Title 3, Agriculture and Forestry
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La. Rev. Stat. § 3:446.3 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§446.3. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:446.4 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§446.4. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:446.5 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§446.5. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:446.6 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§446.6. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:446.7 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§446.7. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:45 Violations
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§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 c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4501 Legislative findings
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§4501. Legislative findings The legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that the production of agricultural and aquacultural food products constitutes an important and significant portion of the state economy and that it is beneficial to the citizens of this state to p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4502 Definitions
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§4502. Definitions As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "Disparagement" means dissemination to the public in any manner of any false information that the disseminator knows or should have known to be false, and which states or implie…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4503 Cause of action; recovery of damages
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§4503. Cause of action; recovery of damages Any producer of perishable agricultural or aquacultural food products who suffers damage as a result of another person's disparagement of any such perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product has a cause of action for damages, a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4504 Limitations of action
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§4504. Limitations of action Any civil action for damages for disparagement of perishable agricultural or aquacultural food products shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrues. Acts 1991, No. 972, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:46 Stop orders
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§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 ord…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4601 Short title
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§4601. Short title This Chapter may be cited as the "Louisiana Weights and Measures Law". Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4602 Definitions
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§4602. Definitions As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "Annual inspection" means the first inspection completed by the department on a commercial weighing and measuring device in a calendar year. (2) "Basket" means a one and one-hal…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4603 Commission of Weights and Measures
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§4603. Commission of Weights and Measures A. The Louisiana Commission of Weights and Measures is hereby created within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The commission shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. B. The commission shall consist of the following ten mem…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4604 Powers
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§4604. Powers A. The commission shall have the following powers: (1) To hold hearings and conduct investigations. (2) To advise the commissioner of the requirements for the registration of weights, measures, and weighing and measuring devices. (3) To hold hearings on alleged viol…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4605 Adjudicatory hearings
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§4605. Adjudicatory hearings A. All adjudicatory hearings held by the commission shall be conducted in accordance with the following provisions: (1) The commissioner shall convene the commission for the purpose of hearing the matter. (2) The commissioner shall appoint a hearing o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4606 State standards; supply of copies
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§4606. State standards; supply of copies A. The weights and measures received from the United States under joint resolution of congress approved June 14, 1836 and July 27, 1866, and any weights and measures in conformity therewith applied by the state shall, when they have been c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4607 Inspection and testing; entry upon premises
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§4607. Inspection and testing; entry upon premises A. The department shall keep a general supervision over the weights, measures, and weighing and measuring devices offered for sale, sold, and in use in the state. When not otherwise provided by law, the department may inspect, te…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4608 Rules and regulations; standard for apparatus
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§4608. Rules and regulations; standard for apparatus A. The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter. The regulations may, by specific reference, adopt all or part of any handbook, standards or procedure…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4609 Approval or disapproval of apparatus; procedure
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§4609. Approval or disapproval of apparatus; procedure A. Whenever the department compares weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices and finds that they correspond or causes them to correspond with the standards in its possession, it shall seal or mark the weights, meas…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4610 Removal of tag unlawfully
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§4610. Removal of tag unlawfully No one shall remove from any weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device, contrary to law or regulation, any tag placed thereon by the department. Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4611 Use of unsealed instruments
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§4611. Use of unsealed instruments No one shall use or have in his possession any commercial weighing or measuring device which has not been sealed by the department at its direction, within the year prior thereto, unless written notice has been given to the department to the eff…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4612 False device prohibited
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§4612. False device prohibited A. No one shall use, sell, hire, offer, or expose for sale or hire, or have in possession for the purpose of using, selling, or hiring a false weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device or any device to be used or calculated to falsify any wei…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4613 Commodities in package form; stamping of weight or measure; standard fill
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§4613. Commodities in package form; stamping of weight or measure; standard fill A. No one shall keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell any commodity in package form unless the net quantity of the contents is plainly and conspicuously marked on the outsid…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4614 Net weights of cereals; exceptions
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§4614. Net weights of cereals; exceptions A. No one shall pack for sale, keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell any of the following commodities except in containers of net avoirdupois weights of two, five, ten, twenty-five, fifty, one hundred, and multip…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4615 Meat, poultry, fish, and seafood; ready-to-eat food
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§4615. Meat, poultry, fish, and seafood; ready-to-eat food A. Meat, poultry, fish, and seafood shall be sold by weight, except the whole shellfish in the shell may be sold by weight, measure, or count. Shellfish are aquatic animals having a shell, such as mollusks, which includes…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4616 Net weight employed in all sales; exemptions
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§4616. Net weight employed in all sales; exemptions A. Whenever any commodity is sold on the basis of weight, only the net weight of the commodity shall be employed in the sale. All contracts concerning goods sold on a basis of weight shall be understood and construed accordingly…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4617 Fraud by vendors or by purchaser
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§4617. Fraud by vendors or by purchaser A. No one shall misrepresent the price or quantity of a commodity, thing, or service sold or offered or exposed for sale, to any actual or prospective customer. B. No one shall take more than the quantity represented of any commodity, thing…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4618 Sales contrary to law prohibited
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§4618. Sales contrary to law prohibited No one shall keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell any commodity in a manner contrary to law. Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4619 Observation by customer of weighing or measuring devices
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§4619. Observation by customer of weighing or measuring devices No one shall use in retail trade, except in the preparation of packages packed in advance of sale, a weighing or measuring device which is not so positioned that its indications may be accurately read and the weighin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4620 Hindering, obstructing, or impersonating prohibited
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§4620. Hindering, obstructing, or impersonating prohibited No one shall hinder or obstruct the department in any way in the performance of its official duties. No one shall impersonate in any way the commissioner, his inspectors, or the director. Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4621 Service agency; service person; weighmaster; registration; requirements
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§4621. Service agency; service person; weighmaster; registration; requirements A. No person may operate as a registered service agency, a registered service person, or as a weighmaster until he is licensed as such as provided for in this Section. The commissioner shall issue the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4622 Fees; Weights and Measures Fund
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§4622. Fees; Weights and Measures Fund A. Each commercial weighing and measuring device which is subject to the jurisdiction of the department shall be registered annually with the department in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner. B. The registratio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4623 Exemption from Chapter
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§4623. Exemption from Chapter A. This Chapter does not in any way apply to or affect the provisions pertaining to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission or the storage, handling, sale, transportation, or distribution of liquefied petroleum gas and the measures used in connection …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4624 Penalty
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§4624. Penalty A. A violator of any provisions of this Chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Chapter may be subject to a civil penalty for each act of violation. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate offense. B.(1) The commis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4631 Oyster labeling and packaging; sale of shell stock oysters
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§4631. Oyster labeling and packaging; sale of shell stock oysters A. Oyster meats may be sold by fluid volume or net drained weight at wholesale or retail. Oyster meats may also be sold by count at retail but only at the time of final sale. Prepackaging of oysters being sold by c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4632 Inspection and stamping of basket
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§4632. Inspection and stamping of basket Each basket may be inspected by the commissioner as provided for in Part I of Chapter 30 of Title 3 and the accuracy of the measure stamped thereon. Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4633 Inspection of mini-sacks, sacks, and barrels; standards contents
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§4633. Inspection of mini-sacks, sacks, and barrels; standards contents A. The department may also inspect the sacks and barrels in which the oysters arrive. B. Each mini-sack of oysters shall contain one-half bushel; each sack of oysters shall contain one and one-half bushels; a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4634 Duty of having baskets and oysters inspected
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§4634. Duty of having baskets and oysters inspected All buyers, sellers, importers, and exporters of oysters may, upon arrival have their baskets inspected and stamped and the oysters inspected and measured, in accordance with R.S. 3:4632 and 4633. Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4635 Powers of inspectors
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§4635. Powers of inspectors The inspecting officer may board any boat arriving with oysters in order to make the inspection and measurement provided by this Subpart and to ascertain the number of sacks, barrels, and baskets arriving and the names and addresses of the sellers, exp…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4636 Certificate of inspection
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§4636. Certificate of inspection The department may issue a certificate of inspection and measurement after its inspection. This certificate is prima facie evidence of the inspection and measurement of the oysters under the provisions of this Subpart. Acts 1992, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4637 Penalty
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§4637. Penalty A. A violator of any provisions of this Subpart or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Subpart shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each act of violation and for each day of violation. Each day on …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4641 Standard rule for measuring saw logs
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§4641. Standard rule for measuring saw logs A. The standard rule or scale for the measurement of saw logs in this state is the Doyle Log Rule. B. The procedure for using the Doyle Log Rule is as follows: Deduct four inches from the top diameter of the log inside the bark as an al…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4642 Use of any other rule or scale; penalty
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§4642. Use of any other rule or scale; penalty A. No person shall compute the measurement of saw logs for severance tax purposes or for settlement of disputes by any other rule or scale than the Doyle Log Rule. B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4651 Weight determination procedures
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§4651. Weight determination procedures A. Any processor engaged in the processing, handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing, or holding of farm-raised catfish or catfish products shall weigh the catfish or catfish products as they are unloaded from the live haul truck…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4652 Weighing devices
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§4652. Weighing devices A. A weighing device which has been approved by the department and which is of a type suitable for the weighing of farm-raised catfish or catfish products shall be used. B. The weighing ticket shall include but is not limited to the following: (1) The name…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4661 Count determinations for shrimp
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§4661. Count determinations for shrimp Shrimp may be sold by count if the size of the shrimp in a container is within the specified count size listed on the container or invoice. Except as otherwise provided by this Section, shrimp shall be sold in accordance with the provisions …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4671 Sale at retail of petroleum products; failing to meet specifications prohibited
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§4671. Sale at retail of petroleum products; failing to meet specifications prohibited No person shall sell at retail any petroleum product in a manner that fails to comply with law or regulations promulgated by the commissioner. The commissioner's authority to promulgate such re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4672 Measuring devices; calibration of vehicle tanks; application of Subpart; removal or
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§4672. Measuring devices; calibration of vehicle tanks; application of Subpart; removal or change of markings unlawful; certificate of calibration A. No person shall use any commercial weighing or measuring device in the distribution, handling or sale of petroleum products unless…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4673 Petroleum product specifications
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§4673. Petroleum product specifications A. Each type of petroleum product governed by this Subpart and sold or distributed in Louisiana shall meet the specifications established by the commissioner, in regulations promulgated in accordance with this Subpart, for that type of petr…