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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:612. Purpose

RS 2:612 - Purpose
The provisions of this Chapter shall not be held to require any such subdivision to abolish any existing board, authority, or commission or to repeal any provisions of any charter or ordinance, the purpose of this Chapter being to afford an additional method whereby the governing body of a subdivision might establish an aviation authority and delegate thereto such authorities and powers as may be appropriate.
Acts 1952, No. 531, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:711. §§711 to 726 REPEALED BY ACTS 1989, NO. 662, §8, EFF. JULY 7, 1989.

RS 2:711 - §§711 to 726 REPEALED BY ACTS 1989, NO. 662, §8, EFF. JULY 7, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:801. Definitions

RS 2:801 - Definitions
As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Airport authority" means the owner of any airport or landing field, or the governing authority of any airport district.
(2) "Airport construction or development priority program" means the priority list of projects submitted by the department and approved by the joint committee pursuant to this Chapter.
(3) "Construction or development project" means a program of construction or development, either new or continuing, that will be planned and implemented with the primary goal of improving aviation activities in the state.
(4) "Department" means the Department of Transportation and Development.
(5) "Joint committee" means the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, functioning as a joint legislative committee.
(6) "Sponsor" means any state agency, city, town, parish, airport authority, or other political subdivision which owns, leases, or controls any airport, landing field, landing strip, seaplane base, helipad, or aid to air navigation.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 2022, No. 67, §1, eff. May 17, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:802. Methodology for airport project evaluation

RS 2:802 - Methodology for airport project evaluation
A.(1) Applications for funding of any airport construction or development project may be submitted by any airport authority, except as provided in R.S. 2:806. However, to be eligible for state funding from the Airport Construction and Development Priority Program for an airport project, an airport authority located in a political subdivision which has adopted airport zoning regulations, shall certify to the Department of Transportation and Development that the political subdivision's regulations are in compliance with United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, advisory circulars, orders, regulations, safety guidelines, recommendations, or other official documents that have been issued for the purpose of ensuring aviation safety and compatible land use. Equal consideration shall be given to rural aviation and commercial urban aviation. Applications shall be made to the Department of Transportation and Development by November first of each year, for consideration of funding in the following fiscal year. Applications submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of R.S. 39:104, 111, 114, and 121. Information to be provided in the application shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) Description of the project and demonstration of immediate need for the project.
(b) Preliminary project design and cost estimate.
(c) Description of project area.
(2) Project applications shall not be subjected to formal review and evaluation until the information required in the application has been submitted.
(3) Projects being funded on August 15, 2010, and projects on the proposed Airport Priority Program for FY 2010-2011 on August 15, 2010, are exempt from the requirements of this Subsection.
B. Applications shall be reviewed by the department and any other appropriate state agencies.
C. Procedures for review and evaluation shall be developed by the department. Prior to implementing the review and evaluation procedures, the department shall secure the approval of these procedures by the joint committee in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The procedures and a set of guidelines for completing project applications shall be made available to eligible airport authorities prior to September 1, 1989.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 2010, No. 800, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:803. Priority list of projects; public hearings; final program

RS 2:803 - Priority list of projects; public hearings; final program
A. Prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, beginning with the 1990 Regular Session, the department shall prepare and shall furnish the priority list to the joint committee which shall hold a public hearing or hearings for the purpose of reviewing the priority list of projects for the coming fiscal year. Prior to each hearing, the department shall publish the appropriate official notice in the necessary journals. Subsequent to the joint committee hearing and prior to the convening of the regular session, the department shall prepare the final construction program for the coming fiscal year for submission to the joint committee. When this final construction program, as approved by the joint committee, is presented to the legislature for funding for the coming fiscal year, the legislature shall not add any projects to this final construction program except as provided in Subsection B of this Section.
B. If the governing authority of an airport authority district, parish, or of any local unit of government obtains ninety percent or more funding for an airport, or for an airport project, from federal sources or from sources other than state funds, the legislature shall give priority to funding the remaining amount necessary for the airport or for the airport project, even if the project is not on the priority list of projects.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:804. Proposed program of construction

RS 2:804 - Proposed program of construction
A. Each year, beginning with the fiscal year commencing in 1990, the department shall submit to the joint committee an airport construction or development priority program to be commenced in the ensuing fiscal year, which shall be based upon the anticipated revenues to be appropriated by the legislature, and listed in an order of priority of the projects herein.
B. The department also shall provide to the joint committee annually a supplemental list of projects proposed to be commenced within the ensuing four years which are in various stages of planning and preparation. The supplemental list shall be subject to change by the department until the department finally approves each project for construction.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:805. Projects undertaken by the department

RS 2:805 - Projects undertaken by the department
A. After adoption of the department's recommendations by the joint committee, the approved list of projects shall be forwarded to the department for implementation subject to the limitation of appropriated funds. The department shall not delete, add, or substitute any projects for those approved by the joint committee, except as provided in R.S. 2:806; however, the secretary of the department may, at his discretion, authorize projects to be undertaken and financed due to an emergency out of the secretary's emergency fund. At least semiannually, or as often as required by the joint committee, the department shall summarize and report the progress to date on all projects previously approved and shall submit a recapitulation of all emergency projects for the preceding six-month period, outlining the nature of the emergency and the cost of each project.
B. No airport project shall be undertaken by the department involving Transportation Trust Fund appropriations except those included in the approved program listing for that fiscal year with the exception of projects undertaken and financed out of the secretary's emergency fund.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §1, eff. July 1, 1998.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:806. Commencement of projects; substitutions; New Orleans International Airport

RS 2:806 - Commencement of projects; substitutions; New Orleans International Airport
A. The projects planned for the year for which appropriations have been made shall be commenced in that year; however, if a project cannot be commenced within the year for which it is planned, the secretary of the department shall file with the project records a public statement as to the factors causing the delay, and the next priority project shall be substituted therefor. When the delaying factors have been overcome, the delayed project shall be placed in the highest priority for the next ensuing fiscal year. Unresolved debt resulting from project cost overruns approved by the department shall be paid from current year funds. Any remaining debt shall be given top priority in the following year. Funds allocated for each project shall remain so allocated until the project is completed and the project costs are liquidated.
B. The New Orleans International Airport or its successor shall be prohibited from participating in the airport priority program for five consecutive years from the first fiscal year in which such priority program is funded by the legislature only if, as, and when House Bill No. 80 of the 1989 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana is finally adopted and approved by the electorate.*
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
*NOTE: SEE NOW CONST. ART. VII, SEC. 27.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:807. Allocation, reallocation of funds; deposit to Transportation Trust Fund

RS 2:807 - Allocation, reallocation of funds; deposit to Transportation Trust Fund
A. The Transportation Trust Fund shall be the source of state funds provided for any airport project on the priority list commenced pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. Prior to the commencement of any work, the department shall require the presiding officer or owner of each airport authority involved in a project to execute an agreement and statement of sponsorship which includes but is not limited to an agreement to assume all maintenance and operation and utility service costs for the project as may be required without cost to the state.
B. Any monies allocated for any project not needed for said project may be reallocated for the completion of any other project or projects specified. Any monies not needed for the completion of said projects shall be deposited in and credited to the Transportation Trust Fund, for reallocation to the Airport Construction and Development Priority Program.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:808. Preparation of plans and specifications; letting of bids for construction; supervision of construction

RS 2:808 - Preparation of plans and specifications; letting of bids for construction; supervision of construction
The department may prepare the necessary plans and specifications, may let the contract for bid, and may supervise the construction of the project.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:809. Inspection

RS 2:809 - Inspection
A. The department may approve the engineering and construction plans for any proposed projects that are prepared by consultant or contract engineers for any recipient airport authority. The department may inspect the construction of a project at any time to assure project compliance.
B. The department may inspect a complete project with the consultant or contract engineer. The sponsor shall certify that construction is in accordance with plans and specifications. The department may inspect a completed project at any time to assure that the project is being maintained in accordance with project specifications and agreements.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 2022, No. 67, §1, eff. May 17, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:810. System of administration

RS 2:810 - System of administration
Each recipient authority shall adopt a system of administration which provides for the approval of the department for any expenditures of funds appropriated from the Transportation Trust Fund, and no recipient authority shall expend such funds without the approval of the department. Funds appropriated for a project shall not be expended for any other purpose. All contracts for materials, construction, or services shall be advertised and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:811. Audit of distribution to recipient airport authorities

RS 2:811 - Audit of distribution to recipient airport authorities
The monies distributed to the recipient authorities shall be audited by the legislative auditor or a certified public accountant at least biennially pursuant to R.S. 24:513(A) and shall issue and distribute all audit reports pursuant to R.S. 24:516(A). To the extent that funds available to the legislative auditor permit, the audits of each recipient airport authority of the use of the monies shall include an investigation of any failure to comply with the recommendations for planning, design, and construction adopted by the department. The recipient airport authority shall certify annually to the legislative auditor that the funds made available under this Chapter have been expended in accordance with the standards established by law.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:812. Report of any misuse of funds

RS 2:812 - Report of any misuse of funds
If the legislative auditor determines that any expenditures by the recipient airport authority have not been made in accordance with this Chapter, he shall promptly report the facts of such expenditure to the Legislative Audit Advisory Council. The council shall make further investigation of the matter as it deems necessary.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:814. Project development; schedule

RS 2:814 - Project development; schedule
When aviation projects receiving funding from the Federal Aviation Administration are being negotiated by the department, the department, the local sponsor of the project, and the Federal Aviation Administration shall agree upon an official schedule of project development which shall set the project time schedule. If the department is unable to complete timely reviews as stipulated within the schedule, for reasons solely in the control of the department, the project shall be deemed to be approved in accordance with the standard process of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Acts 1993, No. 406, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:901. Creation and administration

RS 2:901 - Creation and administration
The General Aviation and Reliever Airport Maintenance Grant Program is hereby created within the division of aviation of the Department of Transportation and Development for the purpose of providing for airport maintenance to assist Louisiana general aviation and reliever airports and to enhance their safety.
Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:902. Grant eligibility

RS 2:902 - Grant eligibility
A. Grants made through the program shall be limited to Louisiana general aviation and reliever airports and shall be awarded to those projects which address maintenance needs and attempt to enhance safety issues at existing airport facilities.
B. Each successful grant applicant shall provide a like match in funds from other sources. All matching funds must be available to the program after the date of the grant award and funds spent prior to the grant award shall not be considered in fulfillment of the match requirement.
C.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, grants shall be limited to not more than ten thousand dollars per airport per fiscal year.
(2) Applications for additional grant money by an airport that has been awarded the maximum amount in a fiscal year may be considered for additional funding after April thirtieth of a fiscal year if all of the applications for grants which have been submitted for the fiscal year have been accepted or rejected and any funds in the grant program remain unallocated for the fiscal year.
D. Funding through the grant program shall be subject to but not limited to the following criteria:
(1) The availability of funds.
(2) A comparative needs analysis of requested projects as determined by the division of aviation.
(3) Demonstrated benefits to be derived from the project.
Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1; Acts 2001, No. 76, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:903. Rules and regulations

RS 2:903 - Rules and regulations
A. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this Chapter which shall include but not necessarily be limited to:
(1) Project submission.
(2) Project evaluation, including but not limited to financial feasibility.
(3) Program administration.
(4) Prioritization of projects.
(5) Grant awards.
B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Transportation Trust Fund money may be used for this program provided state matching fund requirements for all Federal Aviation Administration grants for capital improvements, planning, and NAVAIDS have been satisfied. In no event shall the total sum of monies used from the Transportation Trust Fund for this purpose exceed three hundred thousand dollars in any fiscal year.
Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1; Acts 2004, No. 312, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 184, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:1001. Definition

RS 2:1001 - Definition
In this Chapter, "communication facility" means an equipment enclosure, antenna, antenna support structure, and any associated facility used for the signal for a commercial communications purpose where the antenna or antenna support structure is not connected to a similar antenna or antenna support structure by an overhead wire used to transmit the signal.
Acts 2004, No. 57, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:1002. Notice of construction

RS 2:1002 - Notice of construction
A. A person proposing to construct a communication facility that is taller than one hundred feet but not more than two hundred feet shall, on or before the thirtieth day before the date the construction begins, mail a letter to each of the following:
(1) Any airport which has been approved by the department located within three miles of the proposed facility location.
(2) The Louisiana Agricultural Aviation Association.
B. The letter shall state:
(1) The legal description of the proposed site of construction, including a graphic depiction showing the location, height, longitude, latitude, pad size, roadway access, and proposed use of the communication facility and location of any guy wires.
(2) At a minimum, the name, phone number, electronic mail address, if any, and mailing address of the person proposing construction of the communication facility.
(3) A phone number that is operational twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for emergency purposes.
Acts 2004, No. 57, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:1004. Marking of communication facility

RS 2:1004 - Marking of communication facility
A.(1) For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) "Communication facility" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 2:1001.
(b) "Cultivated field" means any open space or pasture larger than five acres in which a plant or tree nursery is located, or in which an agricultural crop, including cotton, corn, grain, grapes, beets, peanuts, and rice, but not including grass grown for hay, is grown on a continuing basis.
(2) The absence of plants, seedlings, or a crop on a temporary basis due to crop rotation or other farm management techniques shall not remove an open area from the definition of "cultivated field".
B. A person who proposes to construct a communication facility that is at least one hundred feet, but not more than two hundred feet in height above ground level, which is located in a cultivated field or within one hundred feet of a cultivated field, shall mark the highest guy wires on the facility, if any, with two warning spheres each.
Acts 2004, No. 57, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:1. Terms defined

RS 3:1 - Terms defined
As used in this Title, the terms defined in this Section have the meanings herein given to them, except where the context expressly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Applicant" means a person or place of business that makes a formal application for a license, permit, certification, registration, or certificate issued pursuant to this Title.
(2) "Commissioner" means the Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry.
(3) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
(4) "Encumbrance" means any lien, privilege, judgment, mortgage, pledge, pawn, claim, charge, or any other encumbrance of like nature.
(5) "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 purposes of any adjudications or violations or penalties issued pursuant to the provisions of this Title, "person" shall not include a person or entity volunteering to provide services.
(6) "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.
(7) "State chemist", notwithstanding anything in this Title to the contrary, means the director of the Louisiana agricultural experiment station of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center and also shall mean his designee, who shall be a member of the university's academic faculty and who, as determined by the state chemist, possesses a practical understanding of a body of knowledge that is sufficient to properly effect relevant analytical and microscopical work, research that may contribute to the knowledge of the properties, values, and proper use of commercial feeding stuffs, commercial fertilizers, and commercial insecticides and fungicides in Louisiana, and other analyses, determinations, responsibilities, duties, and obligations imposed on the state chemist in this Title.
(8) "Sustainable" or "sustainable agriculture" means science-based practices, including the use of technology, which lead to broad outcome-based performance improvements to meet the needs of present and future generations while advancing environmental, social and economic goals, and the well-being of agricultural producers and rural communities. Critical outcomes to consider shall include increasing agricultural productivity, improving human health through access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food, and enhancing agricultural and surrounding environments, including water, soil, and air quality.
Acts 1986, No. 581, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 112, §1, eff. June 8, 2010; Acts 2015, No. 198, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:3. Powers and duties of commissioner of agriculture

RS 3:3 - Powers and duties of commissioner of agriculture
A. The commissioner of agriculture shall be known as the commissioner of agriculture and forestry. Whenever the phrases "commissioner of agriculture" or "commissioner of agriculture and immigration" appear in any statute, rule or regulation, contract, or other document, those phrases shall be deemed to refer to the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.
B. The commissioner shall direct the department, and except as otherwise provided by law shall adopt all necessary rules and regulations for the purpose of implementing the laws relating to agriculture and forestry. All rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 1986, No. 581, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:4. Election, tenure, oath of office, salary of commissioner

RS 3:4 - Election, tenure, oath of office, salary of commissioner
A. The commissioner of agriculture shall be elected by the qualified electors at each general state election held for the governor and other state officers. He shall hold office for a term of four years. In case of a vacancy in the office, the governor, with consent of the senate, shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term as provided by the constitution.
B. The commissioner shall take the oath prescribed for other state officers.
C. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 846, §4, eff. Jan. 8, 1996.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 60, §1; Acts 1952, No. 397, §1; Acts 1956, No. 125, §1; Acts 1960, No. 572, §1; Acts 1965, No. 61, §1; Acts 1966, No. 65, §1; Acts 1969, No. 11, §1; Acts 1974, No. 433, §7; Acts 1979, No. 236, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 376, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 636, §3, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1995, No. 846, §4, eff. Jan. 8, 1996.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:6. Placing of advertising signs on state-owned property

RS 3:6 - Placing of advertising signs on state-owned property
A. The department may authorize the placement, erection, and maintenance of advertising and sponsorship signs on immovable property, improvements on immovable property, vehicles, vessels, airplanes, and assets of the department.
B. The department shall establish appropriate and reasonable fees and promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2016, No. 70, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:13. Employment of legal counsel; approval of contracts for legal services

RS 3:13 - Employment of legal counsel; approval of contracts for legal services
A. The commissioner of agriculture may employ or contract with legal counsel to represent the Department of Agriculture in the enforcement of the laws, rules, and regulations of the department and its boards and commissions.
B. When funds are appropriated by the legislature to the Department of Agriculture for legal services in the professional services category of the state budget, each contract for legal services from that category shall be awarded in accordance with, and shall be subject to, the provisions of Chapter 17 of Subtitle III of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Provided, however, that notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, each contract shall be subject to review and approval by the office of state procurement and the attorney general only.
Acts 1960, No. 28, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 340, §3; Acts 1983, No. 597, §1; Acts 2014, No. 864, §§4 and 5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:14. Executive counsel and assistants; qualifications

RS 3:14 - Executive counsel and assistants; qualifications
The commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry may employ an executive counsel and such assistants as he finds necessary. The executive counsel and any assistants shall be duly qualified and admitted to practice law in Louisiana. The commissioner may fix the compensation of each.
Acts 2012, No. 152, §1, eff. May 14, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:15. Application for license, permit, certification, registration, or certificate; social security number required; denial

RS 3:15 - Application for license, permit, certification, registration, or certificate; social security number required; denial
A. The department and each board or commission authorized to issue a license, permit, certification, registration, or certificate pursuant to this Title shall require each applicant to include his social security number on the application.
B. The department and each board or commission shall maintain confidentiality of an applicant's social security number.
C. Any department, board, or commission authorized to issue a license, permit, certification, registration, or certificate pursuant to the provisions of this Title may deny, revoke, or not renew such privileges if the applicant owes fees, fines, taxes, deficiency assessments, or civil penalties.
Acts 2012, No. 211, §1; Acts 2013, No. 104, §1; Acts 2015, No. 198, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:16. Fees for chemical and other analyses

RS 3:16 - Fees for chemical and other analyses
The director of agricultural chemistry, with the approval of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, may establish fees to be charged for all chemical or other analyses conducted or performed by the agricultural chemistry laboratory. The fees shall be established by rule adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The amount of the fee shall be based on the costs incurred in conducting or performing the analyses.
Acts 1988, No. 158, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:18. Emergency use airstrips; designation of certain roads

RS 3:18 - Emergency use airstrips; designation of certain roads
A. The department shall, through cooperation with other state agencies and local governing authorities, develop a program to designate certain roads, including but not limited to dead-end roads and strategically placed parish roads, as airstrips to aid in the use of aircraft for agricultural purposes.
B. Such roads shall be used only upon declaration by the department that an agricultural emergency exists making it necessary for certain roads to be used as airstrips by aircraft for agricultural purposes only.
C. The department shall adopt such rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, as it deems necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
Acts 1995, No. 334, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:19. Louisiana Organic Certification Cost-Share Rebate Program; legislative findings; authority

RS 3:19 - Louisiana Organic Certification Cost-Share Rebate Program; legislative findings; authority
A. The commissioner has the duty and authority to promote, protect, and advance Louisiana agriculture. The legislature finds that there is potential for growth of organic agricultural production in Louisiana. The legislature further finds that there exists a need to support and encourage organic production in the state.
B. The commissioner is authorized to establish a state cost-share rebate program within the department. The purpose of the program is to provide for the reimbursement of a portion of organic certification costs incurred by organic producers and handlers who are certified by private organic certifiers which are accredited by the USDA National Organic Program. Such program shall be in addition to the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture.
C. The commissioner may enter into cooperative agreements with organic producers and handlers and promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, to carry out the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2012, No. 14, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:20. Labeling of organic food

RS 3:20 - Labeling of organic food
No person shall use the term "organic food" or any derivative of the term "organic" in the labeling or advertising of a food, unless the growth and composition of such food product meets the requirements contained in the Code of Federal Regulations, 7 CFR Part 205, the National Organic Program Standards.
Acts 2012, No. 14, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:41. Definitions

RS 3:41 - Definitions
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Agricultural commercial operation" means the use of any agricultural facility or agricultural land for agricultural production or agricultural processing and includes the production and processing of crops or products, livestock or livestock products, farm-raised fish and fish products, wood, timber or forest products, fowl and plants for breeding or sale, and poultry or poultry products for commercial or industrial purposes. "Agricultural commercial operation" also includes the use of farm machinery, equipment, devices, chemicals, products for agricultural use, materials, and structures designed for agricultural use and used in accordance with traditional farm practices.
(2) "Aircraft" means an unmanned aircraft operated as a part of an unmanned aerial system.
(3) "Commissioner" means the Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry.
(4) "Data" means any information, pictures, images, samples, or other such information obtained through an unmanned aerial system.
(5) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
(6) "Unmanned aerial system" means an unmanned aircraft and all associated support equipment, control station, data links, telemetry, communications, and navigation equipment necessary to operate the unmanned aircraft. Such system may include drones, remote-controlled aircraft, unmanned aircraft, or any other such aircraft that is controlled autonomously by computer or remote control from the ground.
Acts 2015, No. 166, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:42. Powers of the commissioner

RS 3:42 - Powers of the commissioner
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:43. Licenses and registration

RS 3:43 - Licenses and registration
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:44. Unmanned aerial systems; operation

RS 3:44 - Unmanned aerial systems; operation
A. Unmanned aerial systems may operate in agricultural commercial operations in accordance with this Chapter and the rules and regulations established by the commissioner, except as prohibited by federal law.
B.(1) Private landowners engaged in agricultural commercial operations on their private property may use unmanned aerial systems within the geographical confines of their property.
(2) Producers, tenants, lessees, university researchers, or other contracted or hired personnel working on private property who are engaged in agricultural commercial operations may use unmanned aerial systems within the geographical confines of the property, only with written permission of the landowner or entity controlling the agricultural commercial use of the property.
(3) Data obtained through the use of an unmanned aerial system shall be used solely in the course of conducting a generally accepted agricultural commercial operation, or in conjunction with an agricultural research, extension program, or initiative conducted by a Louisiana public postsecondary educational institution.
(4) All data obtained through the use of an unmanned aerial system shall remain the property of the legal owner of the property where the data was collected, unless written approval is given by the property owner for other uses. Public universities conducting agricultural research may negotiate with the legal owner of the property for the terms of use or shared ownership of the data.
Acts 2015, No. 166, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:45. Violations

RS 3:45 - Violations
Violations of this Part shall include but shall not be limited to the following:
(1) The failure or refusal to obtain an unmanned aerial system license in accordance with R.S. 3:43.
(2) The failure or refusal to register an unmanned aerial system operated in the course of an agricultural commercial operation in accordance with R.S. 3:43.
(3) Any violation of this Chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
(4) Any interference with the commissioner and the department or its representatives in the performance of their duties as prescribed in this Chapter.
(5) Failure to timely pay any penalties or costs due pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter or any rule or regulation of the commissioner adopted pursuant to this Chapter.
Acts 2015, No. 166, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:46. Stop orders

RS 3:46 - Stop orders
A. When the commissioner has reason to believe that a violation has occurred, the commissioner may issue a stop order prohibiting the continued use of an unmanned aerial system.
B. Any violation of a stop order shall constitute a separate violation.
C. A stop order may be released by the commissioner upon a determination by the commissioner that the cause for issuing the stop order has been remedied.
D. Any person aggrieved by a stop order may petition the commissioner for a hearing to contest the validity of the stop order by making a written request within five calendar days after issuance of the stop order. The hearing shall be held within ten calendar days of receipt of the written request for a hearing. The commissioner may appoint a hearing officer to preside over the matter. The commissioner shall issue a ruling in the matter. The hearing and any subsequent appeal shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
E. Based upon the results of the hearing, or a consent agreement, the commissioner may take one or more of the following actions:
(1) Release the stop order.
(2) Require the cause for the stop order to be remedied prior to releasing the stop order.
(3) Amend the stop order.
Acts 2015, No. 166, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:47. Penalties

RS 3:47 - Penalties
A. If the commissioner determines that a violation of the provisions of this Chapter or of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter has occurred, an adjudicatory hearing shall be held to make a determination with respect to the suspected violation.
B. The commissioner shall give written notice to the alleged violator, which shall comply with the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, at least five days prior to the date set for such adjudicatory hearing.
C. The commissioner shall designate a hearing officer to preside at all adjudicatory proceedings.
D. At any such adjudicatory hearing, the alleged violator shall be accorded all of the rights set forth in the Administrative Procedure Act.
E. Whenever the commissioner makes a determination from the proceedings of the adjudicatory hearing that a violation of this Chapter or these regulations has occurred, the commissioner may impose a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each violation. Civil penalties shall be imposed only on the basis of an adjudication of violations pursuant to an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
F. Each separate day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate violation.
Acts 2015, No. 166, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:48. Fees

RS 3:48 - Fees
A. The commissioner shall establish, by rule in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, a registration fee for each unmanned aerial system in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars.
B. The commissioner shall establish, by rule in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, an agricultural education and safety training course fee payable to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center or the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, not to exceed fifty dollars for conducting the agricultural education and safety training course as required by R.S. 3:43(A)(2).
Acts 2016, No. 545, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:71. Purpose

RS 3:71 - Purpose
The purpose of this Part is to provide for the formation and operation of agricultural co-operative associations and to provide for the rights, powers, liabilities and duties of co-operative associations.
Associations organized hereunder are non-business associations inasmuch as membership therein is limited to producers of agricultural products.
This Part is designed to encourage the intelligent development of agricultural products through co-operation and to rehabilitate farm families of low income on a scientific and co-operative plan.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:72. Terms defined

RS 3:72 - Terms defined
As used in this Part, the terms defined in this Section have the meanings here given to them, except where the context expressly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Agricultural products" include horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairying, livestock, poultry, bee and farm and range products, and furbearing animals raised or produced on a defined acreage.
(2) "Member" includes actual members of associations with or without capital stock.
(3) "Association" means any association or corporation organized under this Part.
(4) "Person" includes individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations, and associations.
(5) "Muskrat farmer" applies to any person engaged in the business of trapping muskrats, skinning the animals, and preparing the furs for market, on rented, owned, limited, or defined acreage.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:75. Membership; stock certificates; association may be member

RS 3:75 - Membership; stock certificates; association may be member
Under the terms and conditions prescribed in its by-laws, an association formed under this Part may admit as members and issue certificates of stock or membership only to persons engaged in the production of agricultural products grown by them and to be handled by or through the association, including the lessees and tenants of lands used for production of such products and lessors and landlords who receive as rent all or part of the crop raised on the leased premises.
Certificates of stock or membership shall not be transferable and no persons shall acquire by operation of law or otherwise the benefit of membership except as provided in this Section.
An association organized hereunder may become a member or stockholder of any other association or associations organized hereunder.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:76. Articles of association; contents; execution and filing

RS 3:76 - Articles of association; contents; execution and filing
Each association formed under this Part shall prepare and file articles of association, setting forth:
(1) The name of the association and the place where its principal business will be transacted, which shall be its domicile.
(2) The purpose for which it is formed.
(3) The term for which it is to exist, not exceeding ninety-nine years.
(4) The number of directors which shall not be less than five and may be any number in excess thereof, and the term of office of the directors.
(5) If organized without capital stock, whether the property rights and interest of members shall be equal or unequal, the articles shall set forth the general rules applicable to all members by which property rights and interests, respectively, of each member shall be determined and fixed; and provision for the admission of new members who shall be entitled to share in the property of the association with the old members, in accordance with the general rules.
(6) If organized with capital stock, the amount of such stock and the number of shares into which it is divided and the par value thereof. The capital stock may be divided into preferred and common stock. If so divided the articles of association must contain a statement of the number of shares of stock to which preference is granted and the number of shares of stock to which no preference is granted and the nature and definite extent of the preference and privileges granted to each.
The articles shall be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged by one of them before an officer authorized by the law of this state to take and certify acknowledgements; and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:77. Amendments to articles of association

RS 3:77 - Amendments to articles of association
The articles of association may be altered or amended at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders or members called for that purpose. Any amendment shall first be approved by two-thirds of the directors and then adopted by a vote representing a majority of all stockholders or members of the association. Amendments to the articles of incorporation when adopted shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of Title 12, Chapter 1.