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LA Rev Stat § 3:1606 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1606. Entry of premises; eradication activities; inspections

RS 1606 - Entry of premises; eradication activities; inspections A. The commissioner may enter cotton fields, cotton processing facilities, any means of conveyance within this state, and any other property or premises, other than dwellings, to inspect for boll weevil infestations, to examine and copy records, and to carry out suppression or eradication activities, including but not limited to treatment with pesticides, sampling, monitoring, and destruction of growing cotton or other host plants, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Part. B. In circumstances not covered by Subsection A of this Section, the commissioner may apply to the district court for the parish in which the entry is to occur for a warrant or warrants authorizing the right of entry to any dwelling for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Section or other activities authorized by this Part. C. The commissioner may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of records or things anywhere in the state at a deposition or at a hearing before the commission for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Part. Acts 1992, No. 58, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 124, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1607 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1607. Reports

RS 1607 - Reports Every person growing cotton in the state shall furnish to the commissioner, on forms specified by the commissioner, such information as the commissioner may require concerning the size and location of all commercial cotton fields and of noncommercial patches of cotton grown as ornamentals or grown for any other purposes. Acts 1992, No. 58, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 124, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1608 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1608. Quarantine; rules and regulations

RS 1608 - Quarantine; rules and regulations A. The commission may adopt rules and regulations concerning quarantines including procedures for quarantining, the storage or other handling of regulated articles, and the movement of regulated articles into or from quarantined areas. B. The commission shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil. C. The commission may adopt rules and regulations governing the movement of articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil. D. The adoption of all rules and regulations shall be done in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and sound principles of quarantine. Acts 1992, No. 58, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 124, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1609 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1609. Eradication zones; participation in eradication program; penalty fees

RS 1609 - Eradication zones; participation in eradication program; penalty fees  A. The commission may designate by rule or regulation, one or more areas of the state as eradication zones where boll weevil eradication programs will be undertaken.  B. The commission may adopt rules and regulations regarding areas where cotton cannot be planted within an eradication zone when there is reason to believe it will jeopardize the success of the program or present a hazard to public health or safety.  C. The commission may adopt rules and regulations prohibiting the planting of noncommercial cotton in such eradication zones, and requiring that all cotton producers of commercial cotton in the eradication zones participate in a program of boll weevil eradication as prescribed in the rules and regulations. Notice of such prohibition and requirement shall be given by publication for one day each week for three successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the affected area.  D. The commission may set, by rule or regulation, a reasonable schedule of penalty fees to be assessed when cotton producers in designated eradication zones do not meet the requirements of rules or regulations adopted by the commission with respect to reporting of acreage as prescribed by regulation. Such penalty fees shall not exceed a charge of twenty-five dollars per acre per year.  E. When a cotton producer fails to meet the requirements of rules and regulations adopted by the commission, the commissioner may destroy cotton in eradication zones which is not in compliance with such rules and regulations, provided notification of such proposed action by the commissioner, not less than twenty-one days prior to such action being taken, has been properly filed and maintained in accordance with the central registry provisions of R.S. 3:3651 et seq., and any secured party of any cotton producer has been notified by the commissioner of such proposed action by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, within said delay. Costs incurred by the commissioner shall be assessed against the cotton producer.  Acts 1992, No. 58, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 124, §1; Acts 2019, No. 185, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1610 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1610. Destruction or treatment of cotton in eradication zones

RS 1610 - Destruction or treatment of cotton in eradication zones A. The commissioner may destroy or, at his discretion, cause to be treated with pesticides, volunteer or other noncommercial cotton and may establish procedures for the purchase and destruction of commercial cotton in eradication zones when the commissioner deems such action necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Part. B. No payment shall be due from or made by the commissioner to anyone, including the cotton producer, owner, or lessee for the destruction or injury of any cotton which was planted in an eradication zone after publication of notice as provided in this Part, or was otherwise handled in violation of this Part, or the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part. C. The commissioner shall pay for losses resulting from the destruction of cotton which was planted in such zones prior to publication of such notice. Acts 1992, No. 58, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 124, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1611 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1611. Rules and regulations

RS 1611 - Rules and regulations 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 § 3:1612 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1612. Penalties

RS 1612 - Penalties  A. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Part or the rules or regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, or who alters, forges, or counterfeits, or uses without authority, any certificate or permit or other document provided for in this Part or in the rules or regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, or who, except in compliance with the rules or regulations adopted by the commission, moves any regulated article which the commissioner found is infested by the boll weevil into this state from any other state shall be subject, in addition to any unpaid fees associated with the eradication program, to a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each act of violation and for each day of violation. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate offense.  B. Penalties may be assessed only by a ruling of the commissioner based upon an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.  C. In addition to civil penalties, the commissioner may assess the proportionate costs of the adjudicatory hearing against the violator. The commissioner, by rule, shall determine the amount of costs to be assessed.  D. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings to enforce his rulings in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.  E. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent the violation of the provisions of this Part, or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.  Acts 1992, No. 58, §1; Acts 2019, No. 185, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1612.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1612.1. Disposition of funds

RS 1612.1 - Disposition of funds  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 § 3:1613 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1613. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.

RS 1613 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1614 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1614. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.

RS 1614 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1615 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1615. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.

RS 1615 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1616 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1616. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.

RS 1616 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1617 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1617. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.

RS 1617 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 185, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1621 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1621. §§1621 to 1642 Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 198, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.

RS 1621 - §§1621 to 1642 Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 198, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1651 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1651. Distribution of entomological work between entomologist of experiment stations and state entomologist

RS 1651 - Distribution of entomological work between entomologist of experiment stations and state entomologist A. All of the entomological work of the state relating to demonstration, inspection, and quarantine work shall be conducted by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and all of the investigational, experimental, and research work of an entomological nature shall be conducted by the experiment stations of Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. The head of the Department of Entomology at the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center shall have charge and direction of the entire entomological work of the stations. B. There shall be a state entomologist appointed by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry who shall have charge of the entomological work of the department. The state entomologist shall be under the supervision and control of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 272, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1652 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1652. Power of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to control pests and diseases; rules and regulations; restricting importation

RS 1652 - Power of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to control pests and diseases; rules and regulations; restricting importation The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall have full and plenary power to deal with all crop and fruit pests and such contagious and infectious crop and fruit diseases as in the opinion of the entomologist, may be prevented, controlled, or eradicated; with full power to make, promulgate and enforce such rules, ordinances and regulations, and to do and perform such acts as, in the judgment of the entomologist, may be necessary to control, eradicate, or prevent the introduction, spread, or dissemination of all injurious crop and fruit pests and diseases. The rules, ordinances and regulations of the department shall have the force and effect of law five days after their promulgation in the official journal of the state. The department may prohibit or regulate the shipment or bringing into this state of any plants, farm products, or other articles of any nature or character whatsoever from any state, territory, or foreign country, when in the opinion of the entomologist the prohibition or regulation is necessary. Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1653 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1653. Penalty for violating rules and regulations; enforcement of rules and regulations in court

RS 1653 - Penalty for violating rules and regulations; enforcement of rules and regulations in court A. A violator of any provisions of this Part or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Part shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each act of violation and for each day of violation. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate offense. B. Penalties may be assessed only by a ruling of the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry based upon an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. C. In addition to civil penalties, the commissioner may assess the proportionate costs of the adjudicatory hearing against the offender. The commissioner, by rule, shall determine the amount of costs to be assessed. D. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings to enforce his rulings in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred. E. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent the violation of the provisions of this Part, or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred. Acts 1990, No. 115, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1654 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1654. Listing dangerous pests and diseases; bulletins; measures authorized in preventing spread of pest or disease; obstructing preventive measures

RS 1654 - Listing dangerous pests and diseases; bulletins; measures authorized in preventing spread of pest or disease; obstructing preventive measures A. The entomologist shall prepare and publish a list of dangerous crop and fruit pests, and infectious and contagious plant diseases, known or suspected to be present within the state, or which might be introduced, and may, at any subsequent time, amend the list. The entomologist, with the approval of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, shall have printed from time to time bulletins containing such information, remedies, preventatives, etc., as he may consider necessary, including also the rules, ordinances, and regulations of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, which bulletins shall be distributed to all farmers and other interested persons in the state. B. When the entomologist suspects that any pest or plant disease, listed by him as dangerous, exists in any part of the state, he shall verify such suspicion and, if it be well-founded, said entomologist shall take immediate charge of infested or infected property and adopt such measures for the treatment or extermination of pest or disease as he may deem advisable. C. The entomologist, or any of his duly authorized assistants, may inspect any building, warehouse, depot, or other place where property is located, or premises, nurseries, orchards, groves, or fields suspected to be infested or infected by any crop pest or disease, listed or bulletined by said entomologist, and if in his opinion it is necessary to destroy the property so infested or infected in order to prevent the further spread of the injurious crop pest or disease, he may destroy the property and without compensation to the owner of the infested or infected property. D. Anyone who seeks to prevent any inspection under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry by the entomologist, or his authorized assistants, or who otherwise interferes with the agents or employees of the department or the entomologist while in the performance of their duties, shall be subject to the penalties provided in R.S. 3:1653. Acts 1990, No. 115, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1656 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1656. Permitting of growers of nursery stock; definitions; rules and regulations

RS 1656 - Permitting of growers of nursery stock; definitions; rules and regulations A. The state entomologist shall issue permits or certifications to growers of nursery stock. B. For the purposes of this Section, "nursery stock" means all trees, shrubs, ornamental plants, grass sod, foliage plants, or marsh plants grown or propagated for sale or distribution. C. The state entomologist shall adopt such rules and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this Section. Acts 1995, No. 253, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1731 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1731. Sweet potato dealer's permit requirement; application; exception; denial, suspension, revocation, and probation of dealer's permit

RS 1731 - Sweet potato dealer's permit requirement; application; exception; denial, suspension, revocation, and probation of dealer's permit A. All persons, including sweet potato growers and farmers, commercially growing, selling or offering for sale sweet potatoes shall not grow, move, clean, grade, pack or repack for sale, or process in any manner sweet potatoes without a valid sweet potato dealer's permit. B. Applicants for a sweet potato dealer's permit shall complete and file the application required by the department, which shall set forth the following conditions: (1) A guarantee to reimburse any purchase price of sweet potatoes which are confiscated because of sweet potato weevil infestation or unauthorized sale, offer for sale, or movement. (2) An agreement to permit, at the dealer's cost, the disposal or destruction by the department or the return to point of origin of any sweet potatoes sold, offered for sale, moved or moving without authorization, or infested with sweet potato weevils. (3) A signed agreement to comply with any and all sweet potato quarantine regulations and any conditions specified in the agreement. C. The provisions of this Section do not apply to retail grocers and other retail outlets selling or offering for sale sweet potatoes possessing a valid certificate permit or certificate permit tags indicating that the sweet potatoes have been inspected, and that are sold or offered for sale directly to the consumer from a permanent building at a permanent location. D. A sweet potato dealer's permit may be suspended, revoked, or placed on probation if the holder thereof fails to comply with the provisions of Parts III and III-A of Chapter 12 of this Title or with the provisions of a signed compliance agreement with the department, subject to a finding in support of such action in a properly conducted adjudicatory hearing. E. The department may refuse to renew a sweet potato dealer's permit if the person or business applying for such permit owes unpaid sweet potato fees, taxes, or civil penalties. Acts 2013, No. 332, §1, eff. June 17, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1732 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1732. Terms defined

RS 1732 - Terms defined The terms used in Parts III and III-A of this Chapter shall have the following meanings: (1) "Certificate permit" means a written document, stamp, or other form of identification approved by the department that authorizes the movement, sale, offer for sale or storage of sweet potato plants, plant products or parts thereof, or regulated materials. (2) "Certificate permit tag" means a tag that authorizes the movement, sale, or offer for sale or storage of sweet potato plants, plant products or parts thereof, or regulated materials. (3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (4) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (5) "Processing plants" means canning, freezing, and dehydrating facilities. (6) "Sweet potato" means all plants, plant parts, and plant products in the genus Ipomoea and any other plants, plant parts, or plant products that commonly are referred to as sweet potato, that can harbor injurious pests or diseases affecting said plants, plant parts, and plant products. Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2013, No. 332, §1, eff. June 17, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 3:1733 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§1733. Fee for shipment of sweet potatoes; amount

RS 1733 - Fee for shipment of sweet potatoes; amount 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.