La. Rev. Stat. § 3:846 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 846
Penalties; offenses; hearings; costs
Status: in_force

A. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Part or the 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 regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part; or who fails to collect or to timely pay the assessments, fees, and penalties due or assessed 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. Any licensee who violates any of the provisions of this Part or the regulations adopted pursuant to this Part shall be subject to having his license suspended, revoked, or placed on probation, in addition to any other penalties authorized by this Part.

C. 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.

(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.

D. 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 regulation, determine the amount of costs to be assessed in adjudicatory hearings.

Acts 2003, No. 523, §1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8F, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1462 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1462
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Applicant" means a natural person or any individual who applies on behalf of a partnership, corporation, cooperative association, limited liability company, joint stock association, sole proprietorship, joint venture, business association, professional corporation, or any other legal entity or organization through which business is conducted for a grower, processor, handler, or industrial hemp seed producer license.

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

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

(4) "Cultivate" or "cultivating" means planting, growing, or harvesting industrial hemp.

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

(6) "Designated responsible party" means a natural person designated by the applicant or licensee as responsible for facility operations of the applicant or licensee facility.

(7) "Grower" means any individual, partnership, corporation, cooperative association, or other business entity that is licensed by the department to cultivate industrial hemp.

(8) "Handle" or "handling" means any of the following:

(a) Transporting or delivering industrial hemp material in intrastate commerce for compensation.

(b) Commercially harvesting, storing, or grinding industrial hemp material received from a grower.

(c) Cleaning or packaging industrial hemp seed received from a seed producer.

(d) Brokering industrial hemp material.

(e) Receiving industrial hemp material for testing.

(9) "Handler" means any individual, partnership, corporation, cooperative association, or other business entity that handles industrial hemp.

(10) "Industrial hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a total delta-9 THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.

(11) "Industrial hemp seed" means Cannabis sativa L. seed or other propagating stock which have been inspected and sampled during their period of growth and preparation for market by the commissioner, or by the inspection official of the state in which the seeds or propagating stock were grown, and which have been found to conform to the regulations issued by the commission pursuant to this Part.

(12) "Licensure" means any license that the department is authorized to issue to a grower, seed producer, processor, or handler of industrial hemp.

(13) "Performance-based sampling" means an alternative sampling method utilized by the department to ensure, at confidence level of 95%, that no more than one percent of the industrial hemp plants in each lot subject to the alternative sampling method will test above a total delta-9 THC concentration of 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.

(14) "Process" means converting industrial hemp into a marketable form.

(15)(a) "Processor" means any individual, partnership, corporation, cooperative association, or other business entity that receives industrial hemp for processing into commodities or products.

(b) "Processor" shall not include a consumable hemp processor as defined in R.S. 3:1481.

(16) "Seed producer" means a person licensed by the department to obtain, produce, transport, and sell industrial hemp seed in the state.

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

(18) "THC" means a combination of tetrahydrocannabinol and tetrahydrocannabinolic acid.

(19) "Transport" or "transporting" means the movement of industrial hemp from the premises of a licensee to the premises of another licensee or from the premises of a licensee to the premises of a permit holder pursuant to R.S. 3:1483 by means of a vehicle.

Acts 2019, No. 164, §1, eff. June 6, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 344, §1; Acts 2021, No. 336, §1; Acts 2022, No. 498, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
La. R.S. § 3:2393 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2393
Tit. 3, § 2393. Corporation to receive one half of fines
Status: in_force

Whenever a fine is imposed on any person as a penalty for violation of any law of this state or municipal ordinance respecting cruelty to animals, and the prosecution shall have been initiated, conducted, assisted, or appeared in by any officer, member, agent, or counsel of any society for the prevention of cruelty to animals in the parish where the offense is committed, incorporated under the general law of this state, one half of the fine shall be paid to the society and the receipt of its treasury shall be a full acquittance to the officer collecting the fine.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3622.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3622.1
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 forest land.

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 forest land.

(3) The length of time that the governmental action would interfere with the use of forest land.

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

(5) The extent to which the governmental action would interfere with the potential for forestry development of the 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 forest land.

(8) An estimate of the cost to the governmental entity if the entity is required to compensate one or more forest landowners.

(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 and the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, and any affected landowners.

Acts 1995, No. 302, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1733 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1733
Fee for shipment of sweet potatoes; amount
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Parts III and III-A of this Chapter, the commissioner may charge a fee of not more than six cents per bushel on every bushel of sweet potatoes moved or shipped within or out of the state and a fee of not more than ten cents per thousand on all vines, plants, and slips moved or shipped within or out of the state. The fees shall be established by rule adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 2013, No. 332, §1, eff. June 17, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2776 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2776
Time for paying dog license tax
Status: in_force

All license taxes on dogs are due annually on the anniversary date of the administration of the rabies vaccination; provided that as soon as a dog becomes no more than six months of age the owner of the dog shall be liable to pay the license tax for the year in which the dog reaches such age.

Acts 1992, No. 131, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3411 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3411
Grounds for not issuing license
Status: in_force

The commission may refuse to issue a license to any applicant for a warehouse license, cotton merchant license, or grain dealer license if the commission finds that the warehouse proposed for licensure is not suitable for the storage of agricultural commodities, or if the commission finds that the applicant for a warehouse license, cotton merchant license, or a grain dealer license cannot demonstrate a net worth of at least one hundred thousand dollars, or is incompetent to conduct such warehouse, cotton merchant, or grain dealer business in accordance with this Chapter or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant hereto; or if there is any other sufficient reason within the intent of this Chapter for not issuing such warehouse, cotton merchant, or grain dealer license.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, No. 793, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1068, §1, eff. July 17, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 302, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1034, §1; Acts 2003, No. 172, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 767, §2, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 145, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2015, No. 430, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:125 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 125
Powers
Status: in_force

Each association incorporated under this Part shall have the following powers:

(1) To engage in any activity in connection with the marketing, selling, harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling, or utilization of any agricultural product produced or delivered to it by its members; or the manufacturing or marketing of the by-products thereof; or in connection with the purchase, hiring, or use by its members of supplies, machinery, or equipment, or in the financing of any such activities; or the representation of the interest of its members; or any lawful activity for which any corporation may be formed under the laws of the state of Louisiana. No association shall handle the agricultural products of any non-member, except as necessary and incidental to the handling of the products of the members; and in any case, the value of the products of nonmembers handled, shall not exceed the value of the products handled by the association for its members.

(2) To borrow money and to make advances to members.

(3) To act as agent or representative of any member in any of the above mentioned activities.

(4) To purchase or otherwise acquire, and to hold, own, sell, transfer, pledge, or guarantee the payment of dividends or interest on, or the retirement or redemption of, shares of the capital stock or bonds of any corporation or association engaged in any related activity or in the warehousing, handling, or marketing of any of the products handled by the association.

(5) To establish reserves and to invest the funds thereof in bonds or such other property as may be provided in the by-laws.

(6) To buy, hold, and exercise all privileges of ownership over such real or personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the conducting and operating of any of the business of the association or incidental thereto.

(7) To do each and everything necessary or proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes or the attainment of any of the objects enumerated in this Part; or conducive to or expedient for the interest or benefit of the association; and in addition to exercise and possess all powers, rights and privileges necessary or incidental to the purposes for which the association is organized, or to the activities in which it is engaged; and to do any such thing anywhere.

(8) To sue and be sued, prosecute and be prosecuted before any court; and to contract.

(9) To have perpetual existence, unless a limited period of duration is stated in its articles of association.

Acts 2001, No. 41, §1; Acts 2017, No. 65, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3542 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3542
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Chapter is to promote the growth and development of the rice industry in Louisiana by expanded research of rice, thereby promoting the general welfare of the people of this state.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 105, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8I, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2264 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2264
Branding and disposition of reactors
Status: in_force

All cattle reacting to the official test for tuberculosis shall be branded with the letter "T" on the left jaw and shall be disposed of by slaughter, according to the rules and regulations of the Louisiana Board of Animal Health and the United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS Veterinary Services.

Acts 1950, No. 179, §4; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 204, §§2, 3(E).
La. R.S. § 3:2432 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2432
Tit. 3, § 2432. Arrangement with stable for care of animals
Status: in_force

Before any humane society can avail itself of the provisions of this Part, the humane society shall arrange with some stable for the care of animals and charges shall be fifty cents per day, provided however, the medical attendance shall be extra. If the society maintains its own stable the charges shall be as above set out.
La. R.S. § 3:2535 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2535
Tit. 3, § 2535. General powers of municipality unaffected
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall limit in any manner other powers granted to municipalities to prohibit the running at large of livestock within the corporate limits.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:556.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 556.11
Refunds
Status: in_force

Each person who purchases artificial crawfish bait or crawfish bags may obtain a refund of the assessment by submitting a written request for a refund to the department on or before the fifteenth day after the end of the quarter in which the artificial bait or bags were purchased. Each request for a refund shall be accompanied by copies of invoices or sales receipts showing the amount of bait or bags purchased.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 679, §1; Acts 1985, No. 330, §1; Acts 1985, No. 492, §1; Acts 1986, No. 547, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1742 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1742
Terms defined
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Sweet potatoes" means all sweet potatoes of the grades as recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture and such other grades as may be promulgated by the Louisiana Sweet Potato Advertising and Development Commission;

(2) "Bushel" means 50 pounds of sweet potatoes whether such potatoes are in crates, sacks or other containers, or in bulk;

(3) "Shipper" means any person, partnership, association, or corporation, engaged in the packaging and shipping or either packaging or shipping, of sweet potatoes or transporting sweet potatoes whether as owner, agent, or otherwise;

(4) "Shipment" shall be deemed to take place when the sweet potatoes are loaded within the state in a railroad car, boat, truck or other conveyance in which sweet potatoes are to be transported;

(5) "Commission" means the Louisiana Sweet Potato Advertising and Development Commission.

(6) "Handler" shall mean any person handling sweet potatoes in the primary channels of trade.

(7) "Processor" shall mean any person, partnership, association, or corporation engaged in the canning, freezing, or dehydrating of sweet potatoes.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 134, §§1, 2; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8C, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4614 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4614
Net weights of cereals; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. No one shall pack for sale, keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell any of the following commodities except in containers of net avoirdupois weights of two, five, ten, twenty-five, fifty, one hundred, and multiples of one hundred pounds: wheat flour, self-rising wheat flour, phosphated wheat flour, bromated flour, enriched flour, enriched self-rising flour, enriched bromated flour, corn flour, corn meal, hominy, and hominy grits.

B. The provisions of this Section do not apply to:

(1) The retailing of flours, meals, hominy, and hominy grits direct to the consumer from bulk stock.

(2) The sale of flours and meals to commercial bakers or blenders in containers of more than one hundred pounds.

(3) The sale of flours and meals for export.

(4) Flours, meals, hominy, and hominy grits packed in cartons containing five pounds or less net.

(5) The exchange of wheat for flour by mills grinding for toll.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:564 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 564
Records of sales and purchases
Status: in_force

A. Each market agency shall keep complete records of all sales and purchases for each period of twelve months. The record shall consist of the name and address of the seller, the number of the sales tag of the animal, the permanent identification number of any brucellosis test-eligible animal, the weight and price of the animal, and the name and address of the purchaser.

B. Each livestock dealer shall keep complete records of all sales and purchases for each period of twelve months. The record shall consist of the name and address of the seller, the permanent identification number of any brucellosis test-eligible animal, the weight and price of the animal, and the name and address of the purchaser.

Acts 1990, No. 58, §1; Acts 2018, No. 429, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3012 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3012
Publication of election results
Status: in_force

The results of any election required or authorized by this Part shall be promulgated by the governing authority of the parish by publishing same one time in the official journal of the parish in which the ward is situated, which publication shall be made not more than fifteen days after the date of said election.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 399, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3207 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3207
Appointment of agent for service of process
Status: in_force

Any person who is not a resident of or domiciled in this state or who has not appointed an agent for service of process in this state and who engages in any activity regulated by this Chapter does by that action appoint the secretary of state as his agent for service of process of any legal document. Venue for any legal action against any person initiated by service of process on the secretary of state shall be in the parish or parishes in which the violation occurred or the damages were sustained.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4110 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4110
Access to records
Status: in_force

Any authorized representative of the board or of the commissioner shall have access to, and may enter at all reasonable hours, all places of business operated by licensees where bulk milk or dairy products are purchased, stored, processed, manufactured, or sold, or where the licensee maintains books, papers, accounts, records, or other documents related to such activities. The board or the commissioner may subpoena, and any authorized representative of the board or the commissioner may inspect, copy, or audit, any of such books, papers, records, accounts, or documents, all for the purpose of determining whether the licensee is complying with the provisions of this subpart, and with regulations or stabilization plans issued by the board or the commissioner. The authority granted hereinabove shall also extend to books, papers, records, accounts, or other documents of persons doing business with licensees. Any information gained through utilization of the authority granted hereinabove in this section shall be treated as confidential and shall be used only for the administration of this subpart; provided, that such information may be divulged by a person when called upon to testify in any adjudicatory proceeding before the board or the commissioner or in any court proceeding, and provided further, that nothing contained in this subpart shall prevent the use of any information procured by the board or the commissioner in the compiling and dissemination of general statistical data, containing information procured from a number of licensees, and compiled in such manner as not to reveal individual information of any licensee.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 31, §1; Acts 1985, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4344 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4344
Disposition of the state's portion of the tax
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the exceptions contained in Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the portion of the timber severance tax allocated to the state by Article VII, Section (4)(D) of the Constitution of Louisiana shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

B. REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, No. 984, §18.

C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, No. 984, §18.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 487, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983. Acts 1984, No. 281, §1, eff. July 1, 1984; Acts 1992, No. 984, §§2 and 18.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3302
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Affected waters" means any waters of the state in which the levels of pesticides pose a threat or a reasonable expectation of a threat to human health or to the environment.

(2) "Appropriate governmental agency" means any federal, state, or local agency which has jurisdiction over or expertise in the subject matter affected by this Part and includes but is not limited to the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Geological Survey, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Conservation and Energy, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Department of Transportation and Development.

(3) "Commissioner" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 3:3202.

(4) "Person" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 3:3202.

(5) "Pesticide" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 3:3202.

(6) "Waters of the state" means both the surface and the underground waters within the state of Louisiana including all rivers, streams, lakes, ground waters, and all other water courses and waters within the confines of the state, and all bordering waters and the Gulf of Mexico.

Added by Acts 1988, No. 349, §1; Acts 2023, No. 150, §1, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4701 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4701
Short title
Status: in_force

This Subpart shall be cited as the "Cajun and Louisiana Creole Goods and Services Consumer Protection Law."

Acts 2006, No. 124, §1, eff. June 2, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3385 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3385
Least toxic method of pest control encouraged
Status: in_force

Schools are encouraged to use the least toxic method of pest control. The least toxic method of pest control may include pest control methods other than the application of pesticides.

Acts 1993, No. 729, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2051 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2051
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

The legislature intends by this Part to authorize the cattle production and feeding industry of this state to establish a self-financed, self-governed program to help develop, maintain, and expand the state, national, and foreign markets for cattle and beef products produced, processed, or manufactured in this state and to permit the cattle production and feeding industry of this state to contribute otherwise to the development and sustenance of a Louisiana coordinated promotion program and nationally coordinated programs of product improvement through research in consumer marketing via the accepted industry organization of the National Livestock and Meat Board and its Beef Industry Council, thus benefiting the entire United States cattle industry and the American public.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 320, §1. HCR 187, 1987 R.S.; HCR 201, 1988 R.S.; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8K, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3504 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3504
Compliance; defense to civil proceedings
Status: in_force

Proof that an act was done in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter shall be a complete defense to any civil action or proceeding arising therefrom.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 500, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8J, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3247 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3247
Use of certificates
Status: in_force

The commissioner by rule may provide that persons who hold more restrictive certificates may use those certificates in lieu of less restrictive certificates.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. R.S. § 3:2434 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2434
Tit. 3, § 2434. Stable to register animals cared for
Status: in_force

The stable designated or owned by the humane society shall keep a special book for the purpose of registering any animal entrusted to their care under this Part, and the book shall be open to inspection at all times.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3244 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3244
Certification of pesticide salespersons
Status: in_force

No person shall sell or supervise the sale of restricted use pesticides as a pesticide salesperson 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. Pesticide salespersons may supervise the sale of restricted use pesticides by competent uncertified individuals who are under the direct supervision of the pesticide salespersons.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1423 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1423
Local regulations
Status: in_force

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

B. Municipalities, parishes, and local governmental entities or governing authorities of any group or association may request that the rules and regulations applicable to the distribution, sale, or application of fertilizer 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.

(2) The commission shall conduct a hearing.

(3) The commission shall make a preliminary determination as to the advisability of amending the state rules and regulations and shall transmit its determination to the commissioner.

(4) The commissioner shall make the final determination as to the desirability of amending the state rules and regulations.

(5) If the commissioner determines that the rules and regulations should be amended, a rule or regulation consistent with the commissioner's determination shall be adopted by the commission in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. If the commissioner determines that the rules or regulations should not be amended, a written notice of the decision shall be provided to the requesting party.

C. Municipalities, parishes, and local governmental entities may petition the commissioner for approval of an ordinance applicable to the distribution, sale, or application of fertilizer. The governing authority of a public or private group or association may petition the commissioner for approval of restrictions applicable to the specific geographic area over which the group or association has jurisdiction. The procedure for obtaining such approval shall be as follows:

(1) The proposed ordinance or restrictions shall be sent to the commissioner who shall refer the ordinance to the commission for a hearing.

(2) The commission shall make a preliminary determination as to the advisability of amending the state rules and regulations and shall transmit its determination to the commissioner.

(3) Upon receipt of the recommendation of the commission, the commissioner shall approve or disapprove the proposed ordinance or restriction.

(4) Both the commission and the commissioner shall be guided by the provisions of this Section in making their respective determinations.

(5) The requesting party shall be notified by the decision in writing.

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

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 3:1422, municipalities, parishes, and local governmental entities or governing authorities of a public or private group or association, having in effect, on July 1, 2008, an ordinance or restriction affecting the registration, sale, or application of fertilizer shall submit the ordinance to the commissioner on or before December 1, 2008, for approval pursuant to this Section. Any such ordinance or restriction received by the commissioner on or before December 1, 2008, shall continue in full force and effect unless the commissioner disapproves the ordinance or restriction in accordance with this Section. Any such ordinance not received by the commissioner on or before December 1, 2008, shall be void.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3616 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3616
Civil penalties; actions
Status: in_force

A.(1) A prohibited foreign actor that violates the provisions of this Part shall be subject to a civil penalty of fifty thousand dollars and forfeiture if such entity does not divest itself of agricultural land acquired in violation of this Part within one year after judgment is entered in this action.

(2) Any civil penalty collected pursuant to this Section shall be paid to the attorney general to offset costs associated with enforcement of provisions contained in this Section.

B. A party to the contract to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire immovable property may rescind the contract prior to the transfer of the immovable property if the party determines that a foreign adversary has an ownership interest that violates the provisions of this Part.

C. The attorney general may bring an action for injunctive relief in the name of the state against the foreign adversary or prohibited foreign actor to restrain and enjoin the sale or lease prior to the transfer of the immovable property or to restrain or enjoin the lease. The attorney general shall serve the petition for injunctive relief upon the parties to the transaction. Upon receipt of the petition, a party may rescind the contract to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire immovable property pursuant to Subsection B of this Section. The attorney general shall file a notice of lis pendens in the mortgage records of the parish in which the property is located no later than three business days after instituting the proceeding. The institution of the action and the filing of the notice of lis pendens shall have no effect on persons obtaining rights in the immovable property prior to the filing of the notice of the pending action.

D.(1) The attorney general may serve an investigative demand or subpoena for deposition testimony to any person who is believed to have information, documentary material, or physical evidence relevant to the alleged or suspected attempt to enter into, conspiracy to enter into, or entering into a contract to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire immovable property in this state if all of the following exist:

(a) The attorney general has evidence that a foreign adversary or a prohibited foreign actor is attempting to enter into, conspiring to enter into, or has entered into a contract to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire immovable property in this state.

(b) The attorney general believes it to be in the public interest that an investigation should be made to ascertain whether a foreign adversary or a prohibited foreign actor in fact is attempting to enter into, conspiring to enter into, or has entered into a contract to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire immovable property in this state.

(2)(a) Such investigative demand or subpoena for deposition testimony shall contain a description of the attempt to enter into, conspiracy to enter into, or entering into a contract to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire immovable property in this state under investigation and shall require such person to furnish, under oath or otherwise, a report in writing setting forth the relevant facts and circumstances of which the person has knowledge, or to produce relevant documentary material or physical evidence for examination, at such reasonable time and place as may be stated in the investigative demand that is the subject matter of the investigation. Nonpublic personal information may be excluded from the report, deposition, or other testimony.

(b) Any subpoena for deposition testimony issued pursuant to this Section shall include a notice informing the prospective deponent of the deponent's right to counsel at the deposition with an opportunity for cross-examination, and the deposition shall be conducted at the deponent's principal place of business, deponent's place of residence, deponent's domicile, or, if agreeable to the deponent, at some other place convenient to the attorney general and the deponent's attorney.

(c) Any such deposition shall be held at a reasonable time as may be stated in the investigative subpoena. At any time before the return date specified in the investigative demand or before the noticed deposition, or within twenty days after the demand or deposition notice has been served, whichever is shorter, a petition stating good cause for a protective order to extend the return date, or to modify or set aside the demand or deposition notice, may be filed in the district court having civil jurisdiction in the parish where the person served with the demand resides, is domiciled, or has his principal place of business located.

(d) If no protective order from the court is secured and the written request by the attorney general is not complied with by the return date thereof, the attorney general may apply to the court for an order compelling compliance with the investigative demand or deposition notice.

(e) If any person fails or refuses to file any statement, report, documentary material, or physical evidence, or obey any investigative subpoena or demand issued by the attorney general, except as permitted by a protective order issued by an appropriate court, the attorney general may apply to the district court having civil jurisdiction in the parish where the person served with the demand or subpoena resides, is domiciled, or has his principal place of business located for a rule to show cause why an order compelling compliance should not be issued.

(f) Any disobedience of an order compelling compliance under this Section by any courts shall be punished as a contempt of court.

E. Service of any demand, subpoena, or petition shall be made in the manner provided by law.

F. Any immovable property acquired by a foreign adversary or a prohibited foreign actor is subject to divestiture or civil forfeiture to the state.

G. In the enforcement of this Part, the attorney general may use all other procedures and authority for investigation, supervision, and conduct of actions on behalf of the state as provided by law.

H. A court petitioned by the attorney general may issue such additional orders or render judgments against the foreign adversary or the prohibited foreign actor as may be necessary to protect the public. Such orders shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) Revocation, forfeiture, or suspension of any license, charter, franchise, certificate, or other evidence of authority of any person to do business in the state.

(2) Appointment of a receiver.

(3) Dissolution of domestic corporations or associations.

(4) Suspension or termination of the right of foreign corporations or associations to do business in this state.

(5) Restitution to compensate any person who did not knowingly enter into a transaction with the foreign adversary or a prohibited foreign actor for any loss, expenses, court costs, or attorney fees which may have been incurred because of the sale being void or enjoined.

(6) Civil forfeiture of any immovable property acquired by the foreign adversary or the prohibited foreign actor in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

I.(1) If, after examining the evidence, the attorney general concludes that a violation of this Part occurred, the attorney general may order the foreign adversary or prohibited foreign actor to divest himself of all interests in the land within ninety days after service of the order upon the foreign adversary or prohibited foreign actor.

(2) The order of divestiture, as described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, shall be served personally or by certified mail.

J.(1) If the holder of the interest that is ordered to be divested disputes the determination of the attorney general that a violation of this Part occurred, the holder may submit a written request for a judicial determination to the attorney general.

(2) The written request, as described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, shall be delivered to the attorney general within sixty days after service of the order of divestiture. If no written request is received within this time, the determination of the attorney general shall become final.

(3) A foreign adversary, prohibited foreign actor, or any holder of interest may seek judicial review after the attorney general's final determination.

(4) Any appeal from the final determination of the attorney general shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

K.(1) If the foreign adversary or prohibited foreign actor fails to divest himself of all interests pursuant to Paragraph (I)(1) of this Section or if a holder of the interest submits a written request pursuant to Subsection J of this Section, the attorney general may bring an action to divest the interest.

(2) The attorney general may initiate a civil action pursuant to this Section in either the parish of East Baton Rouge or a parish where a portion of the immovable property is located.

(3) The attorney general shall record in the public mortgage records of the parish clerk of court of each parish in which any portion of the immovable property is located a notice of pendency of the action pursuant to Book VII, Title II, Chapter 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

L. If the holder of the interest in immovable property has submitted a written request pursuant to Subsection J of this Section, the court shall conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine, by a preponderance of the evidence, if a violation of this Part occurred, prior to taking any other action. If the court determines that there has been no violation, the court shall dismiss the action and expunge the notice of pending action.

M. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a violation of this Part occurred, the court shall order that such immovable property be sold by the sheriff in the parish where the immovable property is located in the same manner as a judicial sale in accordance with the requirements of Book IV, Title II, Chapter 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Acts 2024, No. 420, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3703 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3703
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Applicant" means a person who applies for designation as a certified market participant.

(2) "Board" means the Agricultural Industry Board established by R.S. 3:3704.

(3) "Certified market participant" is an applicant approved by the board to participate in a cooperative endeavor authorized under this Chapter.

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

(5) "Cooperative endeavor" means a contractual relationship between the state of Louisiana through the board with a person for a public purpose.

(6) "Ethanol" means an ethyl alcohol which meets all of the following conditions in that it:

(a) Has a purity of at least ninety-nine percent, determined without regard to any added denaturants.

(b) Has been denatured in conformity with one of the approved methods set forth by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

(c) Has been derived from agricultural products.

(d) Has been produced in the state of Louisiana wholly from fermentation and distillation in the state of Louisiana.

(7) "Gasohol" means a fuel that contains not more than ninety percent gasoline and at least ten percent ethanol.

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

Acts 1990, No. 31, §1, eff. June 20, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3525 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3525
Actions and penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any action for any penalty or fine shall be commenced within three years from the date of the alleged violation.

B. The penalties prescribed by this Section apply in instances of any violation of any provision of this Chapter, any marketing order, or any regulation, or rule and regulation, which is issued by the commissioner.

C. Any person that violates any provision of this Chapter, or any marketing order, or that violates any rule, or regulation which is issued by the commissioner for such marketing order, is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed a sum of one hundred dollars for each and every violation.

D. It shall be a violation of this Chapter for any person not under the jurisdiction of such marketing order to use any identifying designation of grade, quality, or condition authorized by such order.

E. It is a violation for any person to furnish a false report, which is required by the commissioner or any marketing order provisions.

F. It is a violation for any person that is engaged in the handling, processing, or wholesale, or retail trade of the commodity, to fail to furnish to the commissioner information concerning the name and address of the persons from whom he has received any commodity which is regulated by a marketing order and the quantity of such commodity.

G. It is a violation for any handler to receive, handle, or have in his possession any commodity which is regulated by a marketing order that the handler knows is being marketed by the producer without complying with the provisions of such marketing order.

H. The commissioner shall, upon complaint of any interested party which charges any violation of any provision of any marketing order which is issued, immediately call an administrative hearing to consider the charges in such complaint.

I. The commissioner or his legal counsel shall thereupon bring an appropriate action in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, if, after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes that a violation has occurred.

J. The commissioner shall notify all persons named as respondents in verified complaint by mail ten days before such hearing.

K. The hearing shall be held at a location designated by the commissioner.

L. The commissioner shall hear the parties to the complaint and shall enter his findings which are based upon the facts that are established at such hearing. If the commissioner finds that no violation has occurred, he shall dismiss such complaint and notify the parties involved.

M.(1) If the commissioner finds that a violation has occurred, he shall notify the parties involved. The commissioner may refer the matter to the attorney general for further investigation.

(2) Upon their refusal or failure to comply, or if he finds that the facts or circumstances warrant immediate prosecution, he shall file a complaint with the attorney general or any district attorney which requests that such officer commence any action which is authorized against such respondent.

N. The attorney general shall bring an action in the appropriate district court of this state for civil penalties or for injunctive relief, including specific performance of any obligation which is imposed by any marketing order against any person in violation of any marketing order issued by the commissioner.

O. If it appears to the court upon any application for a temporary restraining order, or upon the hearing of any order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be issued, or upon the hearing of any motion for a preliminary injunction, or if the court shall find, in any such action, that any defendant is violating, or has violated, any provision of this Chapter, any marketing order, or any regulation, or rule and regulation, the court shall enjoin the defendant from committing further violations and may compel specific performance of any obligation imposed by a marketing order or any regulation which is issued by the commissioner pursuant to this Chapter.

P. In any suit brought by the attorney general to enforce any provision of this Chapter, any marketing order, or any regulation which is issued by the commissioner, the judgment, if in favor of the state, shall provide that the defendant pay to the commissioner the costs which were incurred by the commissioner and by the advisory board concerned with the administration of such marketing order in the prosecution of such action. Any money which is recovered shall be deposited in accordance with R.S. 3:3514.

Q. Any such action may commence either in the parish where defendant resides or where any act which is complained of occurred.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 500, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8J, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2366 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2366
Louisiana Animal Shelter Registry
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that the establishment and maintenance of a voluntary animal shelter registry will enable the Louisiana Animal Control Advisory Task Force to carry out its duties.

B. As used in this Section, the term "public animal shelter" means an animal shelter owned, operated, or designated for the purpose of impoundment of animals by any parish, municipality, or other subdivision of the state.

C. The state veterinarian shall establish and maintain a registry for animal shelters called the Louisiana Animal Shelter Registry.

D. On or before the first day of February of each calendar year, each parish governing authority may submit to the state veterinarian a list of all public animal shelters located within the parish's jurisdiction. The list shall include:

(1) The name, physical address, mailing address, contact number, and email address of the public animal shelter.

(2) The name, physical address, mailing address, contact number, and email address of the operator of the public animal shelter.

(3) The name and contact information for the parish or municipal animal control officer.

(4) The hours of operation.

E. On or before the first day of February of each calendar year, each public animal shelter may submit the following to the state veterinarian:

(1) The Basic Animal Data Matrix, submitted as "transparent" data, to the Shelter Animals Count database found at http://www.shelteranimalscount.org. Public animal shelters may submit the matrix electronically through this website.

(2) A brief narrative description, not to exceed two pages of twelve point font, of how the animal shelter is ensuring compliance with the provisions of R.S. 3:2461 et seq. and R.S. 3:2471 et seq.

Acts 2016, No. 381, §1; Acts 2017, No. 422, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:81 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 81
Officers
Status: in_force

The directors shall elect from their number a president and one or more vice presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be directors or members of the association, and they may combine the two latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer. The treasurer may be a bank or any depository, and as such shall not be considered as an officer but as a functionary of the board of directors. In such case the secretary shall perform the usual accounting duties of the treasurer, excepting that the funds shall be deposited only as authorized by the board of directors.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4731 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4731
Short title
Status: in_force

This Subpart shall be cited as the "Louisiana Catfish Marketing Law".

Acts 2009, No. 506, §1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1208 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1208
Powers of districts and supervisors
Status: in_force

A soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions of this Part shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district, and the supervisors thereof, shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in other sections of this Part:

(1) To carry out preventive and control measures and works of improvement for flood prevention or the health, conservation, development, or utilization of soil, water, and related natural resources and disposal of water within the district including but not limited to engineering operations, methods of cultivation, soil health practices, the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, and the measures listed in R.S. 3:1201(C), on lands owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on any other lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner as well as occupants of such lands or the necessary rights or interests in such lands.

(2) To cooperate, or enter into agreements with, and within the limits of appropriations duly made available to it by law, to furnish financial or other aid to, any agency, governmental or otherwise, or any owner of lands within the district, in the carrying on of soil health improvement, erosion control and prevention operations and works of improvement for flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water within the district, subject to such conditions as the supervisor may deem necessary to advance the purposes of this Part.

(3) To obtain options upon and to acquire, by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any property, real or personal, or rights or interests therein; to maintain, administer, and improve any properties acquired, to receive income from such properties and to expend such income in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Part; and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of its property or interests therein in furtherance of the purposes and the provisions of this Part.

(4) To make available, on such terms as it shall prescribe, to land occupants within the district, agricultural and engineering machinery and equipment, fertilizer, seeds, and seedlings, and such other material or equipment, as will assist such land occupants to carry on operations upon their lands for the conservation of soil resources and for the prevention and control of soil erosion, and for flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water.

(5) To construct, improve, operate and maintain such structures as may be necessary or convenient for the performance of any of the operations authorized in this Part.

(6) To develop comprehensive plans for the conservation of soil resources, the improvement of soil health, and for the control and prevention of soil erosion and for flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water within the district, which plans shall specify in such detail as may be possible, the acts, procedures, performances, and avoidances which are necessary or desirable for the effectuation of such plans, including the specification of engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, cropping programs, tillage practices, soil health practices aiding enhanced food and fiber production, conservation of natural resources, adaptation to changes in climate and environment, and changes in use of land; and to publish such plans and information and bring them to the attention of occupants of lands within the district.

(7) To take over, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and to administer any soil health, soil conservation, flood prevention, drainage, irrigation, water management, erosion control, or erosion prevention projects, or combinations thereof, located within its boundaries undertaken by the United States or any of its agencies, or by this state or any of its agencies; to manage, as agent of the United States or any of its agencies, or of this state or any of its agencies, any soil conservation, flood prevention, drainage, irrigation, water management, erosion control, or erosion prevention project, or combinations thereof, within its boundaries; to act as agent for the United States, or any of its agencies, or for this state or any of its agencies, in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, or administration of any soil conservation, flood prevention, drainage, irrigation, water management, erosion control, or erosion prevention project, or combinations thereof, within its boundaries; to accept donations, gifts, and contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise, from the United States or any of its agencies, or from this state or any of its agencies, and to use or expend such moneys, services, materials, or other contributions in carrying on its operations.

(8) To sue and be sued in the name of the district; to have perpetual succession unless terminated as hereinafter provided; to make and execute contracts and other instruments, necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; to make, and from time to time amend and repeal, rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Part, to carry into effect its purposes and powers.

(9) As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this Part to, or the performance of work upon, any lands not owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, the supervisors may require contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise to any operations conferring such benefits, and may require land owners to enter into and perform such agreements or covenants as to the permanent use of such lands as will tend to prevent or control erosion and prevent floodwater and sediment damages thereon.

(10) No provision with respect to the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by other public bodies shall be applicable to a district organized hereunder unless the legislature shall specifically so state.

(11) No district organized under the provisions of this Part shall have power to levy, assess, or collect any taxes or special assessments.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 10, §6; Acts 2022, No. 9, §1, eff. May 13, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3271 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3271
Administration
Status: in_force

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

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

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

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1990, No. 136, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3224 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3224
Local regulations
Status: in_force

A. The regulation of pesticides is preempted by this Chapter. The governing authority of a political subdivision shall not adopt any ordinance in any way affecting the registration, sale, or application of pesticides, or the disposal of pesticide wastes, except as provided herein.

B. The governing authorities of parishes and municipalities may request that the rules applicable to the distribution, sale, or application of pesticides be amended to provide for specific problems encountered in the parish or municipality. The following provisions shall govern requests by parish or municipal governing authorities:

(1) The request shall be addressed to the commissioner.

(2) The commission shall hear the request.

(3) The commission shall make a preliminary determination as to the advisability of amending the state rules and shall transmit its determination to the commissioner.

(4) The commissioner shall make the final determination as to the desirability of amending the state rules.

(5) The standards to be used by the commission and the commissioner in making their determinations shall be as follows:

(a) The gravity of the threat to the environment or to human, plant, or animal health sought to be alleviated by the proposed rule.

(b) The economic impact on the agricultural community caused by the proposed rule.

(c) The impact of the proposed rule on statewide uniformity of rules affecting pesticides.

(d) The availability of alternative pesticides.

(e) Whether the benefits of the proposed rule outweigh the liabilities of the proposed rule.

(6) If the commissioner determines that the rules should be amended, the rule shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

C. Any governing authority of a political subdivision may petition the commissioner for approval of an ordinance applicable to the distribution, sale, or application of pesticides, or the disposal of pesticide wastes. The procedure for obtaining such approval shall be as follows:

(1) The governing authority shall transmit the proposed ordinance to the commissioner who shall refer the ordinance for hearing in accordance with R.S. 3:3224(B)(2) and (3).

(2) Upon receipt of the recommendation of the commission, the commissioner shall approve or disapprove the proposed ordinance.

(3) Both the commission and the commissioner shall be guided by the standards in R.S. 3:3224(B)(5) in making their respective determinations.

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

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 3:3224(A), any governing authority of a political subdivision having in effect, on September 1, 1983, an ordinance affecting the registration, sale or application of pesticides, or the disposal of pesticide wastes shall submit the ordinance to the commissioner on or before November 1, 1983, for approval pursuant to R.S. 3:3224(C). Any such ordinance received by the commissioner on or before November 1, 1983, shall continue in full force and effect until a final disapproval of the ordinance is rendered. Any such ordinance not received by the commissioner on or before November 1, 1983, shall be void effective November 1, 1983.

Acts 1983, No. 702, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1207 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1207
Appointment, qualifications, tenure of supervisors
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of each district shall consist of five supervisors, three elected as provided in R.S. 3:1206 and two appointed as provided in R.S. 3:1205. All such supervisors shall be landowners or farm operators and shall be qualified voters within the state. The supervisors shall annually designate a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary-treasurer, said secretary-treasurer to give good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duties, and they may from time to time change such designations.

B. The supervisors shall designate a chairman and may from time to time change such designation. The term of office of each supervisor shall be three years, except that the supervisors who are first appointed shall be designated to serve terms of one and two years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. A supervisor shall hold office until his successor has been elected or appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. The selection of a successor to fill an unexpired term shall be by appointment by the commission; such supervisor's successor, however, shall be selected in the same manner as the supervisor whose unexpired term he was appointed by the commission to fill. The selection of a successor for a full term shall be made in the same manner in which the retiring supervisor was selected. A majority of the supervisors shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority in any matter within their duties shall be required for its determination. A supervisor may receive compensation for his services not to exceed thirty-five dollars per day for not more than twenty days annually, and he may be paid expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge of his duties. These costs may be paid from either appropriated funds or from local district funds.

C. The three elected supervisors of the district shall be elected annually, one each year. These elections of supervisors shall be held throughout the state regularly on the second Saturday in June, each year, in accordance with the general procedure and in the manner prescribed in R.S. 3:1206. Terms of office of all supervisors so elected shall begin on July 1st, following the date of their election. All supervisors presently in office and serving on the governing body of a conservation district, shall remain in office until their terms expire, but from and after August 1st, 1956, all vacancies shall be filled in the manner above prescribed, and whenever the term of any supervisor expires, it shall be filled by an election to be held on the second Saturday in June after the expiration of said term.

D. The supervisors may employ such employees and agents, permanent and temporary, as they may require and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The supervisors may delegate to their chairman, to one or more supervisors, or to one or more agents, or employees such powers and duties as they may deem proper. The supervisors shall furnish to the state soil and water conservation committee, upon request, copies of such ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, contracts, forms, and other documents as they shall adopt or employ, and such other information concerning their activities as may be required in the performance of their duties under this Part.

E. The supervisors shall provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who shall be entrusted with funds or property; shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations, and orders issued or adopted; and shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements.

F. The supervisors may invite the legislative body of any municipality or parish located near the territory comprised within the district to designate a representative to advise and consult with the supervisors of the district on all questions of program and policy which may affect the property, water supply, or other interests of such municipality or parish.

G. Any supervisor may be removed by the commission upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other reason. A supervisor shall not qualify for reappointment or reelection unless he shall have attended at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the scheduled district meetings, provided, however, upon a showing of good cause, this condition may be waived by resolution duly adopted by the state soil and water conservation commission.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 10, §5; Acts 1958, No. 231, §3; Acts 1966, No. 195, §3; Acts 1970, No. 469, §1; Acts 1978, No. 740, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1430.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1430.11
Deficiency assessments; penalties; injunctive relief
Status: in_force

A. The commission may impose the following deficiency assessments for the following violations:

(1) The deficiency assessments for the sale, offering for sale, or distribution of solid materials which do not meet the standard for neutralizing value shall be one percent of the invoice price of the lot from which the sample was taken for each percentage point, or fraction of a percentage point, of the total weight of the lot, by which the material fails to meet the standard.

(2) The deficiency assessments for the sale, offering for sale, or distribution of solid materials which do not meet the standard for magnesium content shall be one and one-half percent of the invoice price of the lot from which the sample was taken for each percentage point, or fraction of a percentage point, of the total weight of the lot by which the material fails to meet the standard.

(3) The deficiency assessments for the sale, offering for sale, or distribution of solid materials which do not meet the standard for moisture content shall be one and one-half percent of the invoice price of the lot from which the sample was taken for each percentage point, or fraction of a percentage point, of the total weight of the lot, by which the material fails to meet the standard.

(4) The deficiency assessments for the sale, offering for sale, or distribution of solid or suspension materials which do not meet screen standard shall be one percent of the invoice price of the lot from which the sample was taken for each percentage point, or fraction of a percentage point, of the total weight of the lot, by which the material fails to meet the standard.

(5) The deficiency assessments for the sale, offering for sale, or distribution of liquid or suspension materials which do not meet the standard for neutralizing value shall be one and one-half percent of the invoice price of the lot from which the sample was taken for each percentage point, or fraction of a percentage point, of the total weight of the lot, by which the material fails to meet the standard.

(6) The deficiency assessments for the sale, offering for sale, or distribution of liquid or suspension materials which do not meet the standard for magnesium content shall be two percent of the invoice price of the lot from which the sample was taken for each percentage point, or fraction of a percentage point, of the total weight of the lot, by which the material fails to meet the standard.

B. The minimum penalty for the violations set forth in Subsection A of this Section shall be ten dollars. The maximum penalty for the violations set forth in Subsection A of this Section shall be an amount equal to twice the invoice price of the lot from which the sample was taken.

C. When the commission has evidence which indicates that a person has committed an offense for which the deficiency assessment is found in Subsections A through D of this Section, the commission shall notify the person, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the facts involved in the alleged offense and the penalty set forth in Subsections A through D of this Section for the alleged offense. If the alleged violator contests the deficiency assessment in writing within fifteen days of the notice, the commissioner shall call a hearing to adjudicate the matter as provided in Subsection G of this Section. An appeal from a deficiency assessment shall be heard and decided in the same manner as provided for in this Section for the assessment of civil penalties.

D. All deficiency assessments assessed under this Section shall be paid by the person owing the assessment within thirty days of notice by the commissioner if the deficiency assessment is not contested and within thirty days of notice of the final decision if the assessment is contested.

E. The commission may assess a civil penalty for violations of R.S. 3:1430.10(3) and (4) in an amount equal to four times the value of the missing material. The value of the missing material shall be determined based on the price of the material as shown on the invoice. The commission may assess a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for any other violation of the prohibitions set forth in R.S. 3:1430.10. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense.

F. The commission may suspend or revoke the registration of any agricultural liming material for any violation of the provisions of this Subpart or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Subpart.

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

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

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

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:42 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 42
Powers of the commissioner
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Chapter, including but not limited to rules and regulations governing the registration of unmanned aerial systems used in the course of agricultural commercial operations. All rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

B. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

C. The commissioner may appoint committees to advise on the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter. The appointed committees shall include public universities holding certificates of authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration as well as other active university research programs.

Acts 2015, No. 166, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3511 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3511
Findings
Status: in_force

A. For marketing orders containing provisions only for the establishment of grade, size, quality, or condition specification, or for uniform grading and inspection, or the elimination of unfair trade practices, or provisions for advertising or sales promotion, or for research, or for the establishment of necessary facilities specified in R.S. 3:3513(E), the commissioner may issue such marketing order if he makes all of the following findings:

(1) That such marketing order is reasonably calculated to attain the objectives which are sought in such marketing order.

(2) That such marketing order is in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter and within the applicable limitations and restrictions which are set forth in this Chapter and will tend to effectuate the declared purposes and policies of this Chapter.

(3) That the interests of consumers are protected in that the powers established by this Chapter are being exercised only to the extent which is necessary to attain such objectives.

B. In making any findings pursuant to this Subsection, the commissioner shall base his findings upon the facts, testimony, and evidence which is received at the public hearing together with any other relevant facts which are available to him from official publications or institutions of recognized standing and which are included in the record at such hearing. These findings constitute the final provisions of the marketing order to be presented for referendum vote.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 500, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8J, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2475 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2475
Exceptions
Status: in_force

A. The sterilization requirements of this Part do not apply to a dog or cat that is claimed from a releasing agency by a person who already owns the animal.

B. This Part does not apply to a releasing agency located in a municipality that has in effect an ordinance providing standards for dog and cat sterilization that exceed the requirements of this Part.

C. The provisions of this Part shall not apply to animals sold or released from any humane society, public or private shelter, or animal control agency to the United States armed forces, police or other law enforcement agencies, licensed veterinary facilities, or to licensed medical facilities.

D. Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 225, §1.

Acts 1990, No. 567, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 2011, No. 225, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4273 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4273
Officers; meetings; compensation
Status: in_force

The commission shall select its own chairman and vice-chairman, and fix the terms and duties of these offices; prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings and operation; meet quarterly or oftener on call of the chairman, or on petition to the chairman by four members of the commission.

Meetings shall be held at the offices of the commission, or elsewhere as the commission may elect from time to time.

The commissioners shall receive no salary or per diem, but shall be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in attendance upon meetings or other works undertaken at the direction of the commission
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3543 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3543
Louisiana Rice Research Board; creation and organization
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Rice Research Board is hereby created with its domicile in Crowley, Louisiana.

B. The board shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the governor. Each member shall be a rice producer and be subject to Senate confirmation, except the commissioner or his designee. Members shall serve for four-year terms which shall begin on the fifteenth day of August in 2014 and each four years thereafter. The board shall consist of the following members:

(1) Six members appointed from a list of ten persons nominated by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.

(2) Five members appointed from a list of eight persons nominated by the Louisiana Rice Growers Association.

(3) Two members appointed from a list of four persons nominated by the American Rice Growers Cooperative Association.

(4) One member appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Independent Rice Growers Association.

(5) The commissioner of agriculture or his designee.

C. Not less than thirty days prior to August 15, 2014, and every four years thereafter, the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., the Louisiana Rice Growers Association, the American Rice Growers Cooperative Association, and the Louisiana Independent Rice Producers Association each shall submit the names of their nominees, all of whom shall be rice producers, to the governor who shall appoint the required number of board members from each set of nominees. In the event that the governor fails to appoint the members of the board in accordance with this Section, the current members shall continue to serve until their replacements are appointed. Board members shall be eligible to succeed themselves on the board if they meet the prescribed qualifications and are reappointed by the governor.

D. The members of the board shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment 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. The board may establish rules and regulations for its own government and the administration of the affairs of the board and shall have the following duties, functions, and authorizations in addition to and in conjunction with the aforenamed:

(1) To make recommendations and to advise the commissioner concerning rules and regulations relating to the administration of the collection of the assessments.

(2) To receive the funds from the state treasury in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

(3) To expend funds collected for rice research and to enter into contracts with rice research organizations and agencies relating to the production, handling, marketing, or utilization of rice for the purposes of research.

(4) To keep minutes, books, and records which will clearly reflect all of its meetings, acts, and transactions. The minutes, books, and records shall at all times be subject to examination by any rice producer on whom an assessment has been collected.

(5) To publicize the actions of the board in the news media serving the rice areas of Louisiana.

E. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 345, §2.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 105, §1; Amended by Acts 1977, No. 118, §1; Acts 1986, No. 927, §1; Acts 1988, No. 586, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8I, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3; Acts 2014, No. 345, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4161 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4161
Disposition of assessments
Status: in_force

A. All funds derived from assessments imposed under this Part shall be used for the operational and promotional expenses of the board. The board shall control its own funds subject to the budgetary review of the commissioner.

B. The board may select a bank for the deposit of its funds.

C. The board shall invest any surplus funds which may be available in interest-bearing accounts, securities, or other similar investments as may, in its sole discretion, be deemed appropriate by the board.

D. The board shall annually make a complete report of all of its expenditures during the preceding fiscal year to all organizations authorized to make nominations for appointments to the board.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 526, §1, July 8, 1983; Acts 1995, No. 356, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8L, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3659 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3659
Declaration
Status: in_force

Each person who purchases farm products may print the following declaration on the back of each check or draft issued in payment for those farm products:

"By endorsing this check or draft I hereby certify that I am legally entitled to sell the farm products purchased with the proceeds of this check or draft and that the farm products are not subject to any security interest except a security interest in favor of the payee or payees of this check or draft."

Acts 1989, No. 548, §1, eff. Aug. 22, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3803 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3803
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Chairman" means the chairman of the commission.

(2) "Commission" means the Horticulture Commission of Louisiana.

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

(4) "Direct supervision" means giving direction or instruction to and accepting responsibility for the work product of the person being supervised.

(5) "Landscape irrigation contractor" means a person who is licensed to construct, install, connect, repair, maintain, improve, or alter any portion of a landscape irrigation system.

(6) "Landscape irrigation system" means any assemblage of component materials or special equipment that provides and distributes a controlled dispersion of water to landscaped areas for the purposes of irrigating vegetation or controlling dust and erosion.

(7) "License" means a document issued by the commissioner authorizing the holder to engage in the profession indicated thereon.

(8) "Mobile unit" means a container or means of conveyance from which cut flowers or nursery stock are sold.

(9) "Nursery" means any farm, grounds, or premises on which nursery stock is propagated, grown, or kept for sale or distribution.

(10) "Nursery stock" means all trees, shrubs, ornamental plants, grass sod, or foliage plants grown or kept for propagation, distribution, or sale.

(11) "Nurseryman" means any person who engages in the production, distribution, and sale of nursery stock.

(12) "Outlet" means a mobile unit or a place of business.

(13) "Permit" means a document issued by the commissioner authorizing the holder to engage in the occupation indicated thereon.

(14) "Person" means an individual or any legal or commercial entity, including a corporation, business trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or joint venture. However, for the purposes of violations, adjudications, and penalties under this Chapter, "person" shall not include a person or entity volunteering to provide horticulture services.

(15) "Place of business" means a permanent location or a portion of a permanent location from which business in a regulated profession or occupation is transacted.

(16) "Regular Employee" means a person who holds a valid, appropriate license or permit issued by the commissioner and who works at a place of business for thirty-two or more hours a week.

(17) "Secretary" means the secretary of the commission.

(18) "Vending machine" means any climate controlled mechanical, electric, or electronic self-service device which, upon insertion of money, credit card, token, or any other form of payment, automatically dispenses merchandise.

Acts 1950, No. 224, §3. Amended by Acts 1965, No. 127, §1; Acts 1972, No. 320, §§1, 2; Acts 1981, No. 112, §1; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1; Acts 2004, No. 810, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 63, §1, eff. June 5, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 227, §1, eff. June 16, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 229, §1, eff. June 16, 2008; Acts 2015, No. 202, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3004
Impounding livestock found at large upon highways
Status: in_force

A. All sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, justices of the peace, or animal control authorities of any parish in which livestock was found at large shall, and any other person may, take possession of and impound any livestock found at large upon any public highway of this state in any ward where livestock is presently prohibited from roaming at large or may hereafter be prohibited from roaming at large as hereinafter provided for. Any livestock so taken and impounded shall be impounded in the parish in which taken, and when taken by a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, justice of the peace, or animal control authority, the owner thereof shall be notified personally or by leaving written notice at the place of his residence within twenty-four hours after taking possession of such livestock. Any person other than a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or justice of the peace taking possession of and impounding livestock shall immediately notify the sheriff of the parish in which the livestock is taken, and said sheriff shall, within twenty-four hours of such notification, notify the owner in the manner provided in this Subsection.

B.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the owner of livestock so taken shall have the right to secure his livestock upon the payment to the officer or person taking up the livestock of an impoundment fee of ten dollars for each head of livestock taken and a daily boarding fee of ten dollars for each animal.

(2) Except during a gubernatorially declared state of emergency, in Vermilion Parish, the owner of livestock so taken shall have the right to secure his livestock upon the payment to the officer or person taking up the livestock of an impoundment fee of one hundred dollars for the first head of livestock taken and twenty dollars for each head taken thereafter if the officer secures the livestock. He shall also pay to the person taking and impounding such livestock a daily boarding fee of ten dollars for each animal. During a gubernatorially declared state of emergency, the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall apply to Vermilion Parish.

Acts 1958, No. 399, §1; Acts 1977, No. 503, §1, eff. July 13, 1977; Acts 1999, No. 1065, §1; Acts 2006, No. 756, §1; Acts 2019, No. 250, §1; Acts 2024, No. 55, §1, eff. May 15, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4212 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4212
Identification
Status: in_force

No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner to show kind of animals from which they derived. When required by the commissioner with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this Chapter, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, poultry, swine or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meats, meat food products or poultry products are prepared.

Acts 1968, No. 376, §11. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1406
Publication
Status: in_force

The commission may publish, in written or electronic form accessible to the public, an annual report which shall provide information concerning the sales of commercial feeds together with such data as to their production and use as it may consider advisable, a report of the results of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds sold within the state as compared with the analyses guaranteed in the registration and on the label, and a report as to label and license revocation and the commission's findings with respect to inspections for good manufacturing practices. Penalties administered during the year by the commission shall be included in the report. The information concerning the production and sale of commercial feed shall not disclose the operations of any person.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4684 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4684
Fee to be collected for testing, etc.
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of defraying the expenses connected with the inspection, testing, and analyzing of petroleum products in this state and enforcement of this Chapter, there shall be collected by the secretary of the Department of Revenue a fee of four thirty-seconds of one cent per gallon on all petroleum products except liquefied petroleum gas and compressed or liquefied natural gas, distributed, sold, or offered or exposed for sale or use or consumption in the state or used or consumed in the state which shall be paid before delivery to agents, dealers, or consumers in the state. The fee provided for in this Subsection does not include liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, or bulk sale or transfers. Excluding bulk sales or transfers, the fee will be imposed upon the removal from an Internal Revenue Service-approved terminal using the terminal rack. The position holder shall collect the fee imposed from the person who orders the withdrawal at the terminal rack. Exports out of the state shall not be subject to the fee. A fee is also imposed on the above-referenced fuel upon import to the state excluding bulk sale or transfer for delivery within the state. This fee shall be paid by the first importer. However, no fee shall be due on fuels that are eligible for tax refunds under the provisions of R.S. 47:818.15(A)(5) or that are sold for use in or distributed to seagoing vessels as defined in R.S. 3:4602.

B. The secretary of the Department of Revenue is authorized to seize and hold these products on which the fee has not been paid until such time as the fee has been paid. Any expense incurred in the seizure and holding of any product so seized shall be assessed in addition to the fee and collected at the same time the fee is collected.

Acts 2003, No. 139, §1, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 47, §1, eff. May 21, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 252, §3, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2015, No. 147, §2, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1611 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1611
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

A. The commission may adopt rules and regulations prohibiting or restricting the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, and location of honeybee colonies or other activities affecting the boll weevil eradication program in any premises in an eradication zone which have been or are to be treated with pesticides or otherwise treated to cause the eradication of the boll weevil, or in any other area that may be affected by such treatments.

B. The commission may adopt such other rules and regulations as it deems necessary to further effectuate the purposes of this Part. The adoption of all rules and regulations under the provisions of this Part shall be done in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 1992, No. 58, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3222 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3222
Special registrations, permits, exemptions
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner may issue a special local needs registration for a pesticide for use in a specified location based on a specified local need. The composition and label of the pesticide shall comply with state and federal requirements. The special local needs registration shall be issued in accordance with Section 24(c) of the F.I.F.R.A. Each applicant for a special local needs registration shall submit five copies of the application and the documents supporting the application. Each applicant shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars for each application for a special local needs registration.

B. The commissioner may apply to the Environmental Protection Agency for authority to issue state experimental use permits. If the Environmental Protection Agency authorizes the commissioner to issue state experimental use permits, the following terms and conditions shall apply:

(1) The commissioner must find that the applicant needs the permit in order to accumulate information necessary to register a pesticide under Section 3221 of this Chapter.

(2) The commissioner may refuse to issue the permit if he finds that the issuance is not warranted or if he finds that the use of the pesticide under the proposed terms and conditions may cause unreasonably adverse effects on the environment.

(3) The commissioner shall prescribe the terms, conditions, and period of time for the permit.

(4) All actions of permit holders and applications of pesticides pursuant to each permit shall be subject to supervision by the Department of Agriculture.

(5) An application for a state experimental use permit may be filed at the time of, before, or after an application for registration is filed.

(6) The state experimental use permit shall be issued in accordance with Section 5(f) of the F.I.F.R.A.

(7) Each applicant for a state experimental use permit shall pay a fee of two hundred dollars for each application submitted.

C. The commissioner may apply to the E.P.A. for an emergency exemption to allow the application of a pesticide if the commissioner finds that an emergency exists or will exist, that a pesticide is available which will alleviate the effects of the emergency, and that the pesticide cannot be used because of state or federal laws or rules and regulations. The application shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 18 of the F.I.F.R.A. If the E.P.A. grants the emergency exemption, all actions and applications shall be subject to supervision by the Department of Agriculture.

D. The commissioner may revoke or impose stricter conditions on any special registration, permit, or exemption if the commissioner finds that the terms and conditions of the special registration, permit, or exemption are being violated or that the terms and conditions are not adequate to avoid unreasonably adverse effects on the environment.

E. The commissioner by rule may delegate the authority to issue registrations and permits under this Section to a committee composed of:

(1) The director of the Advisory Commission on Pesticides.

(2) The director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, or his designee.

(3) The director of the Louisiana State Experimental Station, or his designee.

(4) One agricultural consultant appointed by the commissioner. The agricultural consultant shall not be engaged in any research project involving a pesticide which would create a conflict of interest with respect to the pesticide for which the registration or permit is sought.

(5) One farmer appointed by the commissioner.

(6) Such other members appointed by the commissioner as the commissioner deems necessary.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1988, No. 221, §1; Acts 1990, No. 29, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2452 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2452
Abandoned animals
Status: in_force

A. An animal shall be considered abandoned when the owner thereof has not paid the charge for veterinary services, including medical, or for boarding, within ten days after rendition to the owner of the invoice for such services or boarding and no other agreement with the owner has been reached for the payment of such charge for services or boarding. The person to whom the charges are due may then give notice, as provided in R.S. 3:2453.

B. After a declared emergency, an animal shall be considered abandoned when such animal is receiving temporary shelter services in a facility operated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the owner has not claimed the animal within thirty days of the declared emergency and a reasonable effort has been made to contact the owner.

C. The owner of an abandoned animal shall be deemed to have relinquished all rights and claims to such animal by virtue of such abandonment, except as provided in R.S. 3:2454(B).

Added by Acts 1978, No. 692, §1; Acts 1997, No. 976, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2017, No. 41, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3809 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3809
Employee of persons who hold licenses and permits
Status: in_force

A. Each person who holds a professional license issued under the provisions of this Chapter may employ personnel to work under the direct supervision of the license holder in the profession indicated on the license. The license holder shall give direction and instruction to such personnel and shall be responsible for insuring that the work product of such personnel meets the appropriate professional standards determined by the commission.

B. Each person who holds an occupational permit issued under the provisions of this Chapter may employ personnel to work in the occupation indicated on the permit. The permit holder shall be responsible for insuring that such personnel meet the appropriate occupational standards determined by the commission.

Added by Acts 1965, No. 127, §2. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 320, §1; Acts 1981, No. 621, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4025 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4025
Penalties for violations
Status: in_force

A. No person shall violate this Chapter, the Southern Dairy Compact, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to either this Chapter or the compact.

B. In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a fine of one thousand dollars may be imposed for each violation, licenses may be revoked or suspended, or an additional fine may be imposed in lieu of revocation or suspension.

C. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate violation.

Acts 1997, No. 11, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:559.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 559.3
Terms defined
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Aquaculture" means the producing, raising, managing, harvesting, transporting, or marketing of aquatic livestock in privately owned waters or ponds as defined in R.S. 56:8(103) and (104).

(2) "Aquatic livestock" means domestic aquatic, nongame, native, freshwater organisms produced, raised, managed, or harvested within or from a constructed impoundment in compliance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.

(3) "Aquatic producer" means any person engaged in producing, raising, managing, harvesting, or marketing aquatic livestock.

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

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

(6) "Facility" means any piece of property that contains a constructed impoundment or other area where aquatic livestock are produced, raised, managed, harvested, or marketed.

(7) "Impoundment" means any private, constructed pond, lake, reservoir, tank, cage, or other means of containment that has no inlet from or outlet to any public waters.

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

Acts 2004, No. 865, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2010, No. 743, §2A, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2654 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2654
Right to kill dog harassing livestock
Status: in_force

Any person finding any dog not on the premises of its owner, harborer, or possessor, which is harassing, wounding, or killing livestock, may, at the time of finding the dog, kill him, and the owner shall not be able to sustain any action for damages against the person killing the dog.

Acts 2003, No. 4, §1, eff. May 8, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2804 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2804
Impounding livestock found at large upon highways
Status: in_force

A. The deputy secretary of Department of Public Safety shall, and all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, and justices of the peace may, cause any livestock found at large upon any highway of the state of Louisiana, as defined in R.S. 3:2803, to be taken into custody and impounded. Any livestock so taken into custody shall be impounded in the nearest official state police impoundment area. Any officer taking custody of and impounding livestock shall immediately notify the deputy secretary of Department of Public Safety or his duly authorized representative in the parish in which the livestock is impounded and shall, within twenty-four hours after such notification, notify the owner or manager of such livestock, if known, personally or by leaving written notice at his place of residence.

B. The owner or manager of livestock so impounded shall have the right to secure his livestock upon the payment to the superintendent of state police or officer impounding the livestock of an impoundment fee of twenty dollars per head of livestock and a daily boarding fee of ten dollars for each animal. He shall also pay to the officer impounding such livestock the cost of any necessary veterinary and advertisement fees incurred.

C. The governor is authorized to establish, by executive order, in the Department of Public Safety, a suitable patrol force to enforce the provisions of this Subpart. The members of the patrol shall be employees of the Department of Public Safety, and their salaries and expenses shall be paid in the same manner as is provided for other employees.

D. The provisions of this Section and of R.S. 3:2805 and 2806 shall be effective for any fiscal year or portion of a fiscal year only if sufficient funds have been appropriated to the deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for the purpose of enforcing those Sections for the fiscal year or the portion of the fiscal year. If sufficient funds have not been appropriated the deputy secretary shall provide written notice to the Senate and House Committees on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 443, §1. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955; Acts 1976, No. 323, §1; Acts 1977, No. 503, §1, eff. July 13, 1977; Acts 1978, No. 528, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 33, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 494, §1; Acts 2019, No. 250, §1.

*See R.S. 36:405.
La. R.S. § 3:1141 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1141
Tit. 3, § 1141. Parishes empowered to acquire land
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of the several parishes of this state may acquire the ownership of a tract of land, and when so acquired the title to the land shall rest in the public. In those parishes having large areas of different classes of soil, they may, under this Part, acquire tracts representative of the several classes of soil that predominate in the particular parish.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4279 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4279
Railroad and other public utilities' rights-of-way; clearing of combustible material
Status: in_force

A. All persons owning or operating railroads, electric transmission lines, or oil or gas pipe lines through forest lands within this state shall keep their rights-of-way reasonably cleared of all combustible material and safely dispose of the same within the limits of the rights-of-way. This requirement does not apply in the case of temporary spurs or railroads and tramroads, nor does it prohibit any railroad company from piling or keeping upon the right-of-way, cross ties or other materials necessary for operation or maintenance of the railroad.

B, C. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 808, §2.

Acts 2012, No. 808, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3421 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3421
Confidentiality of records
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, all financial statements, position reports, and any other documents required for licensure and filed by applicants for licensure under this Chapter shall be kept confidential by the commission and its agents and employees and are not subject to disclosure except as follows:

(1) Upon waiver by the licensee.

(2) In actions or administrative proceedings commenced under this Chapter or Chapter 13 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(3) When required by subpoena or court order.

(4) Disclosure to law enforcement agencies in regard to the detection and prosecution of criminal offenses.

(5) When released to a bonding company approved by the commission or to the United States Department of Agriculture or any of its divisions.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 2011, No. 138, §1, eff. June 24, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3301
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby finds and declares that clean water is a vital necessity for the people of our state. The legislature further finds and declares that the establishment of a program for monitoring the presence of pesticides in the waters of this state and for alleviating excessive levels of pesticides in the waters of this state by minimizing, mitigating, and preventing the potential for those excessive levels of pesticides is a reasonable exercise of the police power of the state and is for a public purpose.

Added by Acts 1988, No. 349, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4413 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4413
Administration; powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall be administered by the commissioner who shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(2) To determine which forestry practices shall be approved practices.

(3) To determine which landowners shall be eligible to receive assistance as part of a cooperative agreement.

(4) To determine the extent of the state's participation in a cooperative agreement.

(5) To employ personnel.

(6) To purchase equipment, materials, and supplies.

Acts 1997, No. 1377, §1, eff. July 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4401
Findings and policies
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds and declares that Alexander State Forest in conjunction with Indian Creek Lake provides the state with one of the best recreational areas in the state with its eight thousand acres of forest and lake. The state forest contains one hundred acres of recreational facilities, two hundred fifty acres of primitive camping area, and two thousand two hundred fifty acres of lake. There are numerous campsites and picnic sites, swimming areas, bath houses, a boat launch, and pavilion. The forest contains the world's tallest fire tower, the one hundred seventy-five foot Woodworth Tower.

B. The legislature declares that it is the policy of the state to preserve and protect the Alexander State Forest by good forest and recreational management planning and by prohibiting any commercial development in the state forest.

Acts 1989, No. 423, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1217 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1217
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be referred to as the "Soil Conservation Districts Law."
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:559.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 559.9
Inspections; investigations; confidentiality
Status: in_force

A. The department may conduct an investigation if it has reason to believe that a violation of this Part or the rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this Part may occur or has occurred. In connection with any such investigation, the department may compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents and records anywhere in the state.

B. The department shall have access, during normal working hours, to any premises where there is reason to believe that aquatic livestock are being produced, maintained, harvested, or marketed. The department may examine any facility and any records relating to the production, maintenance, harvesting, or marketing of aquatic livestock. Entrance on the premises under the provisions of this Subsection shall not be deemed to be criminal trespass under any state law or local ordinance.

C. If any person is found guilty of violating this Part or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Part or is found guilty of a criminal violation as a result of any such investigation, the person found guilty shall reimburse the department the cost of the investigation.

D. The records of investigations conducted under the provisions of this Section shall be confidential and shall not be public records for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

E. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry is authorized to inspect each facility licensed pursuant to R.S. 3:559.8 to determine that the aquatic livestock and the facility are in compliance with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.

Acts 2004, No. 865, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2010, No. 743, §2A, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1022 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1022
Assent to federal grants to state
Status: in_force

The State of Louisiana, in accordance with Section 2, of an Act of Congress, approved March 16, 1906, entitled, "An Act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof," and in accordance with Section 2, of an Act of Congress, approved February 24, 1925, entitled, "An Act to authorize the more complete endowment of Agricultural Experiment Stations, and for other purposes," does hereby accept the grants of money for the purposes set out in the above recited Acts of Congress.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:315 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 315
Functions, powers, and duties
Status: in_force

The state office of rural development, by and through the director or his duly authorized officers and employees, shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:

(1) To serve as a clearinghouse and provide comprehensive information relating to rural development and revitalization upon request to any agency, individual, or corporation.

(2) To advise and assist agencies, individuals, and corporations in answering particular rural revitalization and development needs, including cooperative efforts among such agencies, individuals, and corporations to solve common problems or provide services in these areas.

(3) To receive notification from all state and federal agencies, individuals, or corporations engaged in rural development and revitalization of program descriptions, appropriation data, and application procedures. The office shall maintain a listing of existing programs and advise local agencies, individuals, or corporations of their existence.

(4) To assist, upon request, applicant local agencies, individuals, or corporations located in rural areas in obtaining timely and efficient responses from state and federal agencies; to assist such applicants in consideration of alternative program grant strategies; to assist state and federal agencies in cooperative approaches to address the needs of such applicants; and to provide technical assistance to agencies in formulating and implementing rural development and revitalization programs.

(5) To encourage the assistance of the private sector in effectuating rural development and revitalization.

(6) To assist the governor and the legislature in the integration and formulation of state rural development and revitalization policy and long-range plans for rural areas and in answering needs related thereto.

(7) To facilitate efforts of local agencies, individuals, and corporations in developing cooperative responses to rural needs. Personnel of the office may be available to participate in an advisory capacity at local meetings exploring such cooperative agreements; and may assist in the identification of appropriate state agencies and personnel who may be instrumental in facilitating such efforts.

(8) To analyze and make recommendations concerning proposed new state legislation or programs that may affect rural areas.

(9) To apply for and receive grants or financial assistance from the federal government, the state government, or other agencies, individuals, or corporations.

(10) To adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations, procedures, instructions, and forms as are deemed necessary to implement the functions, powers, and duties imposed upon the office by this Chapter in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

(11) To assist the governor in coordinating the activities and services of those departments and agencies of the state having relationships with local rural agencies, individuals, and corporations in order to provide more effective service to them and to simplify state procedures relating thereto.

(12) To keep the governor informed about the problems and needs of agencies, individuals, and corporations that are involved with rural development and revitalization and to assist in formulating policies with respect thereto and utilizing the resources of the state government for the benefit of rural areas.

(13) To refer local agencies, individuals, and corporations to the appropriate departments and agencies of the state and federal governments for advice, assistance, and available services in connection with particular rural development and revitalization problems or needs.

(14) To encourage the expansion and improvement of in-service training opportunities and to make information available to officials of local agencies in rural areas on matters pertaining to rural development and revitalization.

(15) To consult with and seek assistance from officials of federal and local agencies or corporations with respect to coordinating assistance programs for rural areas and to recommend to the governor and the legislature any policies or programs which would facilitate such coordination.

(16) To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the functions, powers, and duties expressly set forth in this Chapter.

Acts 1990, No. 216, §1; Acts 1991, No. 396, §2; Acts 1991, No. 449, §1; Acts 1997, No. 637, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1436 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1436
Labeling of seeds
Status: in_force

Each container of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seeds, or other propagating stock that is sold or offered for sale in Louisiana for planting purposes shall bear thereon or have attached thereto in a conspicuous place a label plainly written or printed in the English language. The label shall give the following information:

(1) For all agricultural, vegetable, and flower seeds treated as defined in this Part for which a separate label may be used:

(a) A word or statement indicating that the seed has been treated.

(b) The commonly accepted coined, chemical or abbreviated chemical or generic name of the applied substance or description of the process used.

(c) If the substance in the amount present with the seed is harmful to human or other vertebrate animals, a caution statement such as "Do not use for food, feed, or oil purposes". The caution for mercurials and similarly toxic substances shall be a poison statement or symbol.

(d) If the seed is treated with an inoculant, the date beyond which the inoculant is not to be considered effective (date of expiration).

(2) On agricultural seeds:

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the commonly accepted name of the kind and variety of each agricultural seed component in excess of five percent of the whole, and the percentage of weight of each in the order of its predominance. The provisions of this Subparagraph shall not prohibit the sale of wheat and oat seeds that are labeled "variety not stated" and that meet the other requirements of this Part. The commission may adopt rules and regulations governing the sale and labeling of variety not stated wheat and oat seeds. Hybrids shall be labeled as hybrids.

(b) The number or other lot identification.

(c) The origin of the seed. If the origin is not known, that fact shall be stated.

(d) The percentage by weight of all weed seeds.

(e) The name and number per pound of each kind of noxious weed seed.

(f) The percentage by weight of crop seeds other than those required to be on the label.

(g) The percentage by weight of inert matter.

(h) For each named agricultural seed: the percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed; the percentage of hard seed when present; and the calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentages.

(i) Name and address of the person who labeled said seed or who sells, offers, or exposes said seed for sale within this state.

(3) On vegetable seeds in containers of more than one pound:

(a) The name of the kind and variety of the seed.

(b) The number or other lot identification.

(c) The percentage of germination.

(d) The calendar month and year the test to determine the percentages was completed.

(e) Name and address of the person who labeled said seed or who sells, offers, or exposes said seed for sale within this state.

(f) For seeds which germinate less than the standards established by the commission, the words "Below Standard" printed or written in ink, in not less than eight-point type, on the face of the label in addition to all other information required.

(4) On vegetable seeds in containers of one pound or less which germinate equal to or above the standards established by the commission under the provisions of R.S. 3:1433(A)(3)(a):

(a) The name of each kind and variety of seed, and if there are two or more kinds or varieties present, the percentage of each, and further, that in the case of any such component which is a hybrid seed, it shall be designated as hybrid on the label.

(b) The lot number or other lot identification.

(c) The name and address of the person who transports, delivers for transportation, sells, offers for sale, or exposes for sale the seed in this state.

(d) The calendar month and year of the germination test or the year for which the seeds were packed for sale.

(5) On vegetable seeds in containers of one pound or less that germinate less than the standards established by the commission under the provisions of R.S. 3:1433(A)(3)(a):

(a) The name of each kind and variety of seed, and if two or more kinds or varieties are present, the percentage of each, and further, that in the case of any such component which is a hybrid seed, it shall be designated as hybrid on the label.

(b) For each named kind and variety of seed, the percentage of germination.

(c) The word "Below Standard" in not less than eight-point type.

(d) The lot number or other lot identification.

(e) The calendar month and year the germination tests were completed or the year for which the seeds were packed for sale.

(f) The name and address of the person who transports, delivers for transportation, sells, offers for sale, or exposes for sale the seed in this state.

(6) On every separate package of flower seeds and other propagating stock:

(a) The name of the kind and variety of the seeds.

(b) The lot number or other lot identification.

(c) The year for which the seeds were packed for sale.

(d) The name and address of the person who labels, distributes, offers for sale, exposes for sale, or sells the seed in this state.

(7) On combination mulch, seed, and fertilizer products:

(a) The word "combination" followed by the words "mulch-seed-fertilizer" must appear on the upper thirty percent of the principal display panel. The word "combination" must be the largest and most conspicuous type on the container, equal to or larger than the product name. The words "mulch-seed-fertilizer" shall be no smaller than one-half the size of the word "combination" and in close proximity to the word "combination". These products shall contain a minimum of seventy percent mulch.

(b) Analysis label - Agricultural, lawn, and turf seeds placed in a germination medium, mat, tape, or other device or mixed with mulch shall be labeled as follows:

(i) Product name.

(ii) Lot number.

(iii) Percentage by weight of pure seed of each kind and variety named which may be less than five percent of the whole.

(iv) Percentage by weight of other crop seeds.

(v) Percentage by weight of inert matter which shall not be less than seventy percent.

(vi) Percentage by weight of weed seeds.

(vii) Name and number of noxious weed seeds per pound, if present.

(viii) Percentage of germination and hard seed of each kind or kind and variety named and date of test.

(ix) Name and address of the person who labels the seed.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §1; Acts 1975, No. 766, §3; Acts 1977, No. 149, §4; Acts 1978, No. 34, §2; Acts 1986, No. 190, §1; Acts 1988, No. 213, §1; Acts 1993, No. 140, §1; Acts 2003, No. 175, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2013, No. 26, §1, eff. May 23, 2013; Acts 2018, No. 362, §1, eff. May 20, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1612.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1612.1
Disposition of funds
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(3) All unexpended and unencumbered monies received from fees and penalties in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall remain in the Horticulture and Quarantine 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 Part and the expenses of the office of agricultural and environmental sciences, as determined by the commissioner.

(2) To fund any and all costs related to the eradication of boll weevils, utilizing any or all powers granted to the commissioner or the department.

Acts 2019, No. 185, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2533 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2533
Special election on whether to restrain livestock
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality having less than one thousand inhabitants, and not provided for in R.S. 3:2531, desiring to adopt such an ordinance may order a special election to be held within the municipality at which the question shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality, to hold the election as now provided by law, and to canvass and promulgate the returns thereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3370 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3370
Written contracts
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each person who holds a place of business permit who treats any property for subterranean termites, dry wood termites, powder post beetles, or old house borers shall enter into a written contract with the owner of the property. This contract shall be referred to as a "standard contract". The contract shall be in a form acceptable to the commission, shall guarantee that the property was treated in accordance with the minimum specifications adopted by the commission for the type of pest being treated, and shall guarantee that if the property becomes reinfested with the type of pest for which treatment was made within one year of the date of treatment, the property will be retreated.

(2) Any currently effective standard contract and all terms and conditions contained therein shall be transferable to a subsequent owner of the property covered by such contract.

(3) Each person who holds a place of business permit shall issue a copy of any standard contract currently in effect to the owner of the treated property or to an agent of the property owner within thirty days of receiving a written request.

B. Each person who holds a place of business permit shall report to the commission on or before the tenth day of each month each contract described in Subsection A of this Section which was completed during the previous month.

C. Each person who holds a place of business permit and who issues a report on the presence of wood destroying insects, which is customarily referred to as a "wood destroying insect report", shall issue the report in writing and in a form which has been approved by the commission.

D. Each person who holds a place of business permit shall report to the commission on or before the tenth day of each month each report described in Subsection C of this Section which was issued during the previous month. The commission by rule may require each person who files a report to attach a copy of each wood destroying insect report.

E. All information and all documents transmitted to the commission in accordance with the requirements of this Section shall be confidential and shall be exempt from the Public Records Law, R.S. 44:1 et seq. The commission may discard or destroy all documents received under the provisions of this Section after ninety days.

Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 148, §1; Acts 2001, No. 551, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4023 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4023
Access to records and information
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, by lawful means, obtain information pertaining to the dairy industry which he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the provisions of this Chapter and the Southern Dairy Compact. Such information may be utilized by the commissioner, the delegates, and the Southern Dairy Compact Commission.

Acts 1997, No. 11, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2004
Scrub bull defined
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this Part the term "scrub bull" means any bull not entitled to pedigree or registration, as such terms are ordinarily understood in registry associations, societies, or companies recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and approved by the Louisiana Board of Animal Health.

Acts 2012, No. 811, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:136 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 136
Marketing contract
Status: in_force

A. The association and its members may make and execute marketing contracts requiring the members to sell, for any period of time not over ten years, all or any specified part of their agricultural products or specified commodities exclusively to or through the association or any facilities created by the association. If they contract to sell to the association, title to the products shall pass absolutely and unreservedly, except for recorded liens, to the association upon delivery, or when put in merchantable condition, or at any other specified time if expressly and definitely agreed in the contract.

B. The contract may provide that the association may sell or resell the products delivered by its members, with or without taking title thereto, and pay over to its members the resale price, after deducting all necessary selling, overhead, and other costs and deductions, as defined in the contracts, and expenses including interest on preferred stock not exceeding the legal interest rate per annum, reserves for retiring stock, other proper reserves, and interest not exceeding the legal interest rate per annum upon common stock.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 121, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4229 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4229
Access to records; testimony; penalties
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner shall have access at all times:

(1) To gather and compile information concerning and, to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices and management of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in intrastate commerce, and the relation thereof to other persons, firms and corporations;

(2) To require, by general or special orders, persons, firms and corporations engaged in intrastate commerce, or any class of them, or any of them to file with the commissioner, in such form as the commissioner may prescribe, annual or special, or both annual and special, reports or answers in writing, such reports and answers shall be made under oath, or otherwise, as the commissioner may prescribe, and shall be filed with the commissioner within such reasonable period as the commissioner may prescribe, unless additional time be granted in any case by the commissioner.

B. For the purposes of this Chapter the commissioner shall at all reasonable times have access to, for the purpose of examination, and the right to copy any documentary evidence of any person, firm or corporation being investigated or proceeded against.

C. The commissioner is hereby authorized to petition any court of competent jurisdiction for writs of mandamus, commanding any person, firm or corporation to comply with the provisions of this Chapter or any order or regulation of the commissioner authorized by said Chapter, and/or for writ of injunction, restraining and enjoining any person, firm or corporation from violating this statute or any regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to said statute.

D. Any person, firm or corporation that shall willfully make, or cause to be made, any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made under this Chapter, or that shall willfully make, or cause to be made, any false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by a person, firm or corporation subject to this Chapter, or that shall willfully neglect or fail to make, or cause to be made, full, true and correct entries in such accounts, records of memoranda, of all facts and transactions appertaining to the business of such person, firm or corporation, or that shall willfully remove out of the jurisdiction of this state, or willfully mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify any documentary evidence of any such person, firm or corporation, or that shall willfully refuse to submit to the commissioner or to his authorized agents, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies, any documentary evidence of any such person, firm or corporation in his possession or within his control, shall be deemed guilty of an offense and shall be subject, upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

E. If any person, firm or corporation required by this Chapter to file any annual or special report, fails to do so within the time fixed by the commissioner for filing same, and such failure shall continue for thirty days after notice of such default, such person, firm, or corporation shall be liable to be fined one hundred dollars for each day of such failure, each day being a separate offense. It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys within the state to prosecute the offenses occurring within their respective parishes.

F. Any officer or employee of this state who shall make public any information obtained, without the authority of the commissioner, unless directed by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than five years, or both in the discretion of the court.

Acts 1968, No. 376, §27. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3651 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3651
Legislative findings and intent
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby finds and declares that:

(1) Certain state laws permit a secured lender to enforce liens against a purchaser of farm products even if the purchaser does not know that the sale of the products violates the lender's security interest in the products, lacks any practical method for discovering the existence of the security interest, and has no reasonable means to ensure that the seller uses the sales proceeds to repay the lender.

(2) These laws subject the purchaser of farm products to double payment for the products, once at the time of purchase, and again when the seller fails to repay the lender.

(3) The exposure of purchasers of farm products to double payment inhibits free competition in the market for farm products.

(4) This exposure constitutes a burden on and an obstruction to commerce in Louisiana farm products.

(5) The purpose of this legislation is to remove the burdens on and obstructions to commerce in Louisiana farm products.

Acts 1987, No. 451, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2851 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2851
Livestock not to go on paved, black-topped and asphalt treated highways
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for horses, mules, donkeys, or asses to go on the paved, black-topped and asphalt treated highways of the state system and the rights of way therefor.

Added by Acts 1950, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 12, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:206 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 206
Matters to be covered by contract for continuing credit loan
Status: in_force

A. Corporations operating under this Chapter may contract with the borrower applying for a continuing credit loan to advance him monies, supplies, seeds, fertilizer, work animals, agricultural implements, livestock, cows, and poultry for his successive annual operations, not exceeding in the aggregate at any time the designated maximum amount. The maximum amount plus attorney's fees and costs, as set forth in the contract, shall during the entire period of the loan be the amount due by the borrower to the corporation for the advances already made and to be made.

B. The mortgage and security agreement between the corporation and the borrower shall contain in addition to rules, regulations, conditions, and stipulations required by the corporation the following:

(1) A declaration by the borrower setting forth that he has applied to the corporation for a continuing credit loan of $_____ (maximum amount), to be made to him from time to time, not exceeding at any time in the aggregate the maximum amount, to enable him to continue his agricultural operations over a stated period not to exceed ten years, on a specifically described farm of which he is the owner or lessee, by planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops thereon and therefrom during the period of time.

(2) A declaration by the borrower:

(a) That the farm together with the presently planted crops and all the crops proposed to be planted for that current year and all future crops thereafter planted thereon of any nature or kind, and together with all livestock and work animals and agricultural implements thereon, shall, for the purpose of this Chapter and during the term of the continuing credit loan, be considered and dealt with as a whole, as part and parcel of the realty.

(b) That during the period the borrower binds and obligates himself, his heirs and assigns not to grant any additional security interest affecting any of its crops, nor to obtain any advances for the crops, nor to grant any additional security interest affecting any of the chattels thereon, to any one else than the corporation, nor to do any act or thing to the prejudice of the corporation's security interest securing the continuing credit loan and the advances made and to be made thereunder.

C. The security agreement shall affect and include:

(1) All crops now planted and to be planted, cultivated, and harvested on the farm during the period.

(2) All livestock and work animals and agricultural implements, belonging to borrower.

(3) The pledge of the capital stock of the corporation of an aggregate par value of not less than one tenth of the maximum amount of the loan.

(4) Such other collateral security as may be given and accepted by the corporation.

D.(1) The security agreement shall further provide that during the period of the continuing credit loan and in order to enable and facilitate the corporation's ability to secure and to obtain the necessary funds to make the advances to borrower as contracted for between them, the borrower shall from time to time furnish and deliver to it his promissory notes. At no time shall the sum of the principals of the notes exceed the maximum amount of the continuing credit loan.

(2) The notes shall be consecutively numbered as issued, beginning with number one to the number of the last note. They shall be drawn by the maker upon a form approved by the corporation, payable to the order of the corporation at such place and at such dates and providing for such attorney's fees, if placed in the hands of an attorney for collection, as prescribed by the corporation, and shall have endorsed on the reverse of each the following words: "This is Note No. _____ of an indeterminate series of notes issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Revised Statutes of Louisiana, providing for continuing credit loans by agricultural credit corporations; notes previously issued, Nos. _____; of which notes Nos. _____ have been retired and cancelled, leaving the sum of the principals of this and all the notes prior hereto, outstanding $_____", followed by signature of maker.

(3) Each note thus issued shall be delivered to the corporation, and shall be in its hands negotiable, for sale or discount to a third party. The security interest and mortgages securing the continuing credit loan, shall inure to the benefit of any holder thereof without the necessity of any notarial assignment and the holder of the notes shall have the right to enforce the full and punctual payment of each note in the order of its serial number for its full amount, with interest and attorney's fees, in accordance with its tenor. In any sale to enforce the payment of the continuing credit loan or of any of the notes thus issued, of any of the property mortgaged, or pledged or on which a security interest has been granted, and all proceeds of the sales shall be applied first to the payment of all court costs, charges, and legal expenses, and thereafter by preference and priority to the payment of all notes issued and not retired and cancelled, for the full amount of each, with interest, attorney's fees, and costs, in accordance with their tenor and in the order of their serial numbers, so that the holder of any of the notes shall not be paid or receive any of the proceeds until each note, issued prior thereto and at that time outstanding and unpaid, shall have been fully satisfied, and thereafter the corporation shall be paid from the proceeds the amount of any balance due it on account of advances made, with interest, attorney's fees, and costs.

E. The security agreement shall further provide that, during the entire period of the term of the continuing credit loan:

(1) The proceeds of all crops harvested shall be paid over to the corporation, with recognition of its lien, up to the amount of all advances at that time made and unsatisfied with interest, attorney's fees, and costs, in accordance with the terms thereof.

(2) The proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the notes as provided in this Section.

(3) The payment of the notes shall not operate to satisfy, diminish, extinguish, or to cancel the continuing credit loan in whole or in part.

(4) The maximum contracted debt shall continue to exist as the principal obligation and remain in full force for its full amount with interest, attorney's fees, and costs, secured by the mortgage and the security agreement affecting crops and pledge of stock and all such other collateral security belonging thereto.

F. The security agreement may additionally provide that the continuing credit loan may at the option of either party be terminated by written notice to the other party and that thereafter the immobilization for the purposes of this Chapter, as provided for in Paragraph (B)(2) of this Section, and the collateral security given by borrower to corporation shall cease at such time as all the notes issued and all advances made under this contract, remaining due and unpaid, shall have been paid in full with interest, attorney's fees, and costs.

G. The security agreement may further provide that there shall be at all times reserved to the corporation as lender the right to increase, diminish, or discontinue entirely the advances whenever the condition of the crops or the elements or the happening of events, in the opinion of the corporation, so demand or warrant.

H. The security agreement may also provide that whenever notice of the intention to terminate the continuing credit loan has been given by one party to the other, then the corporation's continuing security interest as affecting successive crops shall not operate to secure any deficit remaining after all the proceeds of the crops planted, grown, and harvested during the current year have been received, paid, and imputed as provided in this Chapter.

Acts 1991, No. 539, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. R.S. § 3:1144 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1144
Tit. 3, § 1144. Exhibits at state fair
Status: in_force

With a view of stimulating a friendly rivalry as to the most successful results obtained upon parish experimental farms, a selection of the best results of each year's work upon the farms may be assembled and exhibited annually at the state fair in the building owned and set apart by the state as an agricultural hall at the state fair of Louisiana.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4153 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4153
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Board" means the Dairy Industry Promotion Board established in R.S. 3:4154.

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

(3) "Dairy cooperative" means an association of producers organized for the mutual benefit of those producers doing business in Louisiana.

(4) "Dairy producer" or "producer" means any person who produces bulk milk in Louisiana for sale to a dairy cooperative, processor, or distributor.

(5) "Distributor" means a person, other than a processor, who sells dairy products to one or more retail establishments or home delivery routes located in Louisiana. The term "distributor" includes wholesale grocers and cooperative grocery associations.

(6) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, cooperative association, governmental agency, or other business entity engaged in any of the activities regulated by this Part.

(7) "Processor" means a person who purchases milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components from a dairy producer or cooperative association, whether such producer or cooperative association is located within or outside of the state, for processing, or a person who purchases bulk milk for resale to a person who processes milk and other dairy products.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 526, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 1995, No. 356, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8L, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3391.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3391.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry or his duly authorized designee.

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

(3) "Formosan suppression zone" means any area or areas of the state designated by the commissioner where Formosan termite suppression or control programs may be undertaken.

(4) "Formosan termite" means the termite Coptotermes formosanus in any state of development.

(5) "Infested" means having the presence of live Formosan termites.

(6) "Person" means any individual, firm, company, corporation, partnership, society, association, governmental agency, political subdivision, public entity, or any other entity created by federal or state law or recognized by Louisiana law.

(7) "Regulated article" means any infested material.

Acts 1999, No. 486, §1, eff. June 21, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 167, §1, eff. May 25, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1736.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1736.2
Sale of sweet potatoes for certain purposes prohibited
Status: in_force

In order to prevent the spread of sweet potato weevils, no person shall sell or provide raw sweet potatoes for the purpose of feeding, offering to feed, or depositing for food the sweet potatoes to wild game quadrupeds.

Acts 2013, No. 332, §1, eff. June 17, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2055 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2055
Powers and duties of the council; quorum
Status: in_force

A. The council shall:

(1) Receive and disburse funds, as prescribed elsewhere in this Part, to be used in administering and implementing the provisions and intent of this Part.

(2) Meet regularly, at least four times annually or by a special meeting called by a majority vote of the council.

(3) Maintain a permanent record of its business proceedings.

(4) Maintain a permanent and detailed record of its financial accounts.

(5) Prepare periodic reports and an annual report of its activities for the fiscal year.

(6) Prepare periodic reports and an annual accounting for the fiscal year of all receipts and expenditures of the council and shall retain a certified public accountant for this purpose.

(7) Appoint a licensed banking institution as the depository for program funds and disbursements.

(8) Maintain frequent communications with officers and industry representatives of the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board.

(9) Establish reasonable rules and regulations for the operation and functioning of the council.

B. Six members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 320, §1. HCR 187, 1987 R.S.; HCR 201, 1988 R.S.; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8K, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2015, No. 428, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:2440 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2440
Tit. 3, § 2440. Resisting officers; penalty
Status: in_force

Whoever resists the officers empowered herein, in carrying out the provisions of this Part, shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned not less than five nor more than twenty-five days, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3374 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3374
Fees
Status: in_force

A. Each person who holds a place of business permit shall pay the fees established in this Subsection for standard contracts and wood destroying insect reports. Fees shall be paid at the expense of the person who holds the place of business permit and shall be paid at the time the person files the report required by R.S. 3:3370(B). The fee for each standard contract reported shall be established by the commission by rule at not more than sixteen dollars. The fee for each wood destroying insect report reported shall be established by the commission by rule at not more than sixteen dollars. When the amount of the fees collected pursuant to this Section in any fiscal year equals the amount appropriated for the commission and its programs for that fiscal year, the commission shall allocate the fees collected for standard contracts and wood destroying insect reports for the remainder of that fiscal year to the Louisiana State University Experiment Station for the purpose of structural pest control research.

B. The other fees charged under this Part shall be as follows:

(1) The annual permit fee for a place of business at which two or fewer licensed structural pest control operators or registered technicians are employed shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than one hundred twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred fifty dollars.

(2) The annual permit fee for a place of business at which three or more licensed structural pest control operators or registered technicians are employed shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than one hundred seventy-five dollars and not more than two hundred dollars.

(3) The fee for the examination for the structural pest control operator's license shall be fifty dollars.

(4) The fee for the examination for the technician's registration shall be twenty-five dollars.

(5) The fees for the registration of technicians shall be as follows:

(a) The fee for the administrative processing of the registration certificate shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than twenty dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars. This fee shall be paid at the time of initial registration and shall be for the time period beginning on the date of registration and ending on the following June thirtieth.

(b) The annual registration fee for registered technicians shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than twenty dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars.

(c) The administrative fee for processing the change of registration each time a registered technician is employed by a different pest control operator shall be ten dollars.

(6) The annual license fee for licensed pest control operators shall be established by the commission by rule at not less than five dollars and not more than ten dollars for each category in which the pest control operator is licensed.

(7) The commission by rule shall establish fees for chemical or other analyses which are performed at the request of any person other than the commission or the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The fees shall be based on the cost of obtaining the sample, obtaining the analysis, and processing the request for the analysis.

C. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all fees established by the commission shall be based on the cost of administering the provisions of this Part.

D. All annual fees collected by the commission shall be due and payable on the first day of July of each year.

Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 148, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1032, §1; Acts 2015, No. 201, §1.

{{NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 148, §§2, 3, & 4.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3205
Stop order
Status: in_force

A. When the commissioner believes that a violation of the provisions of this Chapter or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Chapter has occurred, the commissioner may issue a stop order prohibiting the distribution, sale, offer for sale, application, movement, or disturbance of the pesticide, pesticide wastes, or contaminated agricultural commodities or material.

B. Any person aggrieved by a stop order may petition the commission to hold a hearing on the matter. The hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Section 3214 of this Chapter.

C. Based on the results of the hearing, or based on a consent agreement mutually entered into by the commissioner and a violator, the commissioner may take one or more of the following actions:

(1) Release the pesticide for sale.

(2) Require the manufacturer or distributor to dispose of the pesticide and reimburse the purchaser.

(3) Sell the pesticide at public auction, if the manufacturer refuses to dispose of the pesticide and reimburse the purchaser.

(4) Destroy the pesticide.

(5) Provide for the disposition of the pesticide wastes or contaminated agricultural commodities or materials.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:670 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 670
Charter required
Status: in_force

A. Each charter shall be personal to the holder and shall be valid only with respect to the facility indicated on the charter. Charters are not transferable.

B. Each livestock market shall be chartered separately.

C. When the owner of a facility has leased the facility to another person who is operating a livestock market at the facility, and the lessee loses his charter for any reason, the owner of the facility shall have the right to apply for a charter to operate the facility as a livestock market prior to any other person. If the owner of the facility qualifies for the charter, the charter shall be issued to him.

D. If a charter is issued to a partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and a total of fifty percent or more of the ownership of the legal entity is transferred incrementally or in a single transaction, the legal entity shall submit to the board a new charter application containing such information as the board may require concerning the transfer and the transferee or transferees. Upon approval by the board, the charter shall be transferred to the new partners, shareholders, or other majority owners of the legal entity.

E. The board may cancel a charter for any one or more of the following actions:

(1) The holder has fraudulently misrepresented: the ownership, brands or weights of livestock; the charges at a sale; the proceeds of a sale; or any other information with respect to a sale.

(2) The holder is unable to meet the bond or financial requirements for operating a livestock market.

(3) The holder has violated the provisions with respect to the custodial account.

(4) The holder has violated the provisions of this Part, the provisions of the rules or regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, or any applicable federal law or rule or regulation governing the operation of a livestock market.

(5) The holder has not operated the facility for ninety days. The board for good cause shown, may allow a holder to not operate the facility without cancelling his charter for a period of up to one year.

F. Charters may be revoked only by a ruling of the board based on an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 142, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 220, §1; Acts 1979, No. 320, §1; Acts 1982, No. 443, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, No. 802, §3; Acts 2020, No. 306, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3601
Citation; legislative findings; purpose
Status: in_force

A. This Part shall be known as and may be cited as the Louisiana Right to Farm Law.

B.(1) The legislature hereby finds and declares that agriculture is essential not only to the economy of the state but to the sustenance of life, yet acreage devoted to agriculture has steadily declined in this century.

(2) The legislature further finds and declares that owners of agricultural land, including forest and timber land, and the public, which depends upon agricultural production, need to be protected from further diminution in value of agricultural land by providing safeguards and by establishing a more reliable remedy for diminution in value of agricultural land caused by governmental entities.

(3) The legislature also finds and declares that agricultural operations, including forest and timber operations, and the public, which depends upon agricultural production, need to be protected from any nuisance actions.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 95, §1; Acts 1995, No. 302, §1; Acts 2008, No. 515, §1; Acts 2019, No. 353, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:279 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 279
Account and audits
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the provisions of any contract with the holders of its bonds, the Authority shall establish a system of accounts.

B. The Authority shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor. The Authority may cause an independent audit to be prepared annually. Any such independent audit shall be subject to the authority of the legislative auditor to prescribe and approve the terms and conditions of such audit as provided in R.S. 24:513.

C. Within six months after the end of each fiscal year, the Authority shall submit to the governor and to both houses of the legislature an annual report on the operations of the Authority. Within sixty days after receipt thereof, the Authority shall submit to the governor and to both houses of the legislature a copy of the report of every audit of the books and accounts of the Authority.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 96, §1, eff. July 23, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1206 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1206
Election of three supervisors for each district
Status: in_force

A. Within thirty days after the date of issuance by the secretary of state of a certificate of organization of a soil and water conservation district, nomination petitions may be filed with the state soil and water conservation commission to nominate candidates for supervisors of the district. The commission shall have authority to extend the time within which nominating petitions may be filed. No nominating petition shall be accepted by the board, unless it shall be subscribed by twenty-five or more qualified voters within the district who are qualified to vote under the constitution and law of this state. Qualified voters may sign more than one such nominating petition to nominate more than one candidate for supervisor. The commission shall give due notice of an election to be held for the election of three supervisors for the district. The names of all nominees on behalf of whom nominating petitions have been filed within the time herein designated shall be printed, arranged in the alphabetical order of the surnames, upon ballots, with a square before each name and a direction to insert an X mark in the square before any three names to indicate the voter's preference. All qualified voters within the district who are qualified to vote under the constitution and laws of this state shall be eligible to vote in the election. Only qualified voters shall be eligible to vote. The three candidates who shall receive the largest number, respectively, of the votes cast in such election shall be the elected supervisors for such district. The state commission shall pay all the expenses of such election, shall supervise the conduct thereof, shall prescribe regulations governing the conduct of such election, and shall publish the results thereof.

B. If the total number of candidates duly presented in nominating petitions does not exceed the number of supervisor places to be filled by election, then and in that event, the state commission is authorized and empowered to dispense with the election procedure outlined above and to declare each of said candidates duly qualified as a supervisor without the requirement of an election the same as if his name had been presented to the qualified voters in an election. Candidates so qualified shall be considered for all purposes "elected supervisors" wherever such term appears in this Part.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 10, §4; Acts 1958, No. 231, §2; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:567 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 567
Custodial accounts
Status: in_force

A. Applicability. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all sales of livestock through market agencies.

B. Accounts. Each market agency shall establish and maintain a separate bank account designated as "Custodial Account for Shipper's Proceeds" or by some similar identifying designation, under terms and conditions with the bank where established, to disclose that the depositor is acting as a fiduciary with respect thereto and that the funds in the account are trust funds.

C. Trust funds. Each payment made by a livestock buyer to a market agency is a trust fund until the market agency's custodial account has been paid in full in connection with such purchase. Funds deposited in a custodial account are also trust funds, under both the gross proceeds and net proceeds methods of maintaining the custodial account. The market agency is a fiduciary with respect to the custodial account.

D. Deposits. (1) Gross proceeds method. Under the gross proceeds method, before the close of the next banking day after livestock is sold, the market agency shall deposit in its custodial account the proceeds from the sale of livestock that are collected and received on the day of sale, and an amount equal to the proceeds receivable from the sale of livestock that are due from the market agency; any owner, officer, or employee of the market agency; or any buyer to whom the market agency has extended credit. On or before the seventh day following the sale of livestock the market agency shall deposit in the custodial account an amount equal to all the proceeds receivable from the sale of livestock, whether or not such proceeds have been collected or received by the market agency.

(2) Net proceeds method. In lieu of the gross proceeds method, any market agency may adopt, and thereafter continuously follow, a net proceeds method for making deposits in its custodial account. Under the net proceeds method, the market agency shall make the same deposits at the same time as required under the gross proceeds method, but shall retain and not deposit the marketing charges which are due the market agency.

E. Withdrawals. The custodial account shall be drawn on only for payment of the net proceeds to the consignor or shipper, or such other person or persons who the market agency has knowledge are entitled thereto, to pay all legal charges against the consignment of livestock which the market agency may, in its capacity as agent, be required to pay for and on behalf of the consignor or shipper, and when the account is not kept on a net proceeds basis, to obtain therefrom the sums due the market agency as compensation for its services.

F. Accounts and records. Every market agency shall keep such accounts and records as will at all times disclose the handling of the funds in the custodial account referred to in this Section, including without limitation such accounts and records as will at all times disclose the names of the consignors and the amount due and payable to each from funds in the Custodial Account for Shipper's Proceeds. These records shall be made available to the Louisiana Board of Animal Health under such rules and regulations as the board may provide.

G. Insured banks. Custodial accounts required by this Section shall be established and maintained in banks whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

H. Certificates of deposit. Any market agency which has established and maintains the separate custodial account referred to in this Section may invest, in certificates of deposit issued by the bank in which such account is kept, such portion of the custodial funds as will not impair the market agency's ability to meet its obligations to its consignors. Such certificates of deposit shall be made payable to the market agency in its fiduciary capacity as trustee of the custodial funds.

I. Penalties. In addition to all other penalties provided in this Part, the board, as defined in Section 663 of this Chapter, may order the immediate closure of any market agency which fails to properly maintain the custodial account required by this Section.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 153, §1; Acts 1985, No. 802, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3551 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3551
Purposes
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Chapter is to promote the growth and development of the soybean, wheat, corn, and grain sorghum industries in Louisiana by research and advertisement, thereby promoting the general welfare of the people of this state.

Added by Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 45, §1; Acts 1985, No. 390, §1, eff. July 10, 1985; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8G, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1418 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1418
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 Section.

B. Whenever the commissioner has any reason to believe that a violation of this Subpart or of any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Subpart has occurred, the commissioner may present the alleged violations to the commission for a determination.

C. A hearing officer shall be appointed by the office of the attorney general to preside over the hearing.

D. Notice of the alleged violation, the date of the adjudicatory hearing, and the conduct of discovery 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 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:837 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 837
Louisiana Egg Commission; creation, organization
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Egg Commission is hereby created within the department with its domicile at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

B. The commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the commissioner and confirmed by the Senate.

(1) Two members shall be active egg producers.

(2) Two members shall be active distributors.

(3) Two members shall have knowledge of the egg industry.

(4) One member shall be appointed from the public at large.

C. The commissioner, or his designee, shall serve ex officio and shall have all rights and responsibilities of appointed members. The commissioner or his designee shall be counted for purposes of constituting a quorum.

D. At the same time and in the same manner, the commissioner shall appoint one alternate for each appointed member. Each alternate shall possess the same qualifications as the member for whom he is appointed as an alternate. When a member is unable to be present at any meeting of the commission, his alternate shall serve in his place. Any alternate serving in the place of a member shall be deemed to be a member for purposes of that meeting and shall exercise all of the powers vested by law in the member, including the right to vote.

E. Appointed members and alternates shall serve terms concurrent with the term of the commissioner making the appointment.

F. Vacancies in the office of the members and alternates shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. Persons appointed to fill vacancies shall serve out the unexpired term.

G. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.

H. Members of the commission shall not receive any salary for performing their duties as members. Members may receive a per diem for each day spent in actual attendance of meetings of the commission, in an amount not to exceed forty dollars. Members may receive a mileage allowance for mileage traveled in attending meetings, at a rate not to exceed that paid to state employees. Members shall not receive per diem or mileage for more than twelve meetings per year.

I. The commission shall meet as needed on the call of the chairman or upon the request of any three members.

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

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; Acts 2015, No. 320, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 523, §§2 and 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4703 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4703
Adoption of certification marks
Status: in_force

The terms "Cajun," "Louisiana Creole," and any derivative or combination of either term are hereby adopted, appropriated and established by the legislature as certification marks to be owned by the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2006, No. 124, §1, eff. June 2, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2352 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2352
Expenditure of funds; cooperation with federal agencies
Status: in_force

Authority is hereby delegated to the state entomologist to expend funds to establish and carry out a program for the eradication and control of the imported fire ant, and to cooperate with and to receive cooperation from the United States Department of Agriculture, including the expenditure of federal funds for that purpose, subject to the approval of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 180, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2307 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2307
Inspection; application; fees
Status: in_force

A. No bees or used beekeeping equipment shall be moved unless accompanied by a certificate of inspection by the state entomologist. Beekeepers who desire a certificate authorizing the movement of bees or used beekeeping equipment shall apply to the commissioner for inspection prior to any movement of the bees or used beekeeping equipment.

B. The commissioner, by rule, shall prescribe the time and manner in which an application for inspection shall be filed.

C. The commissioner, by rule, may impose an inspection fee schedule provided that the fee for an inspection does not exceed the actual costs of the inspection.

Acts 1984, No. 529, §1; Acts 2003, No. 122, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1439 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1439
Failure of seed dealer to register; effect
Status: in_force

The commissioner may issue a stop order against any seed dealer who fails to comply with R.S. 3:1437.

Acts 2003, No. 175, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2012, No. 146, §1, eff. May 14, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3008 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3008
Petition for elections; notice of election
Status: in_force

Upon the petition of twenty-five percent of the qualified electors in any ward of any parish of the state, the governing authority of the parish in which the ward is situated shall, within sixty days after the date on which the petition is filed, order and set the date for an election. The election shall be held not more than sixty days after the date on which it is ordered. Notice of the election shall be published in the official journal of the parish in which the ward is located at least once a week for four consecutive weeks. The first publication shall be not less than thirty days prior to the date of the election. All elections provided for in this Part shall be at the expense of the parish in which the ward calling the election is situated.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 399, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 258, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:827 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 827
Tit. 3, § 827. Application of provisions
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part apply equally to all eggs when offered for sale or marketed in the state whether produced in the state or elsewhere.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1414 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1414
Mixtures of graded, registered fertilizers; registration not required; sale prohibited
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, it shall be lawful for any farmer in this state to mix or cause to be mixed on his farm various grades of fertilizers without having to register the resulting mixture provided that he comply with the following conditions and restrictions:

(1) That he own all the component fertilizers that are to comprise the mixture.

(2) That all of the component fertilizers used in the mixture are registered in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart.

(3) That he use the mixture only for farming purposes on land which he farms.

B. It shall be unlawful for anyone to sell such mixture described in Subsection A of this Section, unless he first complies with the restrictions and conditions set forth in R.S. 3:1413.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4705 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4705
Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of agriculture is hereby authorized:

(1) To take any and all actions to enforce this Subpart in order to protect the terms "Cajun" and "Louisiana Creole" and any derivative or combination of either term as certification marks owned by the state of Louisiana.

(2) To take any and all actions to prevent misuse and infringement of the certification marks.

(3) To register, file, or otherwise record Louisiana’s claim to the certification marks in any state, national, or international office as may be required or desirable in order to give full force and effect to said certification marks.

B. In addition to the remedies provided in this Section, the commissioner of agriculture, when enforcing this Subpart, shall have all other remedies available to civil plaintiffs under law, including the right to seek injunctive relief.

Acts 2006, No. 124, §1, eff. June 2, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2895 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2895
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person convicted of violating the provisions of R.S. 3:2891 shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 419, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4207 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4207
Labeling
Status: in_force

A. When any meat or meat food product or poultry product prepared for intrastate commerce which has been inspected as hereinbefore provided and marked "Louisiana Inspected and Passed" shall be placed or packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in any establishment where inspection under the provisions of this Chapter is maintained, the person, firm or corporation preparing said product shall cause a label to be attached to said can, pot, tin, canvas or other receptacle or covering, under supervision of an inspector, which label shall state that the contents thereof have been "Louisiana Inspected and Passed" under the provisions of this Chapter, and no inspection and examination of meat, meat food products or poultry products deposited or enclosed in cans, tins, pots, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in any establishment where inspection under the provisions of this Chapter is maintained shall be deemed to be complete until such meat, meat food products or poultry products have been sealed or enclosed in said can, tin, pot, canvas or other receptacle or covering under the supervision of an inspector.

B. All carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, meat food products and poultry products inspection at any establishment under the authority of this Chapter and found to be not adulterated, shall at the time they leave the establishment bear, in distinctly legible form, directly thereon or on their containers, as the commissioner may require, the information required under R.S. 3:4201(9).

C. The commissioner, whenever he determines such action is necessary for the protection of the public, may prescribe:

(1) The styles and sizes of type to be used with respect to material required to be incorporated in labeling to avoid false or misleading labeling of any articles or animals subject to this Chapter; (2) definitions and standards of identity or composition for articles subject to this Chapter and standards of fill of container for such articles not inconsistent with any such standards established under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or under the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act and there shall be consultation between the commissioner and the secretary of agriculture of the United States prior to issuance of such standards to avoid inconsistency between such standards and the federal standards.

D. No article subject to this Chapter shall be sold or offered for sale by any person, firm, or corporation, in intrastate commerce, under any name or other marking or labeling which is false or misleading, or in any container of a misleading form or size, but established trade names and other marking and labeling and containers which are not false or misleading and which are approved by the commissioner, are permitted.

E. If the commissioner has reason to believe that any marking or labeling or the size or form of any container in use or proposed for use with respect to any article subject to this Chapter is false or misleading in any particular, he may direct that such use be withheld unless the marking, labeling or container is modified in such manner as he may prescribe so that it will not be false, or misleading. If the person, firm or corporation using or proposing to use the marking, labeling or container does not accept the determination of the commissioner, such person, firm or corporation may request a hearing, but the use of the marking, labeling, or container shall, if the commissioner so directs, be withheld pending hearing and final determination by the commissioner. Any such determination by the commissioner shall be conclusive unless, within thirty days after receipt of notice of such final determination, the person, firm, or corporation adversely affected thereby appeals to the appropriate court.

Acts 1968, No. 376, §6. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
La. R.S. § 3:4365 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 4365
Tit. 3, § 4365. Sale, exchange, or lease of lands
Status: in_force

The commission may sell, exchange, or lease lands under its jurisdiction when it is advantageous to the state in the highest orderly development and management of state forests. The sale, lease, or exchange shall not be contrary to the terms of any contract it has previously entered into.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1396 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1396
Adulteration
Status: in_force

A commercial feed shall be deemed to be adulterated:

(1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to human or animal health. If the substance is not an added substance, the commercial feed shall not be considered adulterated under this Paragraph if the quantity of the substance in the commercial feed does not ordinarily render it injurious to health.

(2) If it bears or contains any added poisonous, added deleterious, or added nonnutritive substance which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 406 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act other than one which is a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity or a food additive.

(3) If it is or it bears or contains any food additive which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

(4) If it is a raw agricultural commodity and it bears or contains a pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 408(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. When a pesticide chemical has been used in or on a raw agricultural commodity in conformity with an exemption granted or a tolerance prescribed under Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the raw agricultural commodity has been subjected to processing such as canning, cooking, freezing, dehydrating, or milling, the residue of the pesticide chemical remaining in or on such processed feed shall not be deemed unsafe if the residue in or on the raw agricultural commodity has been removed to the extent possible in good manufacturing practice and the concentration of the residue in the processed feed is not greater than the tolerance prescribed for the raw agricultural commodity unless the feeding of such processed feed will result or is likely to result in a pesticide residue in the edible product of the animal which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 408(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

(5) If it is or it bears or contains any color additive which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 406 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

(6) If it is, or it bears or contains, any new animal drug which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

(7) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or if it is otherwise unfit for feed.

(8) If it is, in whole or in part, the product of a diseased animal or of an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 402(a)(1) or (2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

(9) If any valuable constituent has been in whole or part omitted or abstracted therefrom or any less valuable substance substituted therefor.

(10) If its composition or quality falls below or differs from that which it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling.

(11) If the manufacture, processing, packaging, distribution and use do not comply with the requirements of 21 CFR Part 507, Subparts A, B, C, E, and F, except when the commission determines that these federal regulations are not appropriate to the conditions which exist in this state.

(12) If it contains a drug, as defined by the Act, and the manufacture, processing, packaging, or distribution and use do not conform to good manufacturing practice regulations promulgated by the commission to assure that the drug meets the requirement of this Part as to safety and has the identity and strength and meets the quality and purity characteristics which it purports or is represented to possess. In promulgating such regulations, the commission shall adopt the good manufacturing practice regulations for Type A medicated articles, medicated feed premixes, and medicated feeds in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and 21 CFR Parts 225 and 226, except when the commission determines that these federal regulations are not appropriate to the conditions which exist in this state.

(13) If it contains viable or poisonous weed seeds in amounts exceeding the limits which the commission shall establish by rule or regulation.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1; Acts 2020, No. 333, §1; Acts 2024, No. 101, §1, eff. May 21, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:2058 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 2058
Levies, assessments, collection, and enforcement
Status: in_force

A. The council is authorized to collect any assessment in accordance with the Federal Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 on all Louisiana cattle purchased or sold within or outside of Louisiana. This assessment shall be known as the "federal assessment" for the purposes of this Part. The collecting person shall deduct the amount of the federal assessment subject to any credits due to the producer from the gross receipts of the producer at the time of sale. The purpose of the federal assessment shall be for the producer's participation in the Federal Beef Promotion and Research Program and by virtue of the federally authorized credit for the producer's participation in the Louisiana Beef Promotion and Research Program.

B, C. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 428, §2.

D. If more than one producer shares the proceeds received for the cattle sold, each such producer shall pay that portion of the assessments which are equivalent to his proportionate share of the proceeds.

E. Failure of the collecting person to collect the assessment on each head of cattle sold shall not relieve the producer of his obligation to pay the assessment authorized to be levied by this Part.

F. The collecting person shall collect and remit the federal assessments authorized to be levied by this Part. Notwithstanding anything hereto to the contrary, in no event, nor at any time, shall more than one dollar be paid or collected for the promotional programs described in this Part on any one head of cattle.

G. Each collecting person shall transmit the assessments and a report of the assessments collected to the council in the manner provided for in this Subsection:

(1) Each collecting person shall make such reports as are approved by the council on forms made available by the council. A separate report shall be prepared for each reporting period. The report shall be mailed to the council and shall contain the following information:

(a) The number of cattle purchased or transferred and the number of transactions which are in any way subject to the assessment provided for in this Part, along with the dates of such transactions.

(b) The amount of the assessment remitted.

(c) The reason, if any, that the remittance is less than the number of head of cattle involved in transactions multiplied by the assessment rate.

(d) The date any assessment was paid.

(2) Each calendar month shall be a reporting period. The period shall end on the close of business on the last day of the month.

(3) The collecting person shall remit all assessments to the council with the report no later than the fifteenth day of the month following the close of the period. All remittances shall be by check or money order made payable to the Louisiana Beef Industry Council. All remittances shall be received subject to collections and payment at par.

H. Each collecting person responsible for remitting the assessments, other than a producer slaughtering cattle of his own production for sale, shall give the producer from whom an assessment was collected written evidence of the payment of the assessment. The written evidence shall contain the following information:

(1) The name and address of the collecting person.

(2) The name of the producer who paid the assessment.

(3) The number of cattle sold.

(4) The total assessments paid by the producer.

(5) The date of the receipt.

I.(1) The assessment levied on each head of cattle shall not apply to cattle owned by a person if either:

(a) The person certifies that the person's only share in the proceeds of a sale of cattle or beef is a sales commission, handling fee, or other service fee.

(b) The person does all of the following:

(i) Certifies that he has acquired ownership of cattle to facilitate the transfer of ownership of such cattle from the seller to a third party.

(ii) Establishes that such cattle were resold not later than ten days from the date on which the person acquired ownership.

(iii) Certifies that the assessment levied upon the person from whom the cattle were purchased has been collected and remitted, or will be so, if an assessment is due or that the assessment is being levied against cattle which sold for one hundred fifty dollars or less per head.

(2)(a) Each person seeking nonproducer status pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall provide the collecting person with a statement certifying his nonproducer status on a form approved by the council.

(b) A copy of such form shall be forwarded by the collecting person to the council upon its request.

J. Records showing the amount of the assessments collected and the number of cattle consigned to the market agents or individuals shall be preserved by such market agencies or individuals for a period of two years and shall be made available for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry or any duly authorized agency or representative of the commissioner or by the council only after review of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry records. Every market agency licensed to do business in Louisiana or other person or organization purchasing cattle in Louisiana, at such time or times as the council may designate, shall submit a monthly sales report to the council, and also shall submit such additional reports or other documentary information as the commissioner or the council deems necessary for the efficient and equitable collection of the assessments imposed in this Part. Copies of these records shall be furnished to the council by the commissioner upon request. The council shall regulate and enforce the collection of the assessments and matters pertaining thereto and shall use the monthly sales reports as a means of regulating the collection of the funds.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 320, §1. Acts 1985, No. 694, §1; HCR 187, 1987 R.S.; HCR 201, 1988 R.S; Acts 1989, No. 166, §1; Acts 1993, No. 587, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 298, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8K, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2015, No. 428, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3555 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3555
Exclusion from coverage of Chapter
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to any person who purchases one thousand or less bushels of soybeans, wheat, corn, or grain sorghum in any calendar year.

Added by Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 45, §1; Acts 1985, No. 390, §1, eff. July 10, 1985; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8G, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1430.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 1430.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Agricultural liming materials" or "materials" means solid or liquid materials which contain calcium or magnesium and which are sold, offered for sale, or distributed for use in neutralizing acidity in agricultural soils.

(2) "Aragonite" means a soft calcite obtained from ocean deposits.

(3) "Brand" means any name, trademark, or other designation under which an agricultural liming material is sold.

(4) "Bulk" means in nonpackaged form.

(5) "Burnt lime" means a material made from limestone which consists primarily of calcium oxide or a combination of calcium and magnesium oxides.

(6) "Calcite liming material" means a material composed primarily of calcium carbonate.

(7) "Cement kiln dust" means waste dust produced in the manufacturing of cement.

(8) "Chalk" means a soft, friable, loosely consolidated material composed primarily of calcium carbonate.

(9) "Consumer" means any person who purchases agricultural liming materials for use on fields owned or leased by that person.

(10) "Distributor" means a person who sells, offers for sale, or distributes agricultural liming materials in this state on the wholesale level.

(11) "Dolomitic liming material" means a material composed of calcium and magnesium carbonates.

(12) "Ground shells" means a material obtained by grinding the shells of mollusks.

(13) "Hydrated lime" means a material made from burnt lime which consists primarily of calcium hydroxide and which may contain magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide, or both.

(14) "Jobber" means a person who buys or sells agricultural liming materials in this state for another person and who is paid commissions for his services.

(15) "Label" means any written or printed matter on or attached to a package of materials or an invoice for a shipment of bulk materials.

(16) "Lot" means the quantity of materials from which a sample has been taken and which the sample represents.

(17) "Manufacturer" means a person who produces agricultural liming materials which are sold, offered for sale, or distributed in this state.

(18) "Marl" means a granular or loosely consolidated earthy material composed primarily of seashell fragments and calcium carbonate.

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

(20) "Registrant" means a manufacturer who registers an agricultural liming material.

(21) "Retailer" means a person who sells agricultural liming materials to consumers in this state.

(22) "Ton" means two thousand pounds avoirdupois.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:3520 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 3520
Publication of notice
Status: in_force

A. Upon the issuance of any order which makes effective a marketing order, or any suspension, amendment, or termination of a marketing order, notice shall be published in the Louisiana Register. A marketing order, or any suspension, amendment, or termination of such shall not become effective until five days after the date of such publication. The commissioner shall also mail a copy of the notice to every person that is directly affected by the terms of such marketing order, suspension, amendment, or termination, whose name and address is on file in the office of the commissioner, and to every person that files in the office of the commissioner a written request for such notice.

B. This Section does not apply to the termination of any marketing agreement under R.S. 3:3519(G)(1) and (2).

Added by Acts 1978, No. 500, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8J, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:43 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 43
Licenses and registration
Status: in_force

A. Each person operating an unmanned aerial system in the course of an agricultural commercial operation shall obtain a license from the department, which shall be issued upon the applicant meeting the following requirements:

(1) Applicants shall submit a written application to the department as provided by the commissioner by rule.

(2) Prior to applying for a license, each applicant shall complete an agricultural education and safety training course administered by the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service or the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center and comply with any other licensing requirements established by the commissioner by rule.

B. Each unmanned aerial system operated in the course of an agricultural commercial operation shall be registered with the department.

C. Licenses and registrations shall be valid for three years and may be renewed for additional three-year periods in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner.

Acts 2015, No. 166, §1, eff. June 23, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 545, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:666 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 666
Application for charter
Status: in_force

The application for charter shall include the following information:

(1) The name and address of the applicant, a statement of the names and addresses of all persons having any financial interest in the applicant, and the amount and nature of such interest.

(2) A financial statement of assets and liabilities.

(3) Plans, blueprints and specifications for new facilities or pictures of existing facilities.

(4) Proof that the registration requirements of the Packers and Stockyards Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, can be met.

(5) A statement, in writing, assuring the Louisiana Board of Animal Health that the auction market will be operated in compliance with the Louisiana Board of Animal Health's regulations.

(6) Projected source and quantity of livestock, by parish, anticipated to be handled.

(7) Projected income and expense statement for the first year's operation.

(8) Facts upon which are based the conclusion that the trade area and the livestock industry will benefit because of the proposed market.

(9) A charter fee of two hundred fifty dollars per license issued, which will be retained by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry whether or not the charter is granted.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 142, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 220, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:665 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 3 / Section 665
Administration of Part
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Board of Animal Health shall administer the provisions of this Part.

B. The Louisiana Board of Animal Health shall determine the day or days on which each livestock market chartered under the provisions of this Part may conduct sales.

C. Each livestock market in operation on April 1, 2019, shall retain the sale day or contiguous day on which the livestock market was conducting sales prior to April 1, 2019.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 142, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 443, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2020, No. 306, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.