubricants, or mixtures of lubricants which are adulterated or falsely labeled.

(2) The label shall prominently display the API performance service classification and the SAE viscosity classification.

(3) Previously used oils or recycled oils that have or have not been re-refined shall be plainly labeled and sold as such. The labeling and advertising appearing on any container used to store a used or recycled lubricating oil shall be strictly in accord with the kind of product contained therein. The size of the letters on the front and back of the container should be consistent with those used in other wording found on the label.

(4) A person may represent a product made in whole or in part from re-refined oil to be substantially equivalent to a product made from virgin oil for a particular end use if the product conforms with the applicable API and SAE service classifications.

Acts 2003, No. 139, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4009 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4009
Licenses required
Status: in_force

A. No person shall engage in measuring, weighing, sampling, transporting or testing producer milk, or cream as a basis of payment unless he has first procured a license from the commissioner.

B. No person shall calibrate, adjust or otherwise supervise the operation of any electronic fat analysis device unless he has first procured a milk and cream testers license and special authorization or license from the commissioner.

C. No person shall own and/or operate a bulk tank transport for milk hauling purposes without having first procured a license from the commissioner. Such persons shall be held coresponsible and coliable with licensed personnel in their employ when such business shall effect payment to producers.

D. The commissioner may require application for license on a form prescribed and furnished by him. The applicant shall submit to written or practical examination or both by the commissioner, and upon passing the examination and approval by the commissioner as to the applicant's integrity, the applicant shall receive the license for which he applied. Renewal of licenses shall be effected on June 30 of every other year.

Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1; Acts 1985, No. 218, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3375 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3375
Disposition of fees
Status: in_force

A.(1) Subject to the exceptions contained in Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana, all money received by the commission from fees or other self-generated sources shall be deposited immediately upon receipt in the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

(2) 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 by the commission into a special fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the Structural Pest Control Commission Fund. The monies in the Structural Pest Control Commission Fund shall be used solely for the programs and purposes of the commission and only in the amounts appropriated each year by the legislature.

B. Out of the monies appropriated each year to the commission, the commission shall allocate at least thirty thousand dollars to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Experiment Station for research. The allocation shall be made at least biannually. The commission shall appoint a committee composed of the commissioner or his designee, the chancellor of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center or his designee, the director of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Experiment Station or his designee, the president of the Louisiana Structural Pest Control Association, the executive director of the Louisiana Pest Control Association, and three licensed pest control operators. This committee shall make recommendations to the commission on what research is needed. Committee members shall be appointed for terms concurrent with that of the commissioner. The commission shall determine the areas in which the research shall be conducted and shall review research progress at an annual meeting. At the end of each fiscal year, all unexpended funds which were allocated under the provisions of this Section shall revert to the Structural Pest Control Commission Fund.

Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 148, §1; Acts 1991, No. 95, §1, eff. Jan. 13, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1032, §1; Acts 2023, No. 335, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, No. 148, §§2, 3, & 4.}}

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1991, No. 95, §2.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4502 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4502
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Disparagement" means dissemination to the public in any manner of any false information that the disseminator knows or should have known to be false, and which states or implies that a perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product is not safe for consumption by the consuming public. Such information is presumed to be false when not based upon reasonable and reliable scientific inquiry, facts, or data.

(2) "Perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product" means any food product of agriculture or aquaculture which is sold or distributed in a form that will perish or decay beyond marketability within a period of time.

Acts 1991, No. 972, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:1773 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1773
Tit. 3, § 1773. Duty to prosecute violators
Status: in_force

The Attorney General and district attorneys, whenever called upon to do so by the commissioner or entomologist or upon judicial affidavit of any responsible citizen and presented with evidence of a violation of this Part, shall prosecute the person, firm, or corporation charged with a violation hereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:855 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 855
Arbitration committee
Status: in_force

In event of controversy between buyers and sellers regarding composition of an agricultural product, upon request, the commissioner may appoint an arbitration committee composed of three disinterested parties to resolve the matter.

Acts 1956, No. 316, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2358.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2358.4
Licensing; fees; renewal
Status: in_force

A. No person shall breed, hatch, propagate, raise, grow, receive, ship, transport, export, or sell turtles or turtle eggs without possessing a turtle farmer license.

B. Turtle farmer licenses shall expire annually on the thirty-first day of December, and must be renewed no later than the last day of January of the following year.

C. The commissioner shall adopt, by rule in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, the fee to be charged for the issuance of a turtle farmer license. The amount of the fee shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars per license issued annually.

D. Each person applying for a turtle farmer license shall complete a written application as provided by the commissioner, pay the required license fee, and comply with any other requirements for licensure required by the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.

Acts 1990, No. 770, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2017, No. 69, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3609 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3609
Impact assessment
Status: in_force

A. A governmental entity shall prepare a written assessment of any proposed governmental action prior to taking any proposed action that will likely result in a diminution in value of private agricultural property.

B. The written assessment shall include written analyses and conclusions concerning:

(1) A clear and specific identification of the governmental action and the purpose of the governmental action.

(2) Whether the governmental action would constitute a physical invasion or occupation of private agricultural property.

(3) The length of time that the governmental action would interfere with the use of private agricultural property.

(4) Whether the governmental action would result in a diminution in value as to the affected private agricultural property and, if so, the extent thereof.

(5) The extent to which the governmental action would interfere with the potential for agricultural development of the private property of owners.

(6) Whether the proposed governmental action restricts or prohibits a use which is already prohibited by existing law.

(7) Alternatives to the proposed action that would lessen or eliminate any adverse impact on private agricultural property.

(8) An estimate of the cost to the governmental entity if the entity is required to compensate one or more private agricultural property owners.

(9) The identity of the source of payment within the entity's budget or otherwise for any compensation that may be ordered.

C. If there is an immediate threat to health and safety that constitutes an emergency, requires immediate governmental action, and prohibits the timely production of the assessment required in this Section, then the assessment shall be made at the earliest possible time after the governmental action is completed.

D. The governmental entity preparing the assessment shall deliver copies to the governor, the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, and any affected landowners.

E. The commissioner of agriculture and forestry shall promulgate guidelines for owners of private agricultural property and governmental entities to assist in determining what governmental actions are likely to result in a diminution of value of private agricultural property.

Acts 1995, No. 302, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1481 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1481
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part:

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the office of alcohol and tobacco control.

(2) "Consumable hemp processor" means any individual, partnership, corporation, cooperative association, or other business entity permitted for manufacturing or processing of industrial hemp into a consumable hemp product. Processing shall not include extraction of cannabinoids from industrial hemp, the product of which is utilized to manufacture or process a consumable hemp product.

(3)(a) "Consumable hemp product" means any product derived from industrial hemp that contains any cannabinoid, including cannabidiol or THC, and is intended for consumption or topical use.

(b) "Consumable hemp product" shall include commercial feed and pet products.

(c) "Consumable hemp product" shall not include any product manufactured or processed utilizing hemp fiber for commercial or industrial use, including textiles, building materials, clothing, paper, bioplastics, biofuel, insulation, or other similar products not intended for human consumption.

(4) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.

(5) "Industrial hemp" or "hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a total THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.

(6) "Package" means a group of individual servings offered together as a single unit.

(7) "Remote retailer" means a person or entity who offers any consumable hemp product for sale at retail through a digital application, catalog, or the internet that can be purchased and delivered directly to a consumer in Louisiana.

(8) "Retail sale" or "sale at retail" means the sale of products to the public for use or consumption but does not include the sale of products for resale.

(9) "Retailer" means a person or entity permitted to sell any consumable hemp product for sale at retail.

(10) "Serving" means the total amount of a distinct, individual unit of a consumable hemp product measured in grams, ounces, pieces, or numbers that may be consumed at a single time that does not contain an amount greater than the allowable total THC.

(11) "State plan" means a plan required for approval by the United States Secretary of Agriculture to monitor and regulate the production of hemp.

(12) "THC" means any tetrahydrocannabinol, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC component, or any derivative thereof.

(13) "THC component" means any naturally occurring cannabinoid component of industrial hemp or hemp.

(14) "Total THC" means any combination of tetrahydrocannabinol, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC component, or any derivative thereof.

(15) "Wholesaler" means a wholesale seller permitted to distribute consumable hemp products to retailers.

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.
La. R.S. § 3:133 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 133
Tit. 3, § 133. Stock; membership certificates; when issued; voting; liability; limitations on transfer and ownership
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. No association shall issue certificate of stock to a member until it has been fully paid for. The promissory note of the members may be accepted by the association as full or partial payment. The association shall hold the stock as security for the payment of the note, but such retention as security shall not affect the member's right to vote.

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 given in payment thereof.

No stockholder of a co-operative association shall own more than one-tenth of the common stock of the association; and an association, in its by-laws, may limit the amount of common stock which one member may own to any amount less than one-tenth of the common stock.

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

Any association organized with stock under this Part may issue preferred stock, with or without right to vote. Preferred stock may be redeemable or retirable by the association on such terms and conditions as may be provided by the articles of association and printed on the face of the certificates.

The by-laws shall prohibit the transfer of the common stock of the association to persons not engaged in the production of the agricultural products handled by the association, and the restrictions shall be printed upon every certificate of stock subject thereto.

The association may at any time, except when the debts of the association exceed fifty per cent of the assets thereof, purchase its common stock at book value as conclusively determined by the board of directors and pay for it in cash within thirty days thereafter.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:283.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 283.1
Transfer; State Market Commission
Status: in_force

A. All employees of the office of marketing and agro-economic development are transferred to the office of management and finance.

B. All funds appropriated to the State Market Commission shall be transferred to the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority.

C. Any appropriation for Fiscal Year 2009 - 2010 to the office of marketing and agro-economic development shall be deemed to be appropriated to the office of management and finance within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

D. All property and facilities owned and operated by, leased by or for the State Market Commission are transferred to the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority.

E. All unfinished business of the State Market Commission shall be completed by, all references in laws and refer to, and all obligations of that office shall be administered by the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority. All legal proceedings of the State Market Commission shall be continued in the name of the State Market Commission and further proceedings shall be in the name of Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority without the necessity for amendment of any document.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4751 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4751
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Agricultural use" means farming in all of its branches, including but not limited to the cultivation and the tillage of the soil; the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any products from agricultural, horticulture, aquaponic, hydroponic, or aquaculture practices; the raising of livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, dairy-producing animals, and poultry; agricultural education; agricultural tourism; or any practices performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations. This also is inclusive of administrative or office space used to run any of the above practices or operations. For purposes of this Chapter, the term "agricultural use" does not include timber production.

(2) "Political subdivision" means any unit of local government including a municipality, parish, or special district authorized by law to perform governmental functions.

(3) "Urban" means an area within the boundaries of an urbanized area, as that term is used by the United States Census Bureau, that includes at least forty-five thousand people.

(4) "Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone" means an area within a political subdivision that is comprised of individual properties designated as urban agriculture preserves by the political subdivision for farming purposes.

Acts 2015, No. 429, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3705 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3705
Commissioner of agriculture and forestry
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations adopted under this Chapter. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 3:3704, the commissioner may employ such personnel as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Chapter. All employees shall be under the supervision of the commissioner.

Acts 1990, No. 31, §1, eff. June 20, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:645 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 645
Collection on bond or other security; pro-ration of proceeds
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture shall, upon notification of any producer or producer group, that any person, firm or corporation has failed to pay for milk delivered by them, make an immediate investigation and audit of such person's, firm's, corporation's records to determine amounts due milk producers. If such investigation and audit reveals that such person, firm, or corporation owes and is unable to pay, or refuses to pay, producers for milk delivered, the commissioner shall collect on the surety bond or other security by court action if necessary, and pro-rate the proceeds of such surety bond or other security to the milk producers based on amounts due the producers as shown by the official audit of the records.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 128, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:267 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 267
Purchases and sales of agricultural loans
Status: in_force

The Authority may purchase or contract to purchase and sell or contract to sell agricultural loans made by lending institutions, at such prices and upon such terms and conditions as it shall determine in accordance with rules or regulations adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (R.S. 49:950 et seq.). All lending institutions are hereby authorized to purchase and sell agricultural loans to the Authority in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations of the Authority. To the extent that any provisions of this Section may be inconsistent with any provision of law governing lending institutions, the provisions of this Section shall control.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 96, §1, eff. July 23, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1653 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1653
Penalty for violating rules and regulations; enforcement of rules and regulations in court
Status: in_force

A. A violator of any provisions of this Part or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Part 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 of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry 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 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 1990, No. 115, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1216 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1216
Certification of district
Status: in_force

The state soil conservation committee shall on or before January 1 of such calendar year certify to the State Treasurer or other appropriate official, the number of districts in operation in the state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:730.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 730.2
Terms defined
Status: in_force

The terms used in this Part shall be construed to mean as follows:

(1) "Board" shall mean the Louisiana Strawberry Marketing Board.

(2) "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

(3) "Department" shall mean the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

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

(5) "Strawberries" means all strawberries of the grades as recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture and the State Market Commission.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 485, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 577, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1253, §1; Acts 2004, No. 764, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8D, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4278.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4278.1
Trees, cutting without consent; co-owners and co-heirs; penalty
Status: in_force

A.(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert for sale or use, any trees, or to authorize or direct his agent or employee to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert for sale or use, any trees, growing or lying on the land of another, without the consent of, or in accordance with the direction of, the owner or legal possessor, or in accordance with specific terms of a legal contract or agreement.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any co-owner or co-heir to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert for sale or use, any trees, or to authorize or direct his agent or employee to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert for sale or use, any trees, growing or lying on co-owned land, without the consent of, or in accordance with the direction of, the other co-owners or co-heirs, or in accordance with specific terms of a legal contract or agreement. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to the sale of an undivided timber interest pursuant to R.S. 3:4278.2.

B. Whoever willfully and intentionally violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be liable to the owner, co-owner, co-heir, or legal possessor of the trees for civil damages in the amount of three times the fair market value of the trees cut, felled, destroyed, removed, or diverted, plus reasonable attorney fees and costs.

C. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section in good faith shall be liable to the owner, co-owner, co-heir, or legal possessor of the trees for three times the fair market value of the trees cut, felled, destroyed, removed, or diverted, if circumstances prove that the violator should have been aware that his actions were without the consent or direction of the owner, co-owner, co-heir, or legal possessor of the trees.

D. If a good faith violator of Subsection A of this Section fails to make payment under the requirements of this Section within thirty days after notification and demand by the owner, co-owner, co-heir, or legal possessor, the violator shall also be responsible for the reasonable attorney fees and costs of the owner, co-owner, co-heir, or legal possessor.

E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the clearing and maintenance of rights of way or to utility service situations where a utility is acting in good faith to minimize the damage or harm occasioned by an act of God. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to land surveying by or under the direction of a registered professional land surveyor, duly registered under the laws of the state of Louisiana.

F. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 190, §3, eff. June 11, 2021.

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 1987, No. 144, §1; Acts 1992, No. 405, §1; Acts 2009, No. 107, §2; Acts 2011, No. 226, §1; Acts 2021, No. 190, §3, eff. June 11, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4012 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4012
Purchaser shall use only correct weight and measures
Status: in_force

No person purchasing milk or cream on the basis of its butterfat content shall use any weight, measure, or butterfat test thereof other than the correct weight, measure, or butterfat test; nor shall such person have in his possession any inaccurate, defective, or untrue weighing or measuring device. Also such a person shall not make any misrepresentation as to any weight, measure, or test.

Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4651 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4651
Weight determination procedures
Status: in_force

A. Any processor engaged in the processing, handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing, or holding of farm-raised catfish or catfish products shall weigh the catfish or catfish products as they are unloaded from the live haul truck at the processing plant.

B. All water shall be drained from the weighing baskets before the catfish or catfish products are weighed. No deductions for water in the weighing baskets shall be made.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:839 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 839
Powers
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall have the following powers:

(1) To plan, conduct, and fund, in consultation with the department, a campaign for: advertising, promoting, and marketing Louisiana eggs and egg products; promoting research; increasing consumption of eggs and egg products in Louisiana; providing producer, distributor, retailer, and consumer educational information as to the nutritional and health value of eggs; and fulfilling any other purpose authorized by this Part.

(2) To contract or enter into any other agreement to accomplish any purpose authorized by this Part, including agreements for advertising, educational, marketing, promotional, publicity, and research activities or services.

(3) To decide upon some distinctive and suggestive logo, emblem, name, or other method for distinguishing Louisiana-produced eggs, register or have the department register any such logo, emblem, name, or method and to encourage the use, by licensing or otherwise, of same in promoting Louisiana eggs and egg products.

(4) To hold meetings in the commission's parish of domicile or in such other locations within the state as the commission may direct.

(5) To hold hearings on alleged violations of the provisions of this Part or of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.

(6) To advise the commissioner on the civil penalties to be imposed or the injunctive or other civil relief to be sought to punish and restrain violations of the provisions of this Part or of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.

(7) To perform such other advisory functions as the commissioner may assign to the commission.

B. The commissioner shall have the following powers:

(1) Adopt regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Part.

(2) Administer and enforce the provisions of this Part and the regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.

(3) Collect, administer, and disburse the proceeds of the assessments, fees, interest, penalties, and other monies collected pursuant to this Part.

(4) Conduct inspections of premises where eggs or egg products are held, stored, or sold and examine and audit books and records of any person who produces, processes, stores, holds, maintains, distributes, or sells eggs or egg products in Louisiana.

(5) Issue a stop order to prevent a violation or further violation of this Part or of any regulation adopted pursuant to this Part.

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

(7) Institute civil proceedings to enforce his orders or rulings, collect any assessments, late fees, fines, penalties, or costs due under this Part, or to otherwise enforce the provisions of this Part or any regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.

C. Any suit filed by the commissioner pursuant to this Part may be filed in East Baton Rouge Parish or in any parish of proper venue.

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. § 3:4351.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4351.12
Authorization of the Department of Insurance to employ investigators
Status: in_force

The department shall have authority to employ investigators to investigate complaints received against the group self-insurance fund authorized to do business in this state and against any unauthorized group self-insurance fund that is reported to be operating in this state.

Acts 2022, No. 586, §1, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 598, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. R.S. § 3:142 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 142
Tit. 3, § 142. Contracts and agreements with other associations
Status: in_force

Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and proper stipulations, agreements, contracts, and arrangements with any other corporations or associations, formed in this or any other State, for the co-operative or more economical carrying on of its business, or any part thereof. Any two or more associations may, by agreement between them, unite in employing and using or may separately employ and use the same personnel, methods, means, and agencies for carrying on and conducting their respective businesses.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3677 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3677
Substances forbidden for preparing rice; penalty
Status: in_force

No person shall use oil, paraffin, or any other similar substance in the process of cleaning rice or preparing it for market, for the purpose of increasing its weight, transparency, or brilliancy or bettering its appearance in any manner.

Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, for each offense.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §8E, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2305
Annual registration; permits, fees
Status: in_force

A.(1) On or before October 1 of each year, or prior to bringing any honeybees or beekeeping equipment into the state, every beekeeper shall register with the commissioner every colony or apiary in his possession or under his control, on a form furnished by the commissioner. The beekeeper shall indicate the number and location of each colony with each apiary location together with other information deemed necessary by the commissioner for the administration of this Part.

(2) Any colony or apiary acquired after October 1 during the calendar year and not previously registered shall be registered as required under this Section. Any colony or apiary acquired after December 31 shall not be required to be registered until the following October 1, unless the beekeeper does not possess a current registration permit.

B. If any colony or apiary is transferred from a registered beekeeper to another person, the permit may be transferred without the payment of a registration fee as follows:

(1) A Class A permit is transferrable if the person possesses the qualifications necessary for the issuance of a Class A permit.

(2) A Class B permit is transferrable; however, the beekeeping operation by the person shall be considered a new operation in determining the person's eligibility to obtain a Class A permit.

C. A Class A permit may be issued to any applicant who meets the requirements of either Paragraph (1) or Paragraph (2):

(1) The applicant is a person domiciled in the state. "Domicile" as used herein means the applicant's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposes. No firm or corporation will be considered domiciled in the state unless its principal owner or owners is domiciled in the state.

(2) The applicant has conducted beekeeping operations in the state, and has been registered with the commissioner for three consecutive years, has been inspected as provided by law, and has demonstrated his ability to control diseases and pests considered to be detrimental to the state's apiary industry by the state entomologist.

D. A fee shall accompany the application for registration, the amount of the fee to be based upon and determined by the number of colonies owned by the applicant as follows:

Number of Colonies

Class A Permit

Class B Permit

1 to 10 $

0

$

16.00

11 to 25

4.00

16.00

26 to 100

10.00

40.00

101 to 300

20.00

80.00

301 to 500

30.00

120.00

501 or more

50.00

200.00

E. Failure or refusal to comply with this Section shall constitute a violation of this Part.

Amended by Acts 1984, No. 529, §1; Acts 1992, No. 32, §1; Acts 2003, No. 122, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3414 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3414
Written evidence required for contracts; quarterly statements on storage contracts
Status: in_force

A. All contracts, other than contracts for spot sale, in which title shall pass shall be evidenced in writing.

B. In addition to the requirements provided in Subsection A of this Section, the warehouse shall provide a written statement to the producer who has contracted for storage on a quarterly basis. The statement shall include all charges and the rate of accrual of the charges.

C. An oral contract or agreement for the sale of grain capable of being hedged on any grain exchange evidenced by a written, unsigned confirmation of sale, mailed or electronically transmitted to the producer of the grain within five business days shall be deemed a signed contract evidenced in writing as provided in Subsection A of this Section and in Chapter 5 of Title III of Book III of the Louisiana Civil Code.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 2006, No. 114, §1; Acts 2008, No. 299, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:748 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 748
Civil penalties; injunctive relief
Status: in_force

A. The commission may assess a civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation of the provisions of this Part or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense.

B. Penalties may be assessed only by a ruling by the commission based on an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.

C. The commission may institute civil proceedings to enforce the rulings of the commission in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.

D. 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.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 245, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2263 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2263
Identifying, testing, and branding
Status: in_force

Any person or persons owning or having charge of cattle shall, upon notification by an authorized agent of the Louisiana Board of Animal Health or the United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS Veterinary Services, have such cattle presented and restrained for the purpose of identifying, testing, and branding, at such times and places as are designated by these authorized agents in carrying out the tuberculosis control and eradication program aforesaid.

Acts 1950, No. 179, §3; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 204, §§2, 3(E).
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1493 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1493
Louisiana Industrial Hemp Promotion and Research Advisory Board; creation and organization
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Industrial Hemp Promotion and Research Advisory Board is hereby created within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The board shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge.

B. The board shall consist of fifteen members as follows:

(1) One member who is engaged in the production of industrial hemp or industrial hemp seed appointed by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.

(2) One member appointed by the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.

(3) One member appointed by the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

(4) One member appointed by the speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

(5) One member appointed by the president of the Louisiana Senate.

(6) One member appointed by the chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

(7) One member appointed by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development.

(8) One member appointed by the commissioner who is a licensed grower of industrial hemp.

(9) One member appointed by the Hemp Association of Louisiana.

(10) One member appointed by the commissioner who is a consumer of industrial hemp.

(11) One member appointed by the commissioner who is a representative of the Louisiana industrial hemp industry.

(12) One member appointed by the Louisiana Black Farmers Cannabis and Hemp Association.

(13) One member appointed by the Morehouse Parish Black Farmers and Landowners Association.

(14) One member appointed by the Louisiana Cannabis Association.

(15) One member appointed by the Gulf South Hemp Association.

C. The commissioner, or his designee, shall serve as an ex officio member in an advisory capacity only.

D. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

E. Appointments to the board shall be made no later than September 1, 2022. Each appointing authority shall notify the commissioner of the appointment. The board should be representative of the state's population by race and gender to ensure diversity.

F. A vacancy in the office of a member shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

G. A majority of the voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All official actions of the board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board present and voting.

H. Members of the board shall receive no compensation.

I. The board shall meet at least twice per year and may meet at other times on the call of the chairman or any four members.

J. The board, by a vote of a majority of the members, may expel a member for good cause shown. Good cause shall include but shall not be limited to three consecutive unexcused absences. The expulsion of a member creates a vacancy in the office of the expelled member.

K. The board shall meet and organize as soon as practicable after appointment of the members and shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and secretary-treasurer from the membership of the board, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such officers or specifically designated by the board. Officers shall serve a one-year term.

Acts 2024, No. 752, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:129 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 129
By-laws
Status: in_force

Each association incorporated under this Part shall within thirty days after its incorporation adopt for its government and management, a code of by-laws, not inconsistent with the powers granted by this Part. A majority vote of the members or stockholders or their duly authorized and qualified representatives or delegates casting a vote thereon, or their written consent, is necessary to adopt or amend by-laws; provided that if the articles so stipulate, the board of directors may make and amend by-laws, subject to the power of the members or stockholders, or their duly authorized and qualified representatives or delegates to change or repeal the by-laws or amendments so made.

Each association under its by-laws may provide for any or all of the following matters:

(1) The time, place, and manner of calling and conducting its meetings.

(2) The number of stockholders or members constituting a quorum.

(3) The right of members or stockholders to vote by proxy or by mail, or both, and the conditions, manner, form and effect of such votes.

(4) The number of directors constituting a quorum.

(5) The qualifications, duties, and terms of office of directors and officers; time of their election and the mode and manner of giving notice thereof.

(6) Penalties for violations of the by-laws.

(7) The amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any; manner and method of collection of the fees, and the purpose for which they may be used.

(8) The amount which each member or stockholder shall be required to pay annually, or from time to time, to carry on the business of the association; the charge to be paid by each member or stockholder for services rendered by the association to him; and the marketing contract between the association and its members or stockholders which every member or stockholder shall be required to sign.

(9) The qualifications of members or stockholders of the association and the conditions precedent to membership or ownership of common stock; the method, time and manner of permitting members to withdraw or permitting the holders of common stock to transfer their stock; the manner of assignment and transfer of the interest of members, and of the shares of common stock; the conditions upon which, and the time when, membership of any member shall cease; the automatic suspension of the rights of a member when he ceases to be eligible to membership in the association; and the mode, manner and effect of the expulsion of a member; manner of determining the value of a member's interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of a member or stockholder or upon the expulsion of a member or forfeiture of his membership.

Amended by Acts 1966, No. 89, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:275 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 275
Exemption from taxes
Status: in_force

It is hereby determined that the creation of the Authority and the carrying out of its public functions and corporate purposes is, in all respects, a public and governmental purpose for the benefit of the people of the state, and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, prosperity, and security, and that said functions and purposes are public purposes and that the Authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this Chapter. The money, assets, revenues, and operations of the Authority shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any of its political subdivisions. The Authority shall not be required to pay any recording fee or transfer tax of any kind on account of instruments recorded by it or on its behalf. All bonds authorized to be issued by the Authority pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, together with interest thereon, income therefrom, and gain upon the sale thereof shall be exempt from all state and local taxes.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 96, §1, eff. July 23, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4685 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4685
Petroleum Products Fund; disposition of funds
Status: in_force

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

(1) All assessments, fees, penalties, and all other funds received by the secretary of the Department of Revenue, the commissioner or the department under the provisions of this Subpart, subject to 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 into the state general fund, shall pay an amount equal to the total amount of funds paid into the state treasury by the secretary of the Department of Revenue, the commissioner or the department under the provisions of this Subpart into a special fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the Petroleum Products Fund.

(3) All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall remain in the Petroleum Products Fund. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer 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 this Subpart as determined by the commissioner.

(2) To fund any and all costs related to the inspection, regulation, and analysis of petroleum products, any commercial weighing or measuring device used in the distribution, handling or sale of petroleum products and enforcement of this Chapter.

Acts 2003, No. 139, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4351.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4351.7
Rates; filing; review of rate determination
Status: in_force

A. The fund shall file rates on an actuarially justified basis with the department and may use the rates ninety days after filing, unless the department disapproves the use of rates within the ninety-day period.

B. The fund shall provide a reasonable procedure for any member aggrieved by the fund to request in written form a review of the application of the rating system for the coverage afforded by the fund. The fund shall have thirty days from receipt to grant or deny the request in written form. If the fund rejects the request or fails to grant or reject the request within the thirty-day period, the member may, within thirty days of the expiration of the thirty-day period, appeal to the division of administrative law for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. After the hearing, the administrative law judge may affirm, modify, or reverse the action taken by the fund.

Acts 2022, No. 586, §1, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 598, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4746 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4746
Penalties
Status: in_force

A. A person who violates any provision of this Part or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Part shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each 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 by the Louisiana Commission of Weights and Measures pursuant to R.S. 3:4605.

C. In addition to civil penalties, the commissioner may assess the proportionate costs of the adjudicatory hearing against the offender. The commissioner 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 2019, No. 273, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3604 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3604
Presumption
Status: in_force

Each person engaged in agricultural operations shall be presumed to be operating in accordance with generally accepted agricultural practices or traditional farm practices.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 95, §1; Acts 2008, No. 515, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1604.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1604.1
Powers and duties of the commission and commissioner
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall have the following powers:

(1) To conduct investigations and hold hearings on alleged violations of rules or regulations of this Part.

(2) To advise the commissioner of the requirements involved in eradicating and controlling boll weevils.

(3) To advise the commissioner as to the findings of the commission.

(4) To advise the commissioner on the penalties to be imposed or the injunctive relief to be sought for violations.

(5) To adopt rules or regulations concerning quarantines, eradication zones, movement of regulated articles, regulation of activities affecting the boll weevil eradication program, and such other rules or regulations authorized by this Part.

(6), (7) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.

(8) To adopt rules or regulations needed for the commission to carry out its duties and responsibilities pursuant to this Part.

B. The commissioner shall have the following powers:

(1) To administer and enforce the provisions and the rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.

(2) To enter into any cooperative endeavor or cooperative agreement with any federal, state, or local agency as he deems necessary to further the purposes of this Part.

(3), (4) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.

(5) To enter property to conduct inspections, examine and copy records, and carry out suppression or eradication activities as provided in this Part.

(6) To make final determinations regarding violations of any provision of this Part or of the rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this Part and to impose penalties for any such violations.

(7) To institute civil proceedings to enforce orders or rulings or other civil relief to collect any late fees, fines, penalties or costs due under this Part or otherwise enforce the provisions of this Part or rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.

(8) To exercise any power authorized by this Part and to adopt rules or regulations necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities pursuant to this Part.

Acts 2008, No. 64, §1, eff. June 5, 2008; Acts 2019, No. 185, §§1, 2, eff. June 11, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1651 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1651
Distribution of entomological work between entomologist of experiment stations and state entomologist
Status: in_force

A. All of the entomological work of the state relating to demonstration, inspection, and quarantine work shall be conducted by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and all of the investigational, experimental, and research work of an entomological nature shall be conducted by the experiment stations of Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. The head of the Department of Entomology at the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center shall have charge and direction of the entire entomological work of the stations.

B. There shall be a state entomologist appointed by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry who shall have charge of the entomological work of the department. The state entomologist shall be under the supervision and control of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 272, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2358.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2358.13
Violations
Status: in_force

Violations of this Part shall include but shall not be limited to the following:

(1) Engaging in the farming of turtles or turtle eggs without first obtaining a turtle farmer license.

(2) Shipping or moving farm-raised turtles or turtle eggs without the required documentation.

(3) Commingling, transporting, shipping, or disposing of any diseased turtles or turtle eggs from a farm which is under quarantine, without written approval from the commissioner.

(4) Willfully failing to maintain complete and accurate records.

(5) Falsifying documents or records.

(6) Willfully failing to follow or willfully misapplying sanitization methods.

(7) Importing of any turtles or turtle eggs of any species from any other state or foreign country, except as provided in the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this Chapter.

(8) Violating any provision of this Part or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Part.

Acts 1990, No. 770, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2017, No. 69, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3279 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3279
Violations
Status: in_force

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

B. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to affect any chemical manufacturing facility being regulated by the Department of Environmental Quality under Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as of May 1, 1990.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1986, No. 735, §1; Acts 1990, No. 136, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:3252 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3252
Tit. 3, § 3252. Violations, enforcement
Status: in_force

A. Violations of this Part shall include but shall not be limited to the following:

(1) Making false or fraudulent claims not in accordance with the label through any media misrepresenting the efficacy of pesticides or methods to be utilized.

(2) Making a pesticide recommendation or application inconsistent with the labeling or in violation of the E.P.A. or state restrictions on the use of that pesticide.

(3) Knowingly operating faulty or unsafe equipment.

(4) Operating in a faulty, careless, or negligent manner.

(5) Neglecting or, after notice, refusing to comply with the provisions of this Chapter or rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Chapter.

(6) Refusing or neglecting to keep and maintain the records required by this Part.

(7) Knowingly making false or fraudulent records or invoices.

(8) Selling or supervising the sale of any restricted use pesticide to a person who does not have the proper certification.

(9) The application of a restricted use pesticide by a ground applicator who does not hold the appropriate certification or who is not under the direct supervision of a person who holds the appropriate certification, or the application of any pesticide by an aerial applicator who does not hold the appropriate certification.

(10) Supervising the sale or application of a restricted use pesticide without the proper certification.

(11) Allowing the application of restricted use pesticides by uncertified persons without the physical presence of a certified applicator, when the physical presence of the certified applicator is required by the commissioner.

(12) The aiding or abetting, or conspiring to aid or abet, by any licensed or certified person, of the violation of the provisions of this Chapter, or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Chapter, by any unlicensed or uncertified person.

(13) Allowing a license or certificate to be used by another person.

(14) Impersonating any federal, state, parish, or city inspector or official who has authority to enforce pesticide laws, ordinances, rules, or regulations.

(15) Interference with the commission, the commissioner, the state chemist, or their representatives in the performance of their duties in connection with this Part.

(16) Performance of a service or function by any person whose license or certificate has been suspended or revoked, or by any person who has been denied a license or certificate, or failure by any person to obtain the necessary license or certificate for any activity requiring a license or certificate under the provisions of this Chapter.

(17) Application of phenoxy herbicides by any aerial applicator who does not have the proper license or the proper bond or insurance.

(18) Any violation of any provision of this Chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Chapter.

(19) The sale of a restricted use pesticide by a person who does not hold the appropriate certification or who is not under the direct supervision of a person who holds the appropriate certification.

(20) The purchase of a restricted use pesticide by a person who does not hold the appropriate certification.

(21) Any evasion of payment of any fines legally imposed by the commissioner.

B. The commissioner may assess a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each violation of any of the prohibitions in Subsection A of this Section. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense. 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.

C. The commissioner may suspend or revoke any license or certificate issued under the authority of this Part, or impose probation on any person who holds a license or certificate, for any violation of any of the prohibitions in Subsection A of this Section.

D. Civil penalties may be assessed, licenses and certificates may be suspended or revoked, and probation may be imposed, only by a ruling of the commissioner based on an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of Section 3214 of this Chapter.

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

F. 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.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983. Acts 1983, No. 130, §1; Acts 1985, No. 166, §1; Acts 1986, No. 509, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:270 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 270
Bonds of the authority
Status: in_force

A. The authority is hereby authorized and empowered to issue from time to time bonds, notes, renewal notes, refunding bonds, interim certificates, certificates of indebtedness, debentures, warrants, commercial paper, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, hereinafter collectively referred to as "bonds", to provide funds for and to fulfill and achieve its authorized public functions or corporate purposes, as set forth in this Chapter, including but not limited to the purchase of agricultural loans from lending institutions, the making of loans to or deposits with lending institutions, the acquisition, construction, renovation, and equipping buildings and related facilities for use by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry in connection with promoting and assisting agriculture and forestry within this state, the payment of interest on bonds of the authority, the establishment of reserves to secure such bonds, the establishment of reserves with respect to the insurance of agricultural loans, and all other purposes and expenditures of the authority incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its public functions or corporate purposes.

B. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Authority, all bonds issued by the Authority shall be negotiable instruments and may be general obligations of the Authority, secured by the full faith and credit of the Authority and payable out of any money, assets or revenues of the Authority or from any other sources whatsoever that may be available to the Authority.

C. Bonds shall be authorized, issued, and sold by a resolution or resolutions of the Authority adopted as provided in this Chapter. Such bonds may be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates including variable, adjustable, or zero interest rates, be payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be sold at such price or prices, at public or private negotiated sale, after advertisement as is provided for in R.S. 39:1421, et seq., be in such form, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, and be entitled to such priorities on the income, revenue and receipts of, or available to, the Authority as may be provided by the Authority in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance and sale of the bonds of the Authority.

D. The bonds of the Authority shall be signed by such members or officers of the Authority, by either manual or facsimile signatures, as shall be determined by resolution or resolutions of the Authority, and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the Authority, or a facsimile thereof. The coupons attached to coupon bonds of the Authority shall bear the facsimile signature of such member or officer of the Authority as shall be determined by resolution or resolutions of the Authority.

E. Any bonds of the Authority may be validly issued, sold, and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the members or officers of the Authority signing such bonds, or whose facsimile signature or signatures may be on the bonds or on coupons, shall have ceased to be such member or officer of the Authority at the time such bonds shall actually have been delivered.

F. Bonds of the Authority may be sold in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the Authority to be most beneficial, and the Authority may pay all expenses, premiums, fees, or commissions which it may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof, subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 96, §1, eff. July 23, 1983. Acts 1987, No. 856, §1, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 2003, No. 230, §1, eff. June 5, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:663 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 663
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases as used in this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them in this Section.

(1) "Board" means the Louisiana Board of Animal Health augmented by the persons named in R.S. 3:665.

(2) "Buying station" means a facility that is conducted, operated, or managed as a private livestock market that offers stockyard services.

(3) "Charter" means the charter for livestock market operations authorized under this Part.

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

(5) "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 of any such animal.

(6) "Livestock market" means any place, establishment or facility commonly known as a "buying station", "livestock market", "livestock auction market", "sales ring", "stockyard", or the like, operated for compensation or profit as a market for livestock, consisting of pens, or other enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which livestock are received, held, sold, or kept for sale or shipment.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 142, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2020, No. 306, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2077 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2077
Use of funds
Status: in_force

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

(1) To attract national contests, shows, and equine events to Louisiana.

(2) To develop and promote equine tourism through the enhancement of equine trails and camping facilities.

(3) To support therapeutic riding and rehabilitation programs.

(4) To develop educational programs and disseminate educational materials about the equine industry.

(5) To support the enhancement and maintenance of public multi-use equine facilities.

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

(7) To contract for scientific research with any accredited postsecondary education institution or similar educational institution that will assist in carrying out the purposes of the program, including equine health, welfare, management, reproduction, nutrition, and general physiology.

Acts 2021, No. 168, §1, eff. June 11, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2891 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2891
Swine prohibited from running at large
Status: in_force

No person owning swine shall knowingly, willfully, or negligently permit his swine to run at large upon public property or upon private property of another person.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 130, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 419, §1; Acts 2010, No. 980, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:264 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 264
Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority is hereby created within the Department of Agriculture.

B. The authority shall be composed of nine members. The commissioner of agriculture and forestry shall serve ex officio with the same rights and privileges, including voting rights, as other members. The chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development or his designee, the chair of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development or his designee, and the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development or his designee shall serve in an advisory capacity without voting rights, to the authority and shall not be counted for the purpose of constituting a quorum for the transaction of official business. The other eight members shall be appointed by the governor in the following manner:

(1) Two members appointed from a list of six persons nominated by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.

(2) Two members appointed from a list of six persons nominated by the Louisiana Bankers Association.

(3) Two members appointed from a list of six persons nominated by the president of the Senate.

(4) Two members appointed from a list of six persons nominated by the speaker of the House of Representatives.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 213, §2, eff. May 23, 2024.

C. The appointed members shall serve for terms concurrent with the terms of the governor making the appointment. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation. The appointed members shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required of public officials. Appointed members shall serve until their successors are appointed and sworn into office.

D. Vacancies in the offices of any appointed members of the Authority shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments for the unexpired portion of the office vacated. No vacant office shall be included in the determination of a quorum. No vacancy in office shall impair the rights of the members to conduct official business of the Authority.

E. The domicile of the Authority shall be East Baton Rouge Parish.

F. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business. All official actions of the Authority shall require a majority vote of the members present and voting at any meeting.

G. Members of the Authority shall not receive any salary for the performance of their duties as members. Appointed members may receive a per diem not to exceed forty dollars for attendance at meetings of the Authority or subcommittees thereof and may be reimbursed for mileage expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The mileage allowance shall be fixed by the Authority in an amount not to exceed the mileage allowance authorized under state travel regulations.

H. The Authority shall meet at least four, but not more than twelve, times a year upon call.

I. The Authority may delegate to one or more of its members, officers, employees, or agents such powers and duties as it may deem proper.

Acts 1983, No. 96, §1, eff. July 23, 1983; Acts 1999, No. 18, §1, eff. May 21, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 116, §1, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 230, §1, eff. June 5, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 774, §1; Acts 2009, No. 510, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2024, No. 213, §§1, 2, eff. May 23, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4749.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4749.3
Processors and distributors; reporting
Status: in_force

A. Commercial processors and distributors of imported and commingled seafood shall submit a quarterly report to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry that contains the amount of seafood they bought and sold in the previous quarter. An accounting by volume of the species of seafood bought and sold and the country of origin, or when possible, the state of origin for domestic seafood bought and sold, shall be included in the report. The department may also request additional information regarding the product or form in which the seafood was bought and sold and relevant dates or other tracking data. The department shall maintain a database of the information contained in these reports.

B. The department shall have the authority to implement fines similar to those provided for in R.S. 3:4749.2 for imported and commingled seafood processors and distributors who fail to submit the required information for two or more consecutive quarters.

Acts 2025, No. 300, §2, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2071 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2071
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

The legislature intends by this Chapter to authorize the equine industry to establish a self-governed program to support the growth and development of the industry in Louisiana.

Acts 2021, No. 168, §1, eff. June 11, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1450 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1450
Local regulations
Status: in_force

A. The regulation of seeds is preempted by this Part. No municipality, parish, local governmental entity, or governing authority of any public or private group or association having jurisdiction over a specific geographic area shall enact ordinances or subdivision restrictions or regulations regarding seeds that in any way affect the registration, distribution, sale, or planting of seeds, except as provided for in this Section.

B. Municipalities, parishes, local governmental entities, or governing authorities of any public or private group or association may request that a department rule or regulation applicable to the registration, distribution, sale, or planting of seeds be amended to provide for specific problems encountered in or by the entity, group, or association. The following provisions shall govern any such request:

(1) The request shall be addressed to the commissioner and referred to the commission for a hearing.

(2) The commission shall make a preliminary determination as to whether the department rule or regulation should be amended and shall transmit its determination to the commissioner.

(3) Upon receipt of the commission's preliminary determination, the commissioner shall make a final determination as to whether the department rule or regulation should be amended.

(4) If the commissioner determines that the department rule or regulation should be amended, the commission shall adopt a rule or regulation consistent with the commissioner's determination. If the commissioner determines that the department rule or regulation should not be amended, a written notice of his decision shall be provided to the requesting party.

C. Municipalities, parishes, and local governmental entities shall petition the commissioner for approval of any ordinance applicable to the registration, distribution, sale, or planting of seeds. The governing authority of a public or private group or association shall petition the commissioner for approval of any subdivision restriction or regulation applicable to the registration, distribution, sale, or planting of seeds. The procedure for obtaining such approval shall be as follows:

(1) The proposed ordinance or subdivision restriction or regulation shall be sent to the commissioner and referred to the commission for a hearing.

(2) The commission shall make a preliminary determination as to the approval or disapproval of the proposed ordinance or subdivision restriction or regulation and shall transmit its determination to the commissioner.

(3) Upon receipt of the commission's preliminary determination, the commissioner shall approve or disapprove the proposed ordinance or subdivision restriction or regulation.

(4) The requesting party shall be notified of the commissioner's decision in writing.

(5) Any governing authority aggrieved by a final decision of the commissioner shall have a right to judicial review of the administrative process pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.

D. Municipalities, parishes, local governmental entities, and governing authorities of a public or private group or association, having in effect, on July 1, 2016, an ordinance or subdivision restriction or regulation affecting the registration, distribution, sale, or planting of seeds shall submit the ordinance or subdivision restriction or regulation to the commissioner on or before December 1, 2016, for approval pursuant to the provisions of this Section. Any such ordinance or subdivision restriction or regulation received by the commissioner on or before December 1, 2016, shall continue in full force and effect, unless the commissioner disapproves the ordinance or subdivision restriction or regulation in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any such ordinance or subdivision restriction or regulation not received by the commissioner on or before December 1, 2016, shall be void.

Acts 2016, No. 392, §1, eff. June 5, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:730.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 730.3
Louisiana Strawberry Marketing Board
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Strawberry Marketing Board is created in the department with its domicile in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

B.(1) The board shall consist of eleven members. Eight members shall be appointed by the commissioner and confirmed by the Senate as follows:

(a) Seven members shall be practicing strawberry producers.

(b) One member shall be a consumer with knowledge of the strawberry industry.

(2) The commissioner or his designee, the resident coordinator of the Louisiana State University Agriculture Experiment Station at Hammond or his designee, and the chairman of the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival shall serve ex officio and shall have all rights and responsibilities of appointed members. The commissioner or his designee, the resident coordinator of the Louisiana State University Agriculture Experiment Station at Hammond or his designee, and the chairman of the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival shall be counted for purposes of constituting a quorum.

C. Appointed members shall serve terms concurrent with the term of the commissioner making the appointment. The chairman of the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival shall serve for one year until the end of his term as chairman and shall be automatically replaced by his successor.

D. The presence of six members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business and the carrying out of duties of the board. Each member shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for state officers. No member of the board shall receive any salary, but each member shall receive the sum of twenty dollars per day for each day spent in actual attendance of meetings of the board and such allowance for traveling expenses in attending the meeting as is allowed other state employees for traveling expenses.

E. The members of the board shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment and annually thereafter shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from the membership of the board, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such officers or specifically designated by the board. The board may establish rules and regulations for its own government and the administration of the affairs of the board.

F. The board shall employ a director and assistant director who shall be appointed by the board, 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 to carry into effect the rules, regulations, and ordinances that may be adopted by the board. The commissioner shall appoint an executive secretary for the board.

G. Vacancies in appointed membership positions shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. Persons appointed to fill vacancies shall serve out the unexpired portion of the memberships to which they have been appointed.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 485, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 365, §1; Acts 1974, No. 320, §1; Acts 1977, No. 577, §1; Acts 1980, No. 729, §1, eff. July 29, 1980; Acts 1986, No. 447, §1, eff. July 1, 1986; Acts 1992, No. 57, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1253, §1; Acts 2004, No. 764, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8D, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 149, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2019, No. 140, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:562 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 562
Regulation by Louisiana Board of Animal Health
Status: in_force

The power of control and execution of this Part over the business and industry of livestock as set forth herein shall be under the Louisiana Board of Animal Health which may exercise such regulatory powers as are necessary to properly carry out the provisions of this Part and may issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary in connection with the provisions of this Part and in requiring that certain animal health requirements be met by market agencies and dealers.

Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1401
Fees
Status: in_force

A. Each application for registration with the commission shall be accompanied by a registration fee not to exceed forty dollars. The commission by rule shall establish a schedule of registration fees based upon the number of registrants, the volume of commercial feed sold in this state by each, and the estimated expenses incurred by the commissioner in administering the provisions of this Part.

B. The commission shall establish by rule a fee, not to exceed twenty dollars, to be paid by each registrant filing a label with the commission.

C.(1) Except as provided in Subsection E of this Section, each registrant who manufactures a commercial or customer-formula feed for distribution in this state shall pay the commission an inspection fee of one dollar per ton on all commercial feed sold in the state. Payment of the inspection fee shall be made on the basis of tonnage reports submitted to the commission by the registrants of commercial feeds; however, the minimum inspection fee due for each quarter shall be ten dollars.

(2) A registrant shall keep all records necessary to accurately indicate the tonnage and kind of commercial feed sold and shall permit the commissioner or his authorized representatives to examine these records and to verify the statement of tonnage.

(3) Tonnage reports shall be made on forms supplied by the commissioner and suitable for providing the necessary tonnage and statistical information.

(4) The tonnage reports and inspection fees shall be due and payable on the first day of October, the first day of January, the first day of April, and the first day of July. If the report is not filed and payment made within thirty days after the date due, a penalty of twenty-five percent of the amount due shall be assessed against the registrant. If payment is not made within thirty days after the due date, the amount of fees due, plus the penalty, shall constitute a debt and become the basis of a judgment against the registrant.

(5) All information as to the amount of feed sold and business practices of the registrant obtained from tonnage reports or from inspection of records and books shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure as public record.

D. The inspection fee shall be collected only once on each lot of ingredients. To achieve this end, the following provisions shall apply:

(1) No fee shall be paid on a commercial feed if the fee has been paid by a previous manufacturer.

(2) No fee shall be paid on customer-formula feeds if the inspection fee has been paid on the commercial feeds which are used as ingredients therein.

(3) No fee shall be paid on commercial feeds which are used as ingredients for the manufacture of registered commercial feeds. If the fee has already been paid, credit shall be given for that payment.

E. In the case of a commercial feed which is distributed in this state only in packages of ten pounds or less, an annual fee of two hundred dollars shall be paid in lieu of the inspection fee provided in Subsection C of this Section.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1; Acts 2012, No. 16, §1; Acts 2020, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3381 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3381
Policy; purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the exposure of school children to pesticides poses known and, as of yet, unknown risks to their health and well-being. Providing controls on the application of these pesticides will help to ensure the safety and well-being of children in the state.

Acts 1993, No. 729, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:644 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 644
Producers' rights under bond or other security
Status: in_force

Any producer of milk to whom money is due for milk sold to any manufacturer, pasteurizer, or distributor, shall have full recourse on the bond or other security that shall be required by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, as provided by this Part, for all such amounts.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 109, §4; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4606 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4606
State standards; supply of copies
Status: in_force

A. The weights and measures received from the United States under joint resolution of congress approved June 14, 1836 and July 27, 1866, and any weights and measures in conformity therewith applied by the state shall, when they have been certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, be the state standard of weights and measures. These state standards shall be submitted to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for certification as often as required by that institute.

B. The state shall supply as many copies of the state standards of weights and measures and as many other weights, measures, and apparatus as are necessary for enforcement personnel to enforce the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4321 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4321
Forest protection assessment; Forest Protection Fund and Subfund; disposition of funds
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby levied an annual assessment of eight cents per acre on each acre of timberland in the state to be paid by the owners thereof, which shall be known as the forest protection assessment. "Timberland", as used in this Part, means bona fide timberland being assessed at its use value as defined and determined pursuant to R.S. 47:2301 et seq.

B. The assessment shall be entered on the tax rolls by the assessor and shall be paid by the owner of such timberland to the sheriff and ex officio tax collector of the parish in which the timberland is located in the same manner as parish ad valorem taxes and, when collected, shall be remitted to the state treasurer to be used solely as provided in this Part.

C.(1) 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 B of this Section shall be credited to a special fund hereby created in the state treasury to be known as the "Forest Protection Fund" hereafter in this Section, the "fund".

(2) The monies in the fund, exclusive of monies in the Wildfire Suppression Subfund, shall be expended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry for the acquisition and maintenance of equipment for the protection of forest lands from damage by fire or other causes and only in the amounts appropriated annually by the legislature. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year, exclusive of monies in the Wildfire Suppression Subfund, shall revert to the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority.

D.(1) There is hereby established in the state treasury a special subfund in the Forest Protection Fund to be known as the "Wildfire Suppression Subfund", hereafter in this Subsection, the "subfund".

(2) Funds equal to twenty-five percent of that portion of the severance tax on timber allocated to the state by Article VII, Section 4(D) of the Constitution of Louisiana shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury.

(3) Beginning with the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year and for each fiscal year thereafter, and 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 by this Subsection shall be credited to the subfund. The subfund shall be used solely as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature. Monies in the subfund 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 the subfund. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the subfund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the subfund.

(4) The monies in the subfund shall be used solely by the department for forest fire suppression with an intent that money is primarily used for the purpose of appointment and retention of forest firefighters within the office of forestry.

E. No amount appropriated pursuant to this Section shall displace, replace, or supplant appropriations from the state general fund for the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. This Subsection shall mean that no appropriation for any fiscal year from the Forest Protection Fund and Wildfire Suppression Subfund shall be made for any purpose for which a general fund appropriation was made in the previous year unless the total appropriations for the fiscal year from the state general fund for such purpose exceed general fund appropriations for the previous year.

Acts 1990, No. 5, §1, eff. May 30, 1990; Acts 2015, No. 315, §1; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 25, §1, eff. Oct. 28, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:314 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 314
State office of rural development
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within the office of the governor an office of rural development. The head of the office shall be the director of rural development who shall be appointed by the governor to serve at his pleasure. The appointment shall be subject to Senate confirmation.

B. The director shall employ necessary staff to carry out the duties and functions of the office as otherwise provided in this Chapter, or as otherwise provided by law. As part of the necessary staff, the director shall employ one regional director in each of the eight regional planning commission districts of the state. Each applicant for the position of regional director shall reside in the district in which he seeks employment as a regional director. Any person hired as a regional director shall remain a resident of the district in which he is employed throughout the entirety of his employment. Regional directors shall serve under the supervision of the director and assist with the functions and duties assigned by the director and as provided for under this Chapter.

C. The director shall prepare and submit to the governor and the House and Senate Committees on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development annually, on March first of each year, a comprehensive report concerning the assistance activities undertaken by the office, recommendations for legislative proposals, data concerning program activities in rural areas, and other pertinent information which will indicate the activities conducted by the office in the previous year.

D. The governor shall direct that all state agencies provide the director with assistance in advancing the purpose of the office and to assure that the activities of the office are fully coordinated with the activities of state agencies providing related services.

Acts 1990, No. 216, §1; Acts 1991, No. 396, §2; Acts 1991, No. 449, §1; Acts 2003, No. 116, §1, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2021, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3531 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3531
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture for the state of Louisiana.

(2) "Board" means the Louisiana Rice Promotion Board.

(3) "Producer" means any person who receives a share in the proceeds from the sale of rice produced in this state.

(4) "Rice" means all marketable green and dry rough "paddy" rice produced within the state of Louisiana for milling, seed or other commercial purposes.

(5) "Hundredweight" means one hundred pounds, excluding tare.

(6) "Miller" means any person engaged within or without the state in the operation of milling rice.

(7) "Handler" means any person engaged in the business of handling rice.

(8) "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other business unit.

(9) "Fiscal year" means July first through June thirtieth of the following year.

(10) "CCC" means the Commodity Credit Corporation.

(11) "Buyer" means any person who purchases rice at the first point of sale only.

(12) "Collection" means collecting and refunding the assessments.

(13) "Louisiana Rice Council" means the Louisiana section of the Rice Council for Market Development.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 104, §1; Acts 1991, No. 98, §1, eff. July 1, 1991; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8H, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2073 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2073
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter:

(1) "Board" means the Louisiana Equine Promotion and Research Advisory Board.

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

(3) "Equine" means all members of the genus Equus, regardless of age, including horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, and zebras.

(4) "Equine educational program" means any event focused on improving a participant's understanding of equines.

(5) "Equine event" means any kind of show, exposition, contest, or tournament where equines are shown competitively.

(6) "Equine facility" means any facility used to host equine events.

(7) "Equine industry member" means any person with an interest and background in the requirements of owning, breeding, showing, or managing equines.

(8) "Equine performance" means any discipline within the equine industry where equines are used competitively or in exhibition.

(9) "Equine research" means any scholarly activity conducted to collect scientific data utilizing experimental design.

(10) "Program" means the Louisiana Equine Promotion and Research Program.

(11) "Promotion of the equine industry" means the development of a comprehensive marketing plan for the equine industry including a website, social media, and an advertising program that includes all breeds, disciplines, and equine-related activities.

(12) "Therapeutic riding and rehabilitation center" means any Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) accredited program that utilizes equine-assisted activities to contribute positively to the cognitive, physical, and social well-being of individuals.

(13) "Trail facility" means a facility with routes planned specifically for public equine use as well as necessary support areas such as camping facilities.

Acts 2021, No. 168, §1, eff. June 11, 2021.
La. R.S. § 3:2007 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2007
Tit. 3, § 2007. Impounding scrub bull not restrained
Status: in_force

The several parishes may impound any scrub bull whose owner fails to keep it enclosed and to hold the same until all charges are paid, whether or not the owner resides within the parish where the animal is impounded.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:573 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 573
Penalty
Status: in_force

Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Part shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, for each violation.

Acts 1990, No. 23, §1; Acts 2012, No. 204, §3(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4678 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4678
Commissioner may take samples
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized to take samples of all petroleum products and all substitutes for such petroleum products offered for sale, consumption, or distribution in this state. These samples may be taken from any commercial weighing or measuring device used in the sale or distribution of petroleum products, or from vehicle tanks used in the transporting of such products, or from any storage tank containing petroleum products intended for distribution, sale, or consumption in Louisiana.

Acts 2003, No. 139, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2354
Penalty for violation; civil liability
Status: in_force

Whoever violates any provision set forth in this Part or any rule or regulation promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, or interferes with any authorized agent of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry while in the performance of his official duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense, or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court having jurisdiction, and shall also be liable to any persons injured for all damages resulting from the violation.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 180, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2482 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2482
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Council" means the Louisiana Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council.

(2) "Fund" means the Commemorative Pet Stamp Fund.

(3) "Program" means the Louisiana Commemorative Pet Stamp Program.

(4) "Qualified entities" means any veterinarian licensed in this state, veterinary hospital, or organization qualified as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended.

Acts 2024, No. 440, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 14
Executive counsel and assistants; qualifications
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry may employ an executive counsel and such assistants as he finds necessary. The executive counsel and any assistants shall be duly qualified and admitted to practice law in Louisiana. The commissioner may fix the compensation of each.

Acts 2012, No. 152, §1, eff. May 14, 2012.
La. R.S. § 3:2573 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2573
Tit. 3, § 2573. Fees and costs
Status: in_force

The fees and costs under this Part shall be as follows except for sheep and goats: for impounding, one dollar; for keeping, fifty cents per head, for each day the stock are kept by the impounder or keeper; for making the sale, fifty cents per head for each animal sold; for proceeding, as in case of estrays, such costs as are now allowed by law in cases of estrays in the several parishes. For sheep and goats the charge for impounding shall be ten cents per head; for keeping, five cents per head for each day; for making the sale, ten cents per head.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:745 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 745
Branding or marking or obliterating brands or marks
Status: in_force

No person shall wilfully and knowingly brand or mark the animal of another person, or intentionally alter, deface, or obliterate a brand or mark on the animal of another person.

Acts 1982, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4679 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4679
Record of products sold
Status: in_force

Each dealer, distributor, or importer shall keep a full and complete record of petroleum products received, used, sold, or delivered within this state by him, together with invoices, bills of lading, and other pertinent records and papers as may be required by the commissioner for the reasonable administration of this Subpart until the taxes to which they relate have prescribed. All such records shall be opened for inspection to the commissioner at all reasonable hours. Each dealer, distributor, or importer that willfully and knowingly violates this Section by failing to provide such records may be subject to a fine of up to five thousand dollars.

Acts 2003, No. 139, §1, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2016, No. 53, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3246 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3246
Certification and licensing of agricultural consultants
Status: in_force

A. No person shall be employed as an agricultural consultant unless that person has the proper certification. Certification shall be issued only after the applicant has satisfactorily passed an examination. Certification shall be valid for three years and shall be renewed in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner. The commissioner by rule shall provide for the issuance of annual certification cards.

B. Applicants for certification as agricultural consultants shall elect to be examined for certification in one or more of the following categories:

(1) Control of insects, mites, nematodes, or other invertebrates.

(2) Control of plant pathogens.

(3) Control of weeds.

(4) Soil management.

(5) Such other categories as the commissioner by rule may establish.

C. The commissioner by rule may establish such other categories as he deems necessary.

D. No new applications for an agricultural consultant's certificate shall be accepted unless the applicant furnishes satisfactory evidence that he meets the following requirements:

(1) He holds a bachelor's, master's, or a doctor's degree from an accredited college or university.

(2) He has earned at least thirty semester hours of college credit in agronomy, soil science, weed science, entomology, plant pathology, horticulture, plant physiology, or other biological science, or any combination of such.

(3) He has earned at least three hours of college credit in each discipline area for which certification is sought. The four discipline areas requiring certification are entomology, plant pathology, weed science, and soil science.

(4) He has, with a master's or doctor's degree, at least one crop season of experience, and with a bachelor's degree, at least two crop seasons of experience, in the field for which he requests certification, employed by a certified agricultural consultant.

E. All experience shall be documented in such manner as the commissioner may require. The commissioner may waive the requirement of experience while employed by an agricultural consultant for applicants with a master's or doctor's degree who demonstrate other comparable experience.

F. Every field scout employed by a licensed agricultural consultant shall be registered with the Department of Agriculture. This registration shall be valid only as long as the individual is employed by the agricultural consultant indicated on the face of the registration certificate.

G. Agricultural consultants shall put all recommendations in writing with two copies each. One copy shall be signed, dated, and furnished to the person for whom the recommendation is being made. The consultant shall, for three years, retain one copy which shall be furnished to the commissioner upon his request. When a pesticide use is recommended, the recommendation shall include:

(1) The pesticide or pesticides recommended.

(2) The recommended rate of application.

(3) The date on which each application is recommended.

(4) The area to be treated.

(5) A brief statement of the reason or reasons for the recommendations.

(6) Such other information as the commissioner may require.

H. No person shall engage in business as an agricultural consultant for a fee unless that person holds a license as an agricultural consultant. The commissioner by rule shall provide for the requirements for an agricultural consultant's license. Each agricultural consultant's license shall expire on December thirty-first of each year and may be renewed in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner.

I. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to employees of the state or federal government conducting research or demonstrations in their official capacities.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1983, No. 347, §1; Acts 1988, No. 223, §1; Acts 1997, No. 57, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2012, No. 147, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2017, No. 56, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:144 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 144
Tit. 3, § 144. How associations organized in another state may carry on business in this state
Status: in_force

Any co-operative marketing association organized under appropriate laws of any other state for the purposes and with the restrictions and limitations substantially the same as those set forth in this Part, may operate and do business in this state with all the rights, powers, and privileges granted to any co-operative marketing association incorporated under this Part, upon compliance with the laws of this state regarding the qualifications of foreign corporations to carry on business within this state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3507 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3507
Exceptions to Chapter
Status: in_force

A. This Chapter does not apply to any order, rule, or regulation which is issued by the Louisiana Public Service Commission or the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to the operation of common carriers.

B. This Chapter is not applicable to any retailer of any commodity except to the extent that such retailer also engages in the production, processing, or distribution of any commodity.

C. This Chapter is not applicable to producers who sell directly to retail stores but shall be applicable if these producers sell through the distribution warehouses of these retail stores.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 500, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8J, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. R.S. § 3:2001 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2001
Tit. 3, § 2001. Parish regulations to aid improvement of breeds
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of the several parishes may pass reasonable regulations for the protection of those engaged in the livestock industry in improving the breeds of livestock.
La. R.S. § 3:1103 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1103
Tit. 3, § 1103. Nature of operations on farms
Status: in_force

The Department of Institutions shall purchase and maintain on demonstration farms such livestock and shall engage in such general farming and agricultural operations as in its judgment will best demonstrate the proper operation of agricultural and stock farms in the respective sections in which they are located. To this end it shall as rapidly as possible equip and maintain on the properties modernly equipped farm and stock implements, fixtures, and buildings, and in general do such things as will be required to make effective the provisions of this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2808 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2808
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

There is hereby found and declared a necessity for fencing certain public highways of the state of Louisiana and necessity that its application be uniform throughout the state.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 187, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3276 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3276
Public participation
Status: in_force

A. Citizen complaints concerning the treatment, storage, or disposal of pesticide wastes may be filed with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry at any time during normal working hours. Complaints shall be in writing and shall be signed by the complainant.

B. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall investigate any citizen complaint involving the treatment, storage, or disposal of pesticide wastes. The investigation shall be initiated within thirty days of the receipt of the complaint.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1986, No. 509, §1; Acts 1990, No. 136, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:262 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 262
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

A. The legislature hereby finds and declares that there exists in the state of Louisiana a serious shortage of capital and credit available for investment in agriculture, for domestic and export purposes, at interest rates within the financial means of persons engaged in agricultural production and agricultural exports. In conjunction with the financial problems associated with the agricultural industry there exists a need to provide economic assistance to those individuals who wish to convert their farming operation to the development of aquacultural products of a seafood nature for domestic and export purposes. In addition, there exists a need to provide economic assistance to persons who wish to engage in mariculture projects. This shortage of available capital and credit is severe throughout the state, has persisted for a number of years, and constitutes a grave threat to the agricultural industry and to the health, welfare, safety, and prosperity of all residents of the state.

B. The legislature hereby finds and declares further that private enterprise and existing federal and state governmental programs have not adequately alleviated the severe shortage of capital and credit available at affordable interest rates for investment in agriculture or in the conversion to aquaculture or for investment in mariculture projects.

C. The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is a matter of grave public necessity that the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority be created and empowered to alleviate the severe shortage of capital and credit available at affordable interest rates for investment in agriculture, including buildings and related facilities used by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to promote and assist agriculture and forestry within this state, and for the export of agricultural products, commodities, and services, and for capital investment in converting to aquacultural farming, and for capital investment in mariculture projects by providing such capital and credit at interest rates within the financial means of persons and businesses engaged in agriculture and agricultural exports.

D. The legislature hereby finds that in order to convert Louisiana from an exporter of raw agricultural products into an exporter of processed products of high added value and to expand the state's economic base, it is necessary that the state encourage and support the development of agricultural plants to process products in this state. It is necessary for the state to develop and enhance its capacity to process agricultural products in Louisiana including providing financial assistance to any person who owns, leases, or operates, or is seeking to own, lease, or operate an agricultural plant in this state.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 96, §1, eff. July 23, 1983. Acts 1987, No. 502, §1; Acts 1987, No. 856, §1, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 2003, No. 230, §1, eff. June 5, 2003; Acts 2009, No. 510, §1, eff. July 10, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3424 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3424
Prohibited acts; criminal penalties
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any warehouse to sell, alienate, encumber, transfer title to, pledge, mortgage, or hypothecate in any manner any agricultural commodity or other farm product, or any portion thereof, which has been deposited by the owner thereof specifically for any type of storage, under any type of warehouse receipt or under a scale ticket marked "storage", and which is not the property of the warehouse, without the specific written authorization of the owner thereof. The sale, alienation, encumbrance, transfer of title, pledging, mortgaging, or hypothecation of any such agricultural commodity or other farm product without the written authorization of the owner thereof shall be presumptive evidence of the warehouseman's criminal intent to deprive such owner of his agricultural commodity or other farm product, or the market value thereof, and the warehouse and warehouseman shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both.

B. Any grain dealer who intentionally violates R.S. 3:3413(B) by maintaining a risk position in excess of thirty percent of its current net worth shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both.

C. Any warehouseman, cotton merchant, or cotton agent, or grain dealer who is found to have willfully submitted false reports of any kind required by this Chapter or by rule or regulation of the commission shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties for perjury established under R.S. 14:123.

D. The willful failure of a cotton merchant or a cotton agent to pay for cotton delivered which was purchased by the cotton merchant or cotton agent from a cotton producer in this state shall be fraudulent conduct for the purposes of R.S. 14:67.

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. § 3:2139 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2139
Penalty for violations
Status: in_force

Whoever willfully violates this Part shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or both.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 722, §1; Acts 2004, No. 39, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 204, §3(B) and (D).
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3517 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3517
Major amendments to marketing order
Status: in_force

A. In making effective major amendments to a marketing order, the commissioner shall follow the same procedures which are prescribed in this Chapter for the institution of a marketing order.

B. For the purposes of this Chapter, a major amendment to a marketing order shall include but not be limited to an amendment which adds to or deletes from, a marketing order authority any of the following:

(1) Providing for the grade, size, or quality of a commodity, which may be prepared for market or marketed within this state.

(2) Providing for the grade, size, or quality of any commodity, which any handler may purchase or acquire from or handle on behalf of any and all producers of such commodity within this state during any particular growing season.

(3) Providing for the grade, size, or quality of any commodity, which any handler may process, distribute, or handle within this state during any particular growing season.

(4) Establishing uniform grading and inspection of any commodity and the establishment of grading standards of quality, condition, size, or pack of such commodity.

(5) Establishing plans for advertising and sales promotion of any commodity.

(6) Prohibiting unfair trade practices.

(7) Carrying out research studies in the production, processing, or distribution of any commodity.

(8) Increasing an assessment rate beyond the maximum rate which is authorized by the marketing order then in effect.

(9) Extending the application of the provisions of any marketing order to portions or uses of a commodity not previously subject to such provisions or to restrict the extension of the application of such provisions upon the producers or handlers of such portions or uses of any such commodity.

C. Modification of any provision of any marketing order in effect for the purpose of clarifying the meaning or application of such provision or modifying administrative procedures for carrying out such provision is not a major amendment of such marketing order.

D. The exercise by the commissioner of any regulatory authority which is authorized in a marketing order or marketing agreement is not a major amendment, but it is a seasonal marketing regulation.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 500, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8J, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3111 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3111
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Part is to classify and regulate the growing of nonnative wildlife species of domestic farm-raised ratites including but not limited to ostrich, rhea, emu, and cassowary for the purpose of producing meat, skins, hides, feathers, oil, and progeny.

Acts 1993, No. 134, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3552 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3552
Louisiana Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board; creation and organization
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board is created with its domicile at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The board shall be composed of twelve producer members to be appointed by the governor to serve terms concurrent with the governor. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation. Eight members of the board shall be practical producers of soybeans in the state of Louisiana and four members shall be practical producers of wheat, corn, or grain sorghum. The Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., shall submit the names of eight practical soybean producers to the governor, and he shall appoint five persons from the nominees to serve on the board. The Louisiana Soybean Association shall submit the names of five practical soybean producers to the governor, and he shall appoint three members from the nominees to serve on the board. The Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., shall submit the names of three persons who produce wheat, corn, or grain sorghum to the governor and he shall appoint two persons from these nominees to serve on the board. The Louisiana Cotton and Grain Association shall submit the names of three persons who produce wheat, corn, or grain sorghum to the governor and he shall appoint two persons from these nominees to serve on the board. Every fourth year the aforenamed organizations shall submit the names of nominees to the governor and succeeding boards shall be appointed by the governor in the same manner, giving equal representation to each organization in the appointment of the eight members who are practical soybean producers.

B. The members of the board shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment, and shall elect a chairman, vice chairman and a secretary-treasurer from the membership of the board, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such officers or specifically designated by the board. The board may establish rules and regulations for its own government, and the administration of the affairs of the board. The board may disqualify any appointed member for cause, including excessive absences from board meetings. If any board member is so disqualified, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the chairman from a list of two names submitted by the nominating authority for the remainder of the term.

C. The commissioner of agriculture shall serve as an ex officio member of the board.

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

Added by Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 45, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 44, §1, eff. June 9, 1980; Acts 1985, No. 390, §1, eff. July 10, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 447, §1, eff. July 1, 1986; Acts 1989, No. 59, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8G, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2011, No. 207, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3712 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3712
Purchase of feedstock by operators of renewable fuel manufacturing facilities; notice requirements; annual report
Status: in_force

A. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the production of renewable fuels in Louisiana derived from Louisiana feedstock is vital to the health of the agricultural economy of Louisiana. The use of renewable domestic fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel will increase available supplies of motor fuels without increasing dependency on foreign oil. The construction and operation of facilities manufacturing renewable fuels will serve as an economic boost to many rural areas of our state. Assuring that the optimal use of Louisiana grown crops in the manufacturing of renewable fuels by facilities located in Louisiana will provide a deeper, broader and longer-lasting benefit to the state's economy and is a matter of public policy.

B. The purpose of this Chapter is to assure that Louisiana farmers have the opportunity to have Louisiana harvested crops purchased as feedstock by operators of renewable fuels manufacturing facilities in Louisiana by requiring the collection and reporting of information regarding the operation of the facilities and to provide for the certification of the facilities for certain programs provided by this state.

C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all renewable fuels manufacturing facilities who have either been assigned by Louisiana Works a North American Industrial Classification System code within the nonpotable ethyl alcohol manufacturing Sector 325193 or a facility that produces biodiesel or other fuel additives and must register with the United States Environmental Protection Agency according to the requirements of 40 CFR 79.

D.(1) Beginning July 1, 2006, there will be a presumption that renewable fuel plants operating in Louisiana and deriving ethanol from the distillation of corn shall use as feedstock at least twenty percent of the corn crop harvested in Louisiana. In succeeding years, the minimum percentage of Louisiana harvested corn used to produce renewable fuel in Louisiana facilities shall be at least the same percentage of corn used nationally to produce renewable fuel as reported by the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of the Chief Economist.

(2) Beginning July 1, 2006, there will be a presumption that renewable fuel plants operating in Louisiana and deriving biodiesel from soybeans and other crops shall use as feedstock at least two and a half percent of the soybean crop harvested in Louisiana. In succeeding years, the minimum percentage of Louisiana harvested soybeans presumptively to be used to produce renewable fuel in Louisiana facilities shall be the percentage of soybeans used nationally to produce renewable fuel as reported by the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of the Chief Economist.

(3) As additional crops are used in the production of renewable fuels at facilities in Louisiana, there will be a presumption that renewable fuel plants operating in Louisiana shall use Louisiana harvested crops in a percentage rate at least equal to the percentage of the crops's usage nationally in the production of renewable fuel as reported by the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of the Chief Economist.

(4)(a) In an effort to enable the renewable fuel plants in operation in Louisiana to systematically increase the use of Louisiana crops as feedstock over time as provided in this Subsection, the provisions of R.S. 3:4674, except as it relates to biodiesel, shall not be effective until six months after the average wholesale price of a gallon of Louisiana-manufactured ethanol, less any federal alcohol fuel mixture tax credit, is equal to or below the average wholesale price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Louisiana for a period of not less than sixty days, as determined by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

(b) In gathering pricing information to be used in making the determination required by Subparagraph (a), the commissioner shall rely upon sales in Louisiana and shall utilize recognized information services, including but not limited to the Oil Price Information Service.

(c) The commissioner shall provide public notice of his determination in the Louisiana Register within ten days after the determination is made.

E. To improve dissemination of information regarding supply needs of renewable fuel manufacturing facilities operating in Louisiana and to assure that Louisiana farmers are adequately and timely informed about the feedstock needs of these facilities, the operators of all renewable fuel manufacturing facilities shall, at least one hundred eighty days prior to the start of commercial operation of such facilities, provide notice to the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, the secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy, and the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development.

F. The initial notice shall also contain the anticipated production level for the facility's first twelve months of operation, the amount and type of feedstock anticipated necessary to meet production levels for the first twelve months of operation, the location from where the feedstock originated if already secured, and the steps taken to obtain feedstock from Louisiana harvested crops. The report shall also itemize the federal, state, and local grants, loans or incentive program benefits obtained by the facility obtained for the construction or operation of the facility.

G. By December thirty-first of each calendar year, renewable fuels manufacturers operating in the state shall provide notice to the commissioner of agriculture and forestry of their anticipated production levels and specific feedstock requirements for the next calendar year so that Louisiana farmers will be able to adjust, if necessary, the crops they intend to plant and harvest during the upcoming growing season.

H. Each renewable fuels manufacturing facility operating in Louisiana shall provide an annual report to the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, the secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy, and the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development certifying that it has purchased all of the competitively priced Louisiana feedstock available during its operations. The report shall also list the production levels for the previous twelve months, the amount and type of feedstock used to achieve the production levels, the location from where the feedstock originated, and the steps taken to obtain Louisiana harvested feedstock. The report shall also itemize the financial benefits that the facility has received from the state, including but not limited to the use of state grants, state-assisted financing, participation in the Quality Jobs Program, the Enterprise Zone Program, and the 10-Year Industrial Exemption Program.

I. The commissioner of agriculture and forestry shall promulgate rules and regulations with regard to documenting the information supplied by the renewable fuels manufacturing facilities as provided for in this Section.

Acts 2006, No. 656, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2013, No. 184, §6; Acts 2023, No. 150, §1, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3419 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3419
Records required
Status: in_force

A. Each warehouse shall maintain complete, separate, and correct records and accounts pertaining to each warehouse, including, but not limited to, records and accounts of all commodities and farm products received therein and withdrawn therefrom, all unissued warehouse receipts and scale tickets issued by it, and the warehouse receipts and scale tickets returned to it and canceled by it.

B. Each grain dealer and cotton merchant shall maintain complete, separate, and correct records, including but not limited to records of each transaction with each producer and records reflecting the grain dealer's or cotton merchant's daily position with respect to all commodity transactions.

C. Warehouses, cotton merchants, and grain dealers shall maintain all required records in a form acceptable to the commission for a period of five years.

D. Each warehouse, cotton merchant, and grain dealer shall permit any officer or authorized representative of the commission to enter all locations listed on the application of such warehouse, cotton merchant, or grain dealer and inspect, copy, examine, or audit all contents, facilities, equipment, records, books, and accounts relating thereto. Such inspection, copying, examination, or audit may be made on any business day, during normal working hours. The warehouse, cotton merchant, or grain dealer shall provide the necessary assistance required for any inspection, copying, examination, or audit made in accordance with this Chapter or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant hereto.

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; Acts 2010, No. 767, §1, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 138, §1, eff. June 24, 2011.
La. R.S. § 3:130 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 130
Tit. 3, § 130. General and special meetings; how called
Status: in_force

In its by-laws each association shall provide for one or more regular meetings annually. The board of directors shall have the right to call a special meeting at any time, and ten per cent of the members or stockholders may file a petition stating the specific business to be brought before the association and demand a special meeting at any time. A special meeting shall thereupon be called by the directors. Notice of all meetings, together with a statement of the purpose thereof, shall be mailed to each member at least five days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that the by-laws may require instead that notices may be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, published at the principal place of business of the association.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:852 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 852
Analysis by state chemist; reports
Status: in_force

Samples received by the commissioner shall be transmitted to the state chemist who shall perform any necessary chemical or physical analysis. The results of such analyses shall be reported to the commissioner who in turn shall report them to all interested parties.

Acts 1956, No. 316, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4011 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4011
Use of other than approved method, equipment, glassware, tests or installation prohibited
Status: in_force

A. No person shall use for butterfat analysis in milk or cream any method, equipment, glassware, supplies or electronic analysis device except that which conforms to the United States Bureau of Standards or which shall have been inspected, researched, tested and approved by the commissioner.

B. No method other than the Majonnier, Babcock, or electronic fat analysis device shall be used for butterfat analysis in milk and cream until the method or device shall have been approved by the commissioner. The electronic fat analysis device shall be calibrated by the Babcock method in such manner as shall be defined by rule and regulation.

C. Every installation of laboratory equipment to be used for butterfat analysis in milk and cream shall be inspected and approved by the commissioner. No one shall use an unapproved installation.

Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1; Acts 1985, No. 218, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:736 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 736
Brands and marks
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of this Part shall apply to cattle, horses, mules, sheep, hogs, dogs, and other animals as determined by the commission.

B. The commission, by rule, shall adopt guidelines and requirements for brands and marks which shall include, but shall not be limited to the following:

(1) The other animals which shall be subject to the provisions of this Part.

(2) The style, design, and size of brands and marks.

(3) The location of brands and marks on the animal.

(4) Brands and marks recorded prior to September 10, 1982, shall not be affected by the provisions of this Subsection.

C. Brands and marks may be recorded with the commission. Each person who desires to record a brand or mark shall submit a written application on a form approved by the commission. Each application shall be accompanied by a facsimile of the brand or mark; a description of the brand or mark, including the location of the brand or mark on the animal; such other information as may be required by the commission; and the recordation fee.

D. The director shall examine the description or facsimile, or both, to determine if the brand or mark:

(1) Is currently recorded by another person.

(2) Closely resembles a brand or mark currently recorded by another person.

(3) Meets the requirements for brands and marks adopted by the commission.

E. If the brand or mark is not currently recorded, does not closely resemble a currently recorded brand or mark, and meets the requirements adopted by the commission the director shall record the brand or mark. The recordation shall be effective on the date the application was received by the commission and shall give the person for whom the brand or mark is recorded the exclusive right to use the brand or mark.

F. If the brand or mark is currently recorded, or closely resembles a currently recorded brand or mark, or does not meet the requirements adopted by the commission, the director shall not record the brand or mark and shall return the application, the fee, the facsimile, and the description to the applicant with written reasons for refusing to record the brand or mark.

G. Any applicant whose application to record a brand or mark has been refused, and any person who has recorded a brand or mark and who believes that a subsequently recorded brand or mark closely resembles a previously recorded brand or mark may appeal the decision of the director to the commission.

Acts 1982, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3810.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3810.1
Adjudicatory proceedings
Status: in_force

A. Findings of violations and imposition of penalties may be made only by a ruling of the commission based upon an adjudicatory proceeding held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and this Chapter.

B. Whenever the commissioner has any reason to believe that a violation of this Chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter has occurred, the commissioner may present the alleged violations to the commission for a determination.

C. A hearing officer shall be appointed to preside over the hearing.

D. Notice of the alleged violation, the date of the adjudicatory hearing, the conduct of discovery and the adjudicatory hearing shall be as provided in the Administrative Procedure Act.

E. The ruling of the commission shall be in writing and provided to the person charged with the violation, as provided by the Administrative Procedure Act.

F. Any appeal from a ruling of the commission shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 2008, No. 229, §1, eff. June 16, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:742 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 742
Inspection of cattle
Status: in_force

No livestock shall be sold at any public sale until such livestock have been offered for inspection by the seller to brand inspectors or a designee of the Livestock Brand Commission appointed for such purpose. Brand inspectors are authorized to inspect any livestock being transported by any means, or being loaded or prepared to be transported. Brand inspectors shall have the authority to inspect all livestock together with accompanying health documentation for each animal in conjunction with the Louisiana Board of Animal Health. Whenever health documentation for any animal is not in compliance with the requirements of the Louisiana Board of Animal Health, the brand inspector may stop all movement of the animal until all required health documentation is provided or may require the person who has possession of the animal to return the animal to the place of origin.

Acts 1982, No. 113, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 177, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3
Powers and duties of commissioner of agriculture
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner of agriculture shall be known as the commissioner of agriculture and forestry. Whenever the phrases "commissioner of agriculture" or "commissioner of agriculture and immigration" appear in any statute, rule or regulation, contract, or other document, those phrases shall be deemed to refer to the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

B. The commissioner shall direct the department, and except as otherwise provided by law shall adopt all necessary rules and regulations for the purpose of implementing the laws relating to agriculture and forestry. All rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 1986, No. 581, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4114
Modification of commissioner or board action
Status: in_force

A. Any person subject to an order, directive, rule, regulation or other result of the commissioner's action or the board's action may file a written petition with the administrative agency, stating that such order, directive, rule, regulation or other result of commissioner or board action, or any provision thereof, or any obligation imposed in connection therewith is not in accordance with law and praying for a modification thereof or to be exempted therefrom. He shall thereupon be given an opportunity for a hearing upon such petition, in accordance with regulations made by the agency, but no later than fifteen days after the date on which such petition is filed. After such hearing, the agency shall make a ruling upon the prayer of such petition which shall be final, if in accordance with law. Such ruling shall be made no later than fifteen days after the date on which the hearing ends.

B. The Nineteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction to review such ruling, provided a suit for such purpose is filed within twenty days from the date of the entry of such ruling. If the court determines that such ruling is not in accordance with law, it shall remand such proceedings to the commissioner or to the board with directions either (1) to make such ruling as the court shall determine to be in accordance with law, or (2) to take such further proceedings as, in its opinion, the law requires.

C. No suit of any kind may be filed against the commissioner or the board at any place other than the parish of East Baton Rouge. In suits against the commissioner, all service shall be made on the commissioner or on any employee of the commissioner located at the commissioner's main office. In suits against the board, all service shall be made on the director or on any board employee located at the board's main office.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 31, §1; Acts 1985, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1218 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1218
Extension of boundaries to include urban or suburban areas
Status: in_force

All cities, towns, villages or other urban or suburban areas lying within the exterior boundaries of a soil and water conservation district established pursuant to the provisions of the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law, as amended, or lying close to any such district, shall from July 27, 1966 be included in and deemed part of the district in the exterior boundaries of which it lies or the district to which it lies closest. In doubtful cases, the state committee shall determine the district of which any such urban or suburban area has become a part by virtue of this provision.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 195, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4633 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4633
Inspection of mini-sacks, sacks, and barrels; standards contents
Status: in_force

A. The department may also inspect the sacks and barrels in which the oysters arrive.

B. Each mini-sack of oysters shall contain one-half bushel; each sack of oysters shall contain one and one-half bushels; and each barrel shall contain three bushels. Mini-sacks, sacks, and barrels shall contain correct measurements at the time of delivery to the consignee, buyer, or importer and at the time of delivery to any subsequent buyer after arrival.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §1; Acts 2018, No. 172, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4213 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4213
Appointments and regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, the inspection of which is hereby provided for, and of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meats, meat food products and poultry products thereof and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which said meat, meat food products and poultry products hereinbefore described are prepared, and said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product or poultry product therefrom, prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned, until the same shall have been inspected and found to be not adulterated, and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this Chapter and by rules and regulations to be prescribed by said commissioner and said commissioner shall, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this Chapter, and all inspections and examinations made under this Chapter shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and regulations prescribed by said commissioner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 1968, No. 376, §12. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3810 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3810
Violations
Status: in_force

A. Failure to comply with any provision of this Chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter shall constitute a violation. Violations include but are not limited to:

(1) Performing any of the following acts in a regulated profession or occupation without either a valid appropriate license or permit issued by the commissioner or without a regular employee who holds a valid appropriate license or permit issued by the commissioner:

(a) Engaging in or doing any form of work in a regulated profession or occupation.

(b) Receiving income, whether directly or indirectly, for engaging in or doing any form of work in a regulated profession or occupation.

(c) Advertising, soliciting, or otherwise attempting to obtain any form of work in a regulated profession or occupation.

(2) Failing to abide by any cease and desist order issued by the commission or any stop order or notice of non-compliance issued by the commissioner or their authorized employees or agents.

(3) Performing any fraudulent practice while engaged in a regulated profession or occupation or intentionally misrepresenting any matter involved in or related to work in a regulated profession or occupation.

(4) Altering, forging, counterfeiting, or using without authority any license, permit, or other document provided for in this Chapter or in any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter.

(5) Knowingly permitting any person under direct supervision of a person holding a license or permit pursuant to this Chapter to violate any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter.

(6) Failing to comply with the continuing education requirements adopted by the commission for any regulated profession or occupation.

(7) Failing to timely pay any fee, penalty, or other cost imposed under this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter.

(8) Failing to meet the appropriate minimum standards of practice for a regulated profession or occupation established by the commission through rule or regulation.

(9) Obtaining the insurance required for arborists pursuant to LAC 7:XXIX.117(E)(2) without obtaining an arborist license to perform work pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

B. Each violation shall be considered a separate offense and each day on which a violation occurs or continues to occur shall be considered a separate offense.

Acts 1965, No. 127, §2; Acts 1981, No. 621, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1; Acts 2008, No. 229, §1, eff. June 16, 2008; Acts 2024, No. 245, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3545 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3545
Failure to pay assessment: penalty
Status: in_force

A. Any buyer, miller or handler who fails to file a report or to pay any assessment within the required time by the commissioner shall forfeit to the commissioner a penalty of five percent of the assessment determined to be due, plus one percent of such amount for each month of delay or fraction thereof after the first month after such report was required to be filed or such assessment became due. The penalty shall be paid to the commissioner and shall be disposed of by him in the same manner as funds derived from the payment of the assessment imposed herein.

B. The commissioner shall collect the penalties levied herein, together with the delinquent assessments, by any of the following methods:

(1) By voluntary payment by the person liable

(2) By legal proceedings instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction

(3) By injunctive relief to enjoin any buyer owing such assessment and/or penalties from operating his business or engaging in business as a buyer of rice until the delinquent assessment and/or penalties are paid.

C. Any person required to pay the assessments provided for in this Chapter who refuses to allow full inspection of the premises, or any books, records, or other documents relating to the liability of such person for the assessment herein imposed, or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent such inspection, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both.

D. Whoever violates any other provisions of this Chapter or any rule or regulation of the board pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, or both.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 105, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8I, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3706 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3706
Audits and enforcement
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner, or his duly authorized agent or employee, may audit the books and records of each certified market participant who has received incentive payments under this Chapter to determine if the certified market participant has complied with the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated by the board. Each certified market participant who has received incentive payments shall allow the commissioner, or his duly authorized representative, access to all books and records relating to the application for or receipt of incentive payments, provided any such records, data, accounts, or other applicable documents shall be exempt from R.S. 44:1 et seq.; provided further that such books and records shall become subject to R.S. 44:1 et seq., when the books and records are presented in an adjudicatory hearing which may result in action by the board as provided in Subsection B of this Section. The commissioner, or his duly authorized representative, shall have access to any such books and records during normal working hours.

B. The board may assess a civil penalty of up to fifty thousand dollars for each violation of the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of this Chapter. The amount of the penalty shall be based upon the severity of the violation and on the amount of incentive payments wrongfully obtained. In addition to any penalties imposed under this Subsection, the board shall order the return and repayment of any incentive payments wrongfully obtained plus interest at the legal rate from the time the incentive payments were wrongfully obtained until the funds are returned. Each application for incentive payments under this Chapter may be considered as a basis for individual violations. Civil penalties shall be assessed only by the ruling of the board based upon an adjudicatory hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The board shall enforce its rulings by instituting a civil action in the district court of East Baton Rouge Parish. The board may institute a civil action seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent violations of this Chapter, or the rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of this Chapter, in the district court of East Baton Rouge Parish. In addition, the imposition of a civil sanction or penalty for wrongfully or fraudulently obtaining incentive payments shall in no way preempt prosecution under any or all applicable criminal provisions of law.

C. If the board orders a certified market participant to return and repay any incentive payments wrongfully obtained, the return and repayment of the incentive payments shall not create any right or cause of action against a producer for any payments for agricultural commodities made by the certified market participant under any contract with a producer and shall not create any grounds for terminating any such contract.

D. The board may, after an adjudicatory hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, revoke the designation of a certified market participant and terminate the board's cooperative agreement with the certified market participant if it determines that there was a violation of this Chapter or rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Chapter.

Acts 1990, No. 31, §1, eff. June 20, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1430.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1430.3
Applicability
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of this Subpart shall apply only to materials which are sold, offered for sale, or distributed in this state for the purpose of decreasing the acidity of soils used for agricultural production.

B. Substances which are sold, offered for sale, or distributed in this state for use in the construction or building industries are specifically exempt from the provisions of this Subpart.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3001 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3001
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

There is hereby found and declared a necessity for providing a means whereby each ward of every parish in the state shall have the right, by local option election, to prohibit livestock from roaming at large in each said ward on those public highways other than those provided for in R.S. 3:2803.

Added by Act 1958, No. 399, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2262 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2262
Cooperation with federal agencies; expenditure of funds
Status: in_force

Authority is hereby delegated to the Louisiana Board of Animal Health to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS Veterinary Services, in a tuberculosis control and eradication program for livestock; and the Louisiana Board of Animal Health is authorized to expend funds for the operation of the state-federal cooperative tuberculosis control and eradication program for livestock, including indemnity payments when funds permit, for animals slaughtered under the program. State indemnity shall not exceed that paid by the United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS Veterinary Services.

Acts 1950, No. 179, §2; Acts 1970, No. 571, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 204, §§2, 3(E).
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4157 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4157
Powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Part in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board. In the administration and enforcement of this Part, the commissioner, or his duly authorized agent, may enter the premises of any dairy cooperative, processor, or distributor regulated under this Part and examine that person's books, accounts, and records for purposes of determining that the assessments required under this Part have been collected and transmitted to the commissioner.

B. The commissioner, or his duly authorized agent, shall collect the assessments authorized under this Part. The commissioner may retain a portion not to exceed three percent of the total assessments collected by him to defray the costs of collection of the assessments. The commissioner shall transfer the balance of all assessments collected by him to the board on a monthly basis.

C. The commissioner may sue on behalf of the board to collect any assessments or penalties for delinquent payment of assessments which are not paid over to the commissioner as required under this Part.

D. The commissioner shall appoint and employ all personnel necessary for the efficient and proper administration of this Part, except as provided in R.S. 3:4155(B).

Added by Acts 1983, No. 526, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8L, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:559.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 559.11
Deposit and disbursement of fees and other monies
Status: in_force

A. All fees, interest, penalties, and other monies received under the provisions of this Part shall be deposited in a special fund established for the department. The commissioner shall make disbursements from the fund for the activities authorized by the Part.

B. The monies in the fund shall be used for the following purposes:

(1) To provide for the expenses of the program established by this Part. The commissioner may retain a portion of the total assessments collected, as is necessary to defray the costs of collecting assessments and administering and enforcing this Part.

(2) To fund all costs related to the orderly development of a modern, sustainable aquacultural segment of Louisiana's agriculture industry and promotion of aquaculture and aquaculture products.

Acts 2004, No. 865, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2010, No. 743, §2A, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. R.S. § 3:4277 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4277
Tit. 3, § 4277. Donation of land to state; acceptance and use
Status: in_force

The governor may accept gifts of land to the state to be held, protected, and administered by the commission as state forests and to be used to demonstrate their practical utility for reforestation and as breeding places for game. Such gifts must be absolute, except for the reservation of all mineral rights, and in no case shall exceed ten percent of the area of any parish wherein the lands are situated. The Attorney General shall see that all deeds to the state are properly executed and that the titles thereto are free and clear of all incumbrance before the gift is accepted. When any donation exceeding six hundred acres is made, the name of the donor, or any name he may suggest, shall, on the approval of the commission, be given the donation as the designation of that state forest.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2302
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Apiary" means the assembly of one or more colonies of bees at a single location.

(2) "Beekeeper" means a person who owns one or more colonies of bees.

(3) "Beekeeping equipment" means anything that is used in the operation of an apiary, such as hive bodies, supers, frames, top and bottom boards, and extractors.

(4) "Colony" or "hive" means an aggregate of bees consisting principally of workers, but having, when perfect, one queen and at times many drones; and includes brood, combs, honey, and the receptacle inhabited by the bees.

(5) "Comb package" means a package of bees shipped or moved on a comb containing honey and/or brood, with or without a queen.

(6) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture of the state of Louisiana.

(7) "Nucleus" means bees, brood, combs, and honey in or inhabiting a small hive or portion of a standard hive or other dwelling place.

(8) "Person" means any individual, firm, or corporation.

(9) "State entomologist" means the entomologist of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture.

Amended by Acts 1984, No. 529, §1; Acts 1992, No. 32, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:751 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 751
Beaver, coyote, and coydog control program
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established a beaver, nuisance feral swine, coyote, and coydog control program which shall be developed by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry to be administered by the Livestock Brand Commission. The program shall be limited to population control of beavers, nuisance feral swine, coyotes, and coydogs on private or public lands, excluding federally-owned lands, but including lands whereupon servitudes are granted to a federal entity.

B. Any state, local, or private funds available to the commissioner to fund the program may be used to match federal funds available for such purpose. The commissioner may execute such agreements with any agency of the federal government to obtain matching funds to finance the beaver, nuisance feral swine, coyote, and coydog control program.

C. Nonfederal funds to help finance the program may be obtained by the commission from the following sources:

(a) Appropriations by the legislature.

(b) Charges on participating landowners.

(c) Contributions from any other sources for such purpose.

D. The Livestock Brand Commission may adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of this Section.

E. Operation of the program shall be subject to the availability of funds.

Acts 1995, No. 546, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:556.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 556.13
Audits
Status: in_force

The commissioner may audit the books and records of each person who is required to collect and remit the assessments provided for in this Part. The sole purpose of any audit conducted under the provisions of this Section shall be to determine if the assessments have been properly collected and remitted.

Acts 1985, No. 329, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:77 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 77
Tit. 3, § 77. Amendments to articles of association
Status: in_force

The articles of association may be altered or amended at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders or members called for that purpose. Any amendment shall first be approved by two-thirds of the directors and then adopted by a vote representing a majority of all stockholders or members of the association. Amendments to the articles of incorporation when adopted shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of Title 12, Chapter 1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4226 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4226
Courts
Status: in_force

The appropriate courts are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of this Chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all kinds of cases arising under this Chapter.

Acts 1968, No. 376, §24; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:1143 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1143
Tit. 3, § 1143. Farms to promote scientific knowledge of agriculture
Status: in_force

The parish experimental farms provided for by this Part are established for the purpose of demonstrating the possibilities of the soil in the respective parishes, and in every way to disseminate a scientific knowledge of agriculture. In consequence, the work and results obtained on the parish experimental farms shall be open to the inspection and study of the public at stated times.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3009 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3009
Contents and requisites of petition
Status: in_force

A. The petition for a referendum election shall be addressed to the governing authority of the parish in which the ward is situated and shall state in essence that the signers thereof request that an election be called to submit to the qualified electors of the ward the proposition of prohibiting any or all of the species of livestock enumerated in R.S. 3:3001 from roaming at large on the public highways of said ward.

B. The petition shall be signed by twenty-five percent of the electors of the ward qualified to vote on the date on which the first signature is attached to the petition and shall state the date of signing and the address of each signing elector.

C. Said petition shall also state the species of livestock which it is proposed to prohibit from roaming at large on the public highways of the ward in which the election is to be held.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 399, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 258, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:830 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 830
Tit. 3, § 830. Eggs must be candled; permitted tolerance
Status: in_force

A person offering eggs for sale to any one other than a wholesale dealer shall first candle all eggs and remove all inedible eggs. A two percent tolerance for inedible eggs will be permitted for each case of eggs at the time of inspection.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1473 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1473
Centralized website
Status: in_force

The Louisiana State University Agricultural Center shall develop a centralized industrial hemp website that provides to the public information, resources, and educational opportunities concerning industrial hemp. The agricultural center shall develop the website in collaboration with the Southern University Agricultural Center, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the Louisiana Department of Health, the office of alcohol and tobacco control, Louisiana Economic Development, and relevant industry associations.

Acts 2021, No. 336, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4010 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4010
Revocation of license
Status: in_force

The commissioner may revoke any license or permit issued to any person under the provisions of the subpart, after a hearing, upon at least five days' notice stating the grounds for the revocation. The notice may be served personally upon or sent by registered mail to the person. The grounds for revocation are incompetence, any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent practice, or a violation of any provision of this subpart.

Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1405
Cooperation with other entities
Status: in_force

The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states, agencies of the federal government, and private associations in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this Part.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4636 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4636
Certificate of inspection
Status: in_force

The department may issue a certificate of inspection and measurement after its inspection. This certificate is prima facie evidence of the inspection and measurement of the oysters under the provisions of this Subpart.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3410.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3410.2
License required prior to engaging in business of buying or selling cotton; security requirements; agent agreements
Status: in_force

A. Any cotton merchant who purchases or contracts to purchase, either directly or through a cotton agent, cotton grown or to be grown in this state shall be licensed by the commission before purchasing or contracting to purchase such cotton. The license shall authorize cotton merchants and their cotton agents to purchase or enter into contracts to purchase cotton grown or to be grown in this state.

B. Each license issued by the commission under this Section shall specify on the face thereof that it is a cotton merchant license. A copy of the license shall be posted by the licensee in all places of business.

C. Each license issued by the commission shall be valid until June thirtieth following the date of issue and shall be renewed on or before July first of each year.

D. The fee for issuance and renewal of each license shall be two hundred dollars.

E. The commission may require the cotton merchant to submit to an examination and audit of its accounts, books, and records.

F. No cotton merchant shall purchase cotton grown or to be grown by producers in this state without having obtained the prescribed license from the commission as described in Subsection A of this Section. The commission may, for cause, revoke the license.

G. Each cotton agent shall have a written notarized agency agreement with all cotton merchants on whose behalf said cotton merchant acts. No cotton agent shall purchase cotton grown or to be grown in this state until he has obtained a written notarized agency agreement in a form approved by the commission. The commission may require the cotton agent entering into an agency agreement to submit to an examination and audit of his accounts, books, and records. The cost of any examination and audit shall be borne by the cotton agent. The commission may, for cause, revoke the authority of the cotton agent under any written notarized agency agreement.

Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 767, §1, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2015, No. 430, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1601
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be cited as the "Louisiana Boll Weevil Eradication Law".

Acts 1992, No. 58, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2310 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2310
Penalties, enforcement
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner may impose a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars for each violation of this Part or of the rules and regulations adopted under this Part. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate offense.

B. 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.

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

Acts 1984, No. 529, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2364 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2364
Louisiana Animal Control Advisory Task Force
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Section, the term "animal" shall mean a dog or cat.

B. The Louisiana Animal Control Advisory Task Force is hereby created within the office of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry under the direction of the state veterinarian for the purpose of assisting community programs in ensuring and promoting the proper treatment and well-being of animals. The task force shall consist of the following seven members to be appointed by the commissioner of agriculture:

(1) One member who is a small animal veterinarian.

(2) One member who is a director of a public animal control agency.

(3) Two individuals from the public at large.

(4) One representative from the Louisiana Animal Control Association.

(5) One representative from the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association.

(6) The state veterinarian.

C. The state veterinarian shall have the powers and duties necessary to carry out the purposes of this Section, including but not limited to the following:

(1) Support local and municipal animal control enforcement efforts.

(2) Support law enforcement in the investigation and prosecution of animal cruelty cases.

(3) Make recommendations concerning the care and keeping of animals.

(4) Coordinate a statewide voluntary pet database that will assist animal owners in recovering lost animals.

(5) Formulate and implement proposals to deal with animal overpopulation.

(6) Promulgate rules and regulations that may be adopted by parish and local authorities for the proper care and treatment of animals.

(7) Inspect animal impoundment facilities for the purpose of making recommendations to the appropriate governing authority for improvements to those facilities and their operations wherever such facilities are operated by a government animal control agency or designated by municipal or parish governments to be used for the purpose of impoundment of animals. The governing authority shall provide the state veterinarian, or his designee, with reasonable access to the facility, and access to its records, and personnel within seven days of receipt of a written request.

(8) Submit written requests to the appropriate governing authority to have its animal control agency produce public records pertaining to animal intake, adoption, and euthanasia.

D. The task force shall act in an advisory capacity to the state veterinarian and report activities periodically.

E.(1) Members of the task force shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

(2) The task force shall meet at least once per calendar year. Additional special or regular meetings may be held upon the call of the chairman.

(3) Task force members shall serve without compensation.

F. The department shall submit an annual report to the House and Senate committees on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development no later than February first of each year regarding the status of the animal control program as provided for in this Section.

G. If the department does not receive the necessary funds, incurs a reduction in funds, or receives insufficient monies to fund or continue the task force, the task force shall become inactive.

Acts 2001, No. 656, §1; Acts 2004, No. 74, §1; Acts 2004, No. 189, §1; Acts 2005, No. 248, §1, eff. June 29, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 796, §1; Acts 2016, No. 381, §1; Acts 2017, No. 422, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1485 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1485
Permit holders; qualifications
Status: in_force

An applicant for any permit issued pursuant to this Part shall demonstrate that the applicant meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Be a person of good character and reputation and over the age of twenty-one.

(2) Has not been convicted of distributing or possessing with the intent to distribute any controlled dangerous substance classified in Schedule I of R.S. 40:964 on any premises permitted pursuant to this Part, where the applicant held or holds an interest in the permitted business.

(3) Has not been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any other state or country.

(4) Has not been convicted in this or in any other state or by the United States of soliciting for prostitution, pandering, letting premises for prostitution, contributing to the delinquency of juveniles, keeping a disorderly place, letting a disorderly place, or illegally dealing in controlled dangerous substances.

(5) Does not owe the state or the local governmental subdivisions in which the application is made any delinquent sales taxes, penalties, or interest excluding items under formal appeal.

Acts 2024, No. 752, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3011 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3011
Election and effect
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish in which the ward is situated shall then proceed to call a special election on the question of prohibiting the type or types of livestock specified in the petition for election from roaming at large on the public highways of the ward. If a majority of the voters of the ward participating in an election called for the purpose of submitting to the voters of said ward the proposition of prohibiting the type or types of livestock specified in the petition for election, from roaming at large on the public highways of the ward, vote in favor of prohibiting said type or types of livestock from roaming at large, it shall be unlawful for the type or types of livestock specified to roam at large on the public highways of said ward, commencing six months from the date of said election. If a majority of the voters of the ward participating in the election vote against prohibiting livestock from roaming at large on the public highways of said ward then the provisions of this Part shall not apply to or be enforced in said ward.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 399, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2484 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2484
Commemorative Pet Stamp Fund; distribution of funds
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the state treasury as a special fund the Commemorative Pet Stamp Fund. Monies shall be deposited into the fund by the state treasurer after compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. In addition to revenues otherwise provided in this Section, the source of monies deposited into the fund shall be any monies appropriated or transferred to the fund, monies collected by the council pursuant to the program, and any monies designated for the fund and received by the state treasurer from donations, gifts, or grants for the program. Monies in the fund shall be invested in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. Interest earned on the investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited in and credited to the fund. The state treasurer shall prepare and submit to the council on a quarterly basis a printed report showing the balance of the fund.

B. Monies in the fund shall be used solely by the council for programs and purposes as provided in this Subpart. The council may distribute monies from the fund to qualified entities and may award such monies in the form of a grant and in the amount that it deems appropriate. The council may use up to fifteen percent of the revenues received annually pursuant to the program for promotion, marketing, and administrative costs associated with the program.

Acts 2024, No. 440, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4732 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4732
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that aquaculture sales and consumption have increased worldwide and that the use of antibiotics or chemicals not approved for use in food-producing animals in the United States is permitted in aquaculture in other countries and that consumers of aquaculture in Louisiana should be provided clear information as to where the aquaculture product originates to protect the health and welfare of Louisiana consumers. The legislature further finds that food-misrepresentation or the passing off of less expensive aquaculture products as pricier aquaculture products to unknowing customers and retailers has become an issue in the marketplace and is a deceitful practice. Consumers and retailers should be informed of the country of origin and species of fish in the marketplace.

Acts 2009, No. 506, §1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3505 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3505
Cause of action survives
Status: in_force

The suspension, amendment, or termination of any marketing order or marketing agreement does not suspend or terminate any cause of action which has accrued under it, but such cause of action shall survive and exist the same as if such marketing order or agreement had not been suspended, amended, or terminated.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 500, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8J, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2811 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2811
Fences erected upon public highways with state aid; damaging, removal and destruction prohibited; exceptions; penalties for violation
Status: in_force

A. Fences erected upon state highways with a contribution from the Department of Highways of the State of Louisiana are the property of the State of Louisiana. The damaging, removal or destruction of such fences, except as permitted in Sub-section B of this Section is specifically prohibited.

B. Owners of property bounded by a highway upon which such a fence has been erected may remove the fence from that portion of the highway in front of their property if they have erected similar connecting fences to prevent livestock from their lands and lands contiguous to their lands from roaming at large upon the public road. Responsibility for the effectiveness of such connecting fences shall rest upon the landowner. The state shall have no title to the connecting fences.

C. The department of public safety of the state of Louisiana shall be charged with the responsibility for administering the provisions of this Section.

D. Whoever damages, removes or destroys any fence covered by Sub-section A hereof, without previously erecting connecting fences, so as to permit the roaming of cattle upon the highways, shall, upon conviction therefor, be fined not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the parish jail for a period not to exceed thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 79, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2433 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2433
Employment of veterinarian
Status: in_force

The humane society after complying with R.S. 3:2432 shall arrange with some veterinarian, and agree upon a scale of uniform charges, and the society may employ veterinarians to attend any animals that in their judgment need treatment.

Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4621 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4621
Service agency; service person; weighmaster; registration; requirements
Status: in_force

A. No person may operate as a registered service agency, a registered service person, or as a weighmaster until he is licensed as such as provided for in this Section. The commissioner shall issue the appropriate license applied for by an applicant if the applicant provides evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the applicant:

(1) Has a thorough working knowledge of all appropriate weights and measures laws, orders, rules, and regulations, as determined by the successful completion of a commission approved and department prescribed examination.

(2) Has possession of, or available for use, weights and testing equipment appropriate in design and adequate in amount.

B. An application for such license shall be submitted by the applicant to the department on a form prescribed and furnished by the department and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed by this Chapter. Each license shall be issued by the department for the calendar year for which such license is requested and it shall contain, among other information, a license number. Each license must be renewed each calendar year by submission of a request for renewal on a form prescribed and furnished by the department and accompanied by the applicable fee.

C. Minimum test weights, test loads, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures needed to service and repair commercial weighing and measuring devices shall be equal to the test weights, test loads, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures established by regulations adopted by the commissioner. The minimum test weights, test loads, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures adopted by the commissioner must be as stringent as those recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or its successor.

D. All persons who install, service, or repair commercial weighing or measuring devices in this state shall submit the test weights, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures to the department's State Metrology Laboratory for approval each year. A current certificate of approval, issued by another state having a National Institute of Standards and Technology certified laboratory, which specifically identifies the test weights, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures may be accepted in lieu of submitting weights, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures.

E. Each person who engages in activities which are required by the commissioner to be under the control and supervision of a licensed weighmaster shall employ at least one licensed weighmaster for each shift at each place of business where such activities are conducted.

F. Each licensed service agency or service person shall, within ten days after installing, servicing, repairing, testing, or calibrating any commercial weighing or measuring device, make a report thereof to the department on the appropriate form provided by the department.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §1; Acts 2003, No. 139, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3256 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3256
Exemptions
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner by rule shall delegate to the Structural Pest Control Commission the authority to examine and certify all structural pest control operators required to be certified under the provisions of R.S. 3:3301 et seq.

B. No governmental entity or employee thereof shall be exempt from the certificate, enforcement, or record-keeping provisions of this Part, except as otherwise provided herein.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983. Acts 1983, No. 82, §1; Acts 1984, No. 800, §2, eff. July 13, 1984.