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LA Rev Stat § 3:3810 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3810. Violations

RS 3810 - Violations A. Failure to comply with any provision of this Chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter shall constitute a violation. Violations include but are not limited to: (1) Performing any of the following acts in a regulated profession or occupation without either a valid appropriate license or permit issued by the commissioner or without a regular employee who holds a valid appropriate license or permit issued by the commissioner: (a) Engaging in or doing any form of work in a regulated profession or occupation. (b) Receiving income, whether directly or indirectly, for engaging in or doing any form of work in a regulated profession or occupation. (c) Advertising, soliciting, or otherwise attempting to obtain any form of work in a regulated profession or occupation. (2) Failing to abide by any cease and desist order issued by the commission or any stop order or notice of non-compliance issued by the commissioner or their authorized employees or agents. (3) Performing any fraudulent practice while engaged in a regulated profession or occupation or intentionally misrepresenting any matter involved in or related to work in a regulated profession or occupation. (4) Altering, forging, counterfeiting, or using without authority any license, permit, or other document provided for in this Chapter or in any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter. (5) Knowingly permitting any person under direct supervision of a person holding a license or permit pursuant to this Chapter to violate any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter. (6) Failing to comply with the continuing education requirements adopted by the commission for any regulated profession or occupation. (7) Failing to timely pay any fee, penalty, or other cost imposed under this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter. (8) Failing to meet the appropriate minimum standards of practice for a regulated profession or occupation established by the commission through rule or regulation. B. Each violation shall be considered a separate offense and each day on which a violation occurs or continues to occur shall be considered a separate offense. Added by Acts 1965, No. 127, §2. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 621, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1; Acts 2008, No. 229, §1, eff. June 16, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 3:3810.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3810.1. Adjudicatory proceedings

RS 3810.1 - Adjudicatory proceedings A. Findings of violations and imposition of penalties may be made only by a ruling of the commission based upon an adjudicatory proceeding held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and this Chapter. B. Whenever the commissioner has any reason to believe that a violation of this Chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter has occurred, the commissioner may present the alleged violations to the commission for a determination. C. A hearing officer shall be appointed to preside over the hearing. D. Notice of the alleged violation, the date of the adjudicatory hearing, the conduct of discovery and the adjudicatory hearing shall be as provided in the Administrative Procedure Act. E. The ruling of the commission shall be in writing and provided to the person charged with the violation, as provided by the Administrative Procedure Act. F. Any appeal from a ruling of the commission shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Acts 2008, No. 229, §1, eff. June 16, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 3:3810.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3810.2. Civil penalties and costs

RS 3810.2 - Civil penalties and costs  A. Whoever is found by the commission to have violated a provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter shall be fined as follows:  (1) The commission may assess a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each violation of any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter if the person subject to the civil penalty has not been found guilty of a violation of any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter in a prior adjudicatory proceeding held by the commission.  (2) The commission may assess a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation of any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter if the person subject to the civil penalty has been found guilty of a violation of any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter in a prior adjudicatory proceeding held by the commission.  (3) The commission may assess a civil penalty of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars for each violation of any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter if the person subject to the civil penalty has been found guilty of a violation of any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter in two or more prior adjudicatory proceedings held by the commission.  B. In addition to civil penalties, the commission may assess the cost of the adjudicatory proceeding against any person found to be in violation of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter. The commission shall, by rule or regulation, determine the amount of the cost of an adjudicatory proceeding, which may include the cost of any investigation leading up to or made during the course of an adjudicatory proceeding.  Acts 2008, No. 229, §1, eff. June 16, 2008; Acts 2015, No. 202, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:3810.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3810.3. Enforcement

RS 3810.3 - Enforcement A. The commission may issue a cease and desist order and the commissioner may issue a stop order or notice of non-compliance to stop or prevent a violation of any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter. B. The commissioner may seek to collect any fee, penalty, or cost that may be due under any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter. C. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings in any court of proper jurisdiction and venue to: (1) Enforce the rulings of the commission. (2) Collect any fee, penalty or cost due under any provision of this Chapter or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this Chapter. (3) Seek injunctive relief to restrain and prevent violations of any provision of this Chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter. Acts 2008, No. 229, §1, eff. June 16, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 3:3811 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3811. Revocation of licenses and permits

RS 3811 - Revocation of licenses and permits A. The commission may revoke or suspend any license or permit issued under the provisions of this Chapter upon a determination by the commission that the holder of the license or permit has violated the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission, or has failed to meet the professional or occupational standards determined by the commission, or has failed to insure that the personnel employed by the holder of the license or permit meet the professional or occupational standards determined by the commission. B. Licenses and permits may be revoked or suspended only by a ruling of the commission based on an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act. C. The commission shall notify each person whose license has been revoked or suspended, by certified mail, return receipt requested. D. Each person whose license or permit has been revoked or suspended shall return the license or permit to the commission within fifteen days of the date on which the notice of the revocation or suspension was received. Added by Acts 1965, No. 127, §2. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 621, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:3812 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3812. Mandamus to compel issuance of license or permit

RS 3812 - Mandamus to compel issuance of license or permit  Any person who is denied a permit or license by the commission may institute legal proceedings against the commission in the district court for the parish of East Baton Rouge. If the court finds that the license or permit should have been issued, the court may issue a writ of mandamus to compel the commission to issue the license or permit. Added by Acts 1965, No. 127, §2. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 621, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:3813 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3813. Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 844, §2.

RS 3813 - Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 844, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 3:3814 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3814. Meetings of the commission

RS 3814 - Meetings of the commission  The commission shall hold regular meetings twice each year. The commission may meet at other times upon the call of the chairman or of any three members. The commission shall not meet more than six times in any calendar year. Added by Acts 1965, No. 127, §2. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 621, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1; Acts 1990, No. 112, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:3815 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3815. Transition provisions

RS 3815 - Transition provisions Any person holding either a horticulturist license or landscape contractor's license prior to February 1, 2009 and who is eligible to renew his license shall be issued a landscape horticulturist license in place of the old license without further application or examination upon the payment of any required renewal fee. Added by Acts 1965, No. 127, §2; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1; Acts 2008, No. 63, §1, eff. June 5, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4001 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4001. Definitions

RS 4001 - Definitions  For purposes of this subpart, the following shall be herein defined:  (1) Commissioner: The commissioner of agriculture, his representative or his agent. (2) Cooperative: A legally chartered organization of milk producers, their representatives or their agents. (3) Purchaser: Any person, firm, corporation or cooperative purchasing milk and cream on the basis of volume, weight and butterfat content therein. (4) Producer: Any person, firm, corporation or cooperative producing milk for sale on the basis of volume, weight and butterfat content therein. (5) Milk: As defined by the state health sanitary code, the butterfat requirement shall be excluded as related to milk produced at dairy farms. (6) Fresh milk test: A butterfat analysis which shall have been determined by a method approved by law and which shall have been proven accurate and deemed acceptable as a factor of payment by the commissioner. (7) Time composite: A sample of milk obtained by the mixing of single samples, each being representative of and proportionate to the volume from which they were taken and which shall represent a period of time not to exceed sixteen days. (8) License: Any technical license issued by the commissioner. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4003 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4003. Rules and regulations

RS 4003 - Rules and regulations  The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this subpart. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4004 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4004. Records required

RS 4004 - Records required  The purchaser and/or the cooperative shall maintain, both individually and collectively, a record of each producer's delivery of milk. The records shall state the date of delivery, the producer's name or permit number, the volume measurement and converted weight of milk, the temperature, the purchaser or cooperative and the signature of the licensed measurer-sampler or milk and cream tester. The producer shall be provided a daily record of volume and weight upon receipt and a collective record of weight and test upon payment. Daily and periodic laboratory records shall be maintained as relates to volume, weight, fat analysis, calibration log and licensed personnel performance reports. Upon request, the commissioner shall be granted access and/or copy of all records required. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4005 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4005. Samples taken and stored; as a basis of payment

RS 4005 - Samples taken and stored; as a basis of payment  A. Cream samples: Cream shall be sold and purchased on the basis of fresh samples only and stored at 33° to 45° F. B. Time composites: Composite samples shall not exceed sixteen days. Every shipment of producer milk shall be represented unless otherwise defined by rule and regulation. A preservative approved by the commissioner shall be used. The bottles or composite containers shall be clean and dry with an attached cover. All composites shall be labeled with clear, smearproof numbers of the producers represented and upon completion of the shipping period shall contain sufficient volume necessary to perform not less than four Babcock tests. Protection shall be provided against adulteration, or the entrance or loss of moisture and content. Composite samples shall be constantly maintained at a temperature range of 33° to 45° F. and shall be held intact for seven days after testing and subject to such other requirements as may be established by rule and regulation. C. Fresh milk sample: The fresh milk sample shall be herein defined as a single shipment sample, the age of which shall not exceed forty-eight hours from the time it is secured to the time it is utilized for testing. The container shall be of a size and design approved by the commissioner and shall be labeled with the date and permit number of the producer represented. The sample shall be taken, stored, transported and maintained at a temperature range of 33° to 45° F. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4006 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4006. Responsibilities of purchaser, cooperative, and licensed personnel; suspension of license

RS 4006 - Responsibilities of purchaser, cooperative, and licensed personnel; suspension of license  A. Purchaser; cooperative; tank truck owner: The purchaser, cooperative and tank truck owner shall be responsible, bound, and coequally liable for their licensed employees to carry out the provisions of this subpart, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner. B. Measurer-sampler: A licensed measurer-sampler shall be responsible and liable for the correct measuring, conversion, sampling, transport and care of milk samples so long as they are under his care and as may otherwise be defined by rule and regulation. C. Milk and cream tester: A licensed tester shall be responsible for the proper storage, preparation, mixing, testing, and posting of fresh and/or composite samples of milk and the subsequent results thereof. D. Calibration technician: No person other than a licensed milk and cream tester, approved by the commissioner in writing or by special license, shall calibrate, adjust, or otherwise supervise any electronic fat analysis device. The employment of any electronic fat analysis device, which must be approved by the commissioner, by any purchaser or cooperative shall require not less than two approved calibration technicians. E. Suspension of licenses: If investigation by the commissioner discloses intentional misconduct in the procuring of any sample, or the tampering with a milk sample, equipment, electronic analysis device or butterfat records, the license of the sampler, tester or calibration technician and/or their licensed employer may be immediately suspended by the commissioner for a period of not more than thirty days, and may be revoked as provided in R.S. 3:4010. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1; Acts 1985, No. 218, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4007 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4007. Test of samples; notification

RS 4007 - Test of samples; notification  A. Time composites: The composite sample shall be tested within two days after the close of the sampling period and as otherwise defined by rule and regulation. B. Fresh milk sample: The fresh milk sample shall be utilized for composite building and/or tested within forty-eight hours from the time it is secured and as otherwise defined by rule and regulation. C. Notification: The purchaser and/or the cooperative shall notify each producer of this butterfat pay test not later than the 15th day of the month following that during which the tests were conducted. For semimonthly testing periods the information shall include the average pay test and volume of milk for the 1st through the 15th; the average pay test and volume of milk for the 16th through the end of the month; a weighted average test and total volume of milk for the month. In the absence of composite samples, the information may be submitted by monthly periods. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4009 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4009. Licenses required

RS 4009 - Licenses required  A. No person shall engage in measuring, weighing, sampling, transporting or testing producer milk, or cream as a basis of payment unless he has first procured a license from the commissioner. B. No person shall calibrate, adjust or otherwise supervise the operation of any electronic fat analysis device unless he has first procured a milk and cream testers license and special authorization or license from the commissioner. C. No person shall own and/or operate a bulk tank transport for milk hauling purposes without having first procured a license from the commissioner. Such persons shall be held coresponsible and coliable with licensed personnel in their employ when such business shall effect payment to producers. D. The commissioner may require application for license on a form prescribed and furnished by him. The applicant shall submit to written or practical examination or both by the commissioner, and upon passing the examination and approval by the commissioner as to the applicant's integrity, the applicant shall receive the license for which he applied. Renewal of licenses shall be effected on June 30 of every other year. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1; Acts 1985, No. 218, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4010 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4010. Revocation of license

RS 4010 - Revocation of license  The commissioner may revoke any license or permit issued to any person under the provisions of the subpart, after a hearing, upon at least five days' notice stating the grounds for the revocation. The notice may be served personally upon or sent by registered mail to the person. The grounds for revocation are incompetence, any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent practice, or a violation of any provision of this subpart. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4011 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4011. Use of other than approved method, equipment, glassware, tests or installation prohibited

RS 4011 - Use of other than approved method, equipment, glassware, tests or installation prohibited  A. No person shall use for butterfat analysis in milk or cream any method, equipment, glassware, supplies or electronic analysis device except that which conforms to the United States Bureau of Standards or which shall have been inspected, researched, tested and approved by the commissioner. B. No method other than the Majonnier, Babcock, or electronic fat analysis device shall be used for butterfat analysis in milk and cream until the method or device shall have been approved by the commissioner. The electronic fat analysis device shall be calibrated by the Babcock method in such manner as shall be defined by rule and regulation. C. Every installation of laboratory equipment to be used for butterfat analysis in milk and cream shall be inspected and approved by the commissioner. No one shall use an unapproved installation. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1; Acts 1985, No. 218, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4012 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4012. Purchaser shall use only correct weight and measures

RS 4012 - Purchaser shall use only correct weight and measures  No person purchasing milk or cream on the basis of its butterfat content shall use any weight, measure, or butterfat test thereof other than the correct weight, measure, or butterfat test; nor shall such person have in his possession any inaccurate, defective, or untrue weighing or measuring device. Also such a person shall not make any misrepresentation as to any weight, measure, or test. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4013 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4013. Falsifying tests or weights or measures or records thereof prohibited

RS 4013 - Falsifying tests or weights or measures or records thereof prohibited No person shall underread, overread, or in any way manipulate any approved butterfat test so that other than the true butterfat percentage is obtained; or any weighing or measuring device so that other than the true weight or measure of the milk or cream purchase is obtained. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4014 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4014. Standardization of milk

RS 4014 - Standardization of milk  No person, firm, or corporation shall sell or deliver for consumption fluid milk which contains less than three and one-fourth percent of butterfat; provided, however, that milk furnished military installations or federal hospitals on contract may meet minimum specifications of the United States Public Health Ordinance and Code. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the sale of milk from a dairy farm to a fluid milk plant, whole and unadulterated as it is produced by the cows, even though the fat content of such milk may be less than three and one-fourth percent butterfat. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 517, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1; Acts 1986, No. 169, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4015 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4015. Penalties

RS 4015 - Penalties  Any person violating any of the provisions of this subpart or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months. Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.