Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health › Chapter 17 - Alternative Livestock-White-Tailed Deer and Captive Cervids (Formerly Chapter 15) › Section XXI-1711 - Farm-Raising Licensing Requirements (Formerly§1509)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Written
				Application. Each applicant for a farm-raising license shall submit a completed
				written application on a form supplied by the department. In addition to any
				other information that may be requested by the department the applicant shall
				provide the following information:
1. name,
				physical address, mailing address and telephone number of the applicant and
				whether the applicant will own or lease the land. If the land is leased then a
				copy of the lease shall be provided to the department;
2. the name under which the business will
				operate, the physical address, mailing address and telephone number of the
				business, if different than the information provided in
				§1711. A 1;
3. the business structure, (sole
				proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint
				venture, or otherwise);
4. the name
				of the person or persons in charge, position (e.g., owner, manager, etc.),
				residence address and phone number;
5. the physical location and size of the
				farm;
6. a topographical map of the
				farm if 50 acres or more;
7. the
				species of alternative livestock to be farm-raised;
8. the approximate number of animals to be
				farm-raised;
9. the complete plan
				for the operation of the farm including:
a. an
				enclosure system, including fencing the farm, indicating the location, size,
				nature and extent of the fencing material and of any right of way related to
				the farm property;
b. systematic
				inspection of the enclosure system, including the fence, maintenance, repair
				and replacement of the fence, keeping the fence and any clearance along either
				side of the fence clear and verification to the department of compliance with
				this provision;
c. the capture of
				any farm-raised alternative livestock that may escape from or wild white-tailed
				deer that may enter the farm through a breach or opening in the enclosure
				system or fence;
d. removal of
				white-tailed deer from the farm prior to completion of the enclosure of the
				farm;
e. controlling farm-raised
				alternative livestock population;
f. identification by means of an electronic
				implant of all white-tail deer born, bought, sold, traded or which otherwise
				become farm-raised white-tailed deer, which shall include the systematic
				capture of farm-raised white-tailed deer for implantation purposes;
g. the removal and disposal of all
				alternative livestock in the event that the farm ceases operation for any
				reason or upon revocation or nonrenewal of the farm-raising license, including
				a provision for written notice to the department prior to cessation of farming
				operation;
h. the type of farming
				operation records that will be kept;
10. a statement that the applicant shall
				abide by the requirements of part I of chapter 19-A of title 3 of the
Revised Statutes
, these rules and regulations, the written
				farm operation plan submitted to and approved by the department and any
				quarantine;
11. a certified
				statement that all representations contained in the application, the farm
				operation plan and attachments are true and correct.