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LA Rev Stat § 3:1101 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1101. Board of control of state penitentiary to maintain demonstration farms

RS 1101 - Board of control of state penitentiary to maintain demonstration farms The board of control of the state penitentiary shall maintain on Hope Plantation, Oakley Plantation and Monticello Plantation a general system of demonstration of agricultural and stock raising operations, to which at least five hundred acres of land on each of the properties should be dedicated from the area of each of the properties; it may in its discretion and to meet the requirements of the purposes herein set forth increase the area. No portion of the land so dedicated shall be sold by the Governor of the state by virtue of the authority of any legislative act prior to July 22, 1914, permitting the sale.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1102 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1102. Names of demonstration farms

RS 1102 - Names of demonstration farms The properties dedicated in R.S. 3:1101 shall be known and designated as the "State Demonstration Farm at Hope", "State Demonstration Farm at Monticello", and "State Demonstration Farm at Oakley."
LA Rev Stat § 3:1103 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1103. Nature of operations on farms

RS 1103 - Nature of operations on farms The Department of Institutions shall purchase and maintain on demonstration farms such livestock and shall engage in such general farming and agricultural operations as in its judgment will best demonstrate the proper operation of agricultural and stock farms in the respective sections in which they are located. To this end it shall as rapidly as possible equip and maintain on the properties modernly equipped farm and stock implements, fixtures, and buildings, and in general do such things as will be required to make effective the provisions of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1104 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1104. Employment of help

RS 1104 - Employment of help The board of control of the state penitentiary shall employ such scientific and expert help as is advisable or necessary.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1105 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1105. Record of activities; issuance of bulletins

RS 1105 - Record of activities; issuance of bulletins The board of control of the state penitentiary shall keep an accurate and detailed record of all work, experiments, demonstrations, and enterprises undertaken or conducted by it, which record shall at all times be accessible to the general public. It shall at stated intervals issue bulletins advising the public of its operations and the results thereof, and shall publish the bulletins through the press or otherwise.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1106 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1106. Authority to sell animal or agricultural products of farms

RS 1106 - Authority to sell animal or agricultural products of farms The board of control may market, sell, trade, or dispose of any of the animal or agricultural products of demonstration farms, whether it be for the maintenance thereof or with the aim toward proper and commensurate compensation to aid in the promotion of the agricultural and stock raising industries of the state.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1107 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1107. Transfer of lands from farms to United States for demonstration purposes

RS 1107 - Transfer of lands from farms to United States for demonstration purposes In the event the government of the United States should undertake at any time to establish, in either of the parishes in which the state farms are situated, any agricultural, cattle, stock, or other demonstration farm or station, for the purpose of promoting in any manner the animal industries or agricultural interests of this state or of any section or portion thereof, and for the purpose of so doing should require the requisite lands to be given or the use thereof dedicated to it, the board of control of the state penitentiary under the authority of the governor may in the name of the state dedicate and transfer to the government of the United States, from the farms named, an acreage of not more than that which is dedicated on the farms to the purposes set forth in this Part, or which may be dedicated. The use and enjoyment of the dedicated acreage shall remain with and in the government of the United States as long as the land shall be used for the purposes of agricultural, cattle, stock, or other demonstration farm. In the event of transfer the board of control of the state penitentiary shall exercise no further rights upon the property transferred and shall not be required to conduct and operate the particular farm or farms dedicated to the uses of the United States government.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1141 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1141. Parishes empowered to acquire land

RS 1141 - Parishes empowered to acquire land 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 § 3:1142 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1142. Working farms; use of prisoners

RS 1142 - Working farms; use of prisoners The tracts of land acquired under this Part are to be constituted parish experimental farms, and the parish is to improve the property so that it may be worked by the parish in accordance with plans to be suggested by the state and United States agricultural departments. The governing authorities of the parishes may utilize parish prisoners in the working of the experimental farms.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1143 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1143. Farms to promote scientific knowledge of agriculture

RS 1143 - Farms to promote scientific knowledge of agriculture The parish experimental farms provided for by this Part are established for the purpose of demonstrating the possibilities of the soil in the respective parishes, and in every way to disseminate a scientific knowledge of agriculture. In consequence, the work and results obtained on the parish experimental farms shall be open to the inspection and study of the public at stated times.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1144 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1144. Exhibits at state fair

RS 1144 - Exhibits at state fair 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 § 3:1145 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1145. Provision in budget for establishing farms

RS 1145 - Provision in budget for establishing farms Parishes may make provision in their budgets for the carrying out of this Part at the earliest practical time that the finances of each parish will permit.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1202 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1202. Terms defined

RS 1202 - Terms defined As used in this Part of Chapter 9, the terms defined in this Section have the meanings here given to them, except where the context expressly indicates otherwise: (1) "District" or "soil conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this State, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this Part, for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions set forth in this Part. (2) "Supervisor" means one of the members of the governing body of a district, elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Part. (3) "Committee" or "State Soil Conservation Committee" means the agency created in Section 3:1204. (4) "Petition" means a petition filed under the provisions of subsection A of Section 3:1205 for the creation of a district. (5) "Nominating petition" means a petition filed under the provisions of Section 3:1206 to nominate candidates for the office of supervisor of a soil conservation district. (6) "State" means the State of Louisiana. (7) "Agency of this State" includes the government of this State and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of this State. (8) "United States" or "agencies of the United States" include the United States of America, the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America. (9) "Government" or "governmental" includes the government of this State, the Government of the United States, or any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. (10) "Land owner" or "owner of land" includes any person, persons, partnership, firm, or corporation who shall hold title to any lands lying within a district organized under the provisions of this Part. (11) "Land occupant" or "occupant of land" includes any person, persons, partnership, firm, or corporation who shall hold title to, or shall be in possession of, any lands lying within a district organized under the provisions of this Part, whether as owner, lessee, tenant, or otherwise. (12) "Due notice" means notice published at least twice, with an interval of at least 7 days between the two publication dates, in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation within the appropriate area, or if no such publication of general circulation be available, by posting at a reasonable number of conspicuous places within the appropriate area, such posting to include, where possible, posting at public places where it may be customary to post notices concerning parish or municipal affairs generally. At any hearing held pursuant to such notice, at the time and place designated in such notice, adjournment may be made from time to time without the necessity of renewing such notice for such adjourned dates.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1203 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1203. Repealed by Acts 1956, No. 10, §2.

RS 1203 - Repealed by Acts 1956, No. 10, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1206 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1206. Election of three supervisors for each district

RS 1206 - Election of three supervisors for each district 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 § 3:1210 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1210. Entry of land for inspection

RS 1210 - Entry of land for inspection The supervisors shall have authority to go upon any lands within the district to determine whether land-use regulations adopted under the provisions of R.S. 3:1209 are being observed.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1211 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1211. Performance of work under the regulations by the supervisors

RS 1211 - Performance of work under the regulations by the supervisors Where the supervisors of any district shall find that any of the provisions of land-use regulations prescribed in an ordinance adopted in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 3:1209 are not being observed on particular lands, and that such non-observance tends to increase erosion on such lands and is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the district, the supervisors may seek, according to law, from the district court having jurisdiction, a mandatory injunction ordering the land occupant and the land owner to comply with the land-use regulations, and, in the alternative, authorizing the supervisors to go on the land, perform the work or other operations or otherwise bring the condition of such lands into conformity with the requirement of such regulations and to recover the costs and expenses thereof, with interest, from the occupant and owner of such land. In all cases where the person in possession of lands, who shall fail to perform such work, operations, or avoidances shall not be the owner, the owner of such lands shall be joined as a party defendant. When such judgment shall be paid or collected, the proceeds shall be paid over to the district within the boundaries of which the land shall lie.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1213 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1213. Co-operation between districts

RS 1213 - Co-operation between districts The supervisors of any two or more districts organized under the provisions of this Part may co-operate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1214 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1214. State agencies to co-operate

RS 1214 - State agencies to co-operate Agencies of this state which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any state-owned lands, and of any parish, or other governmental subdivision of the state, which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any parish-owned or other publicly owned lands, lying within the boundaries of any district organized hereunder, shall co-operate to the fullest extent with the supervisors of such districts in the effectuation of programs and operations undertaken by the supervisors under the provisions of this Part. The supervisors of such districts shall be given free access to enter and perform work upon such publicly owned lands. The provisions of land-use regulations adopted pursuant to R.S. 3:1209 shall have the force and effect of law over all such publicly owned lands, and shall be in all respects observed by the agencies administering such lands.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1216 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1216. Certification of district

RS 1216 - Certification of district The state soil conservation committee shall on or before January 1 of such calendar year certify to the State Treasurer or other appropriate official, the number of districts in operation in the state.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1217 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1217. Short title

RS 1217 - Short title This Part may be referred to as the "Soil Conservation Districts Law."
LA Rev Stat § 3:1218 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1218. Extension of boundaries to include urban or suburban areas

RS 1218 - Extension of boundaries to include urban or suburban areas All cities, towns, villages or other urban or suburban areas lying within the exterior boundaries of a soil and water conservation district established pursuant to the provisions of the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law, as amended, or lying close to any such district, shall from July 27, 1966 be included in and deemed part of the district in the exterior boundaries of which it lies or the district to which it lies closest. In doubtful cases, the state committee shall determine the district of which any such urban or suburban area has become a part by virtue of this provision. Added by Acts 1966, No. 195, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1219 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1219. Saving provision

RS 1219 - Saving provision Nothing contained in R.S. 3:1204 and R.S. 3:1207 shall be interpreted to reduce or limit any authorization granted in any act of the legislature of this state to any agency of the government of this state or to any parish, municipality, special-purpose district or other local governmental subdivision of this state, or to any research or educational institution supported wholly or in part with public funds and operating in this state. Added by Acts 1970, No. 469, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1221 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1221. Carbon sequestration; emissions reduction of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases

RS 1221 - Carbon sequestration; emissions reduction of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases A. The commissioner is authorized to take all action necessary to ensure Louisiana's participation, to the fullest extent practicable, regarding carbon sequestration or the reduction of emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from agriculture and forestry. B. The office of soil and water conservation of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall function as the state's agency for such participation. C. The provisions of this Section do not affect the authority of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources or benefits, credits, or offsets derived from projects approved and undertaken by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority in the coastal area. Acts 2010, No. 527, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1251. Adoption of federal soil conservation policy

RS 1251 - Adoption of federal soil conservation policy It is hereby recognized and declared, as a matter of legislative determination that the public welfare of this state requires the cooperation of this state with other states and with the federal government in the accomplishment of the policy declared by the Congress of the United States in the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, and particularly in Section 7(a) thereof, to-wit:  (1) preservation and improvement of soil fertility:  (2) promotion of the economic use and conservation of land:  (3) diminution of exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of national soil resources:  (4) the protection of rivers and harbors against the result of soil erosion in aid of maintaining the navigability of waters and water courses and in aid of flood control: and  (5) re-establishment, at as rapid a rate as the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be practicable and in the general public interest, of the ratio between the purchasing power of the net income per person on farms and that of the income per person not on farms that prevailed during the five-year period August 1909--July 1914, inclusive, as determined from statistics available in the United States Department of Agriculture and the maintenance of such ratio. The powers conferred under Sections 7 to 14, inclusive, of this Act shall be used to assist voluntary action calculated to effectuate the purposes specified in this section. Such powers shall not be used to discourage the production of supplies of foods and fibers sufficient to maintain normal domestic human consumption as determined by the Secretary from the records of domestic human consumption in the years 1920 to 1929, inclusive, taking into consideration increased population, quantities of any commodity that were forced into domestic consumption by decline in exports during such period, current trend in domestic consumption and exports of particular commodities, and the quantities of substitutes available for domestic consumption within any general class of food commodities. In carrying out the purpose of this section due regard shall be given to the maintenance of a continuous and stable supply of agricultural commodities adequate to meet consumer demand at prices fair to both producers and consumers. The Legislature of the State of Louisiana therefore accepts the provisions and requirements of the said Act, and adopts the policy thereof as the policy of the State of Louisiana and the purposes thereof as the purposes of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1252 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1252. State university to administer soil conservation plans

RS 1252 - State university to administer soil conservation plans The Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (hereinafter referred to as the University) is hereby designated as the agency of the State of Louisiana to administer any plans designed to carry out the purposes of this Part, including any plan to be carried out in the State of Louisiana submitted to and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States as provided in said Federal Act.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1253 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1253. Formulation of soil conservation plans

RS 1253 - Formulation of soil conservation plans The University is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to formulate for each calendar year a plan designed to carry out in the State of Louisiana the purposes of this Part, and to submit such plan to the Secretary of Agriculture in conformity with the provisions of said Federal Act.