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La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4211 Prohibits
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§4211. Prohibits A. No brand manufacturer, printer or other person, firm or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certifi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4212 Identification
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§4212. Identification No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products ther…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4213 Appointments and regulations
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§4213. Appointments and regulations The commissioner shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, the inspection of which is hereby provided for, and of all carcasses…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4214 Prohibits gifts
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§4214. Prohibits gifts Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent or employee of any person, firm or corporation, who shall give, pay or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector or any other officer or employee of this state authorized…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4215 Exemption; farmers, custom, retailers, restaurants, and similar retail type
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§4215. Exemption; farmers, custom, retailers, restaurants, and similar retail type establishments A. The provisions of this Chapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at establishments …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4216 Added exemptions
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§4216. Added exemptions The commissioner shall, by regulation and under such conditions, including sanitary standards, practices and procedures, as he may prescribe, exempt from specific provisions of this Chapter: (1) The slaughtering by any person of poultry of his own raising,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4217 Storage regulations
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§4217. Storage regulations The commissioner may, by regulations, prescribe conditions under which carcasses, meat, meat food products and poultry products of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or oth…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4218 Inspection not provided for slaughtering not intended for human consumption
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§4218. Inspection not provided for slaughtering not intended for human consumption Inspection shall not be provided under R.S. 3:4201 through 3:4217 at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or the preparation …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4219 Records required
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§4219. Records required A. The following classes of persons, firms and corporations shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses; and all persons, firms, and corporations subject to such requirements shall, at all reas…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4220 Registration required
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§4220. Registration required No person, firm or corporation shall engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer, or engage in business in such commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4221 4-D animals
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§4221. 4-D animals No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4222 Federal and state cooperation; designated authority
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§4222. Federal and state cooperation; designated authority A. The commissioner is hereby designated as the state agency which shall be responsible for cooperating with the secretary of agriculture of the United States under the provisions of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4223 Auxiliary provisions
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§4223. Auxiliary provisions The commissioner may, for such period, or indefinitely, as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Chapter, refuse to provide, or withdraw inspection service under the provisions of this Chapter with respect to any establishment if he det…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4224 Authority to detain meats
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§4224. Authority to detain meats Whenever carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, meat food product or poultry product of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any product exempted from the definition of meat food product or poultry product, or any…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4225 Condemnation and seizure
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§4225. Condemnation and seizure A. Any carcass, part of carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal or fowl described above that is being transported in intrastate comm…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4226 Courts
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§4226. Courts The appropriate courts are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of this Chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all kinds of cases arising under this Chapter. Acts 1968, No. 376, §24; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4227 Assaults
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§4227. Assaults Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this Chapter shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4228 Penalties
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§4228. Penalties A. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provisions of this Chapter for which no other criminal penalty is provided by this Chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than one thousand d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4229 Access to records; testimony; penalties
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§4229. Access to records; testimony; penalties A. The commissioner shall have access at all times: (1) To gather and compile information concerning and, to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices and management of any person, firm, or corporat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4230 Application
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§4230. Application The requirements of this Chapter shall apply to persons, firms or corporation establishments, animals and articles regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act* or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act only to the extent provided for in Section 408 of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4231 Designation; Chapter as superseding other laws
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§4231. Designation; Chapter as superseding other laws This Chapter shall be designated as the Louisiana Meat and Poultry Inspection Law. This Chapter supersedes all city, municipal or other ordinances or laws in the state on meat and poultry inspection in all facets of meat and p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4232 Commissioner of agriculture
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§4232. Commissioner of agriculture A. The commissioner of agriculture shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Chapter. B. The commissioner may employ such personnel as are necessary to enforce the provisions of this Chapter. C. The commissioner may adopt such rules an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4233 RS 3:4233
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§4233 (Section Heading) eff. until contingency in Acts 2026, No. 555 is met. §4233. Violations, penalties, injunctive relief NOTE: §4233 (Section Heading) eff. upon the contingency in Acts 2026, No. 555 being met. §4233. Violations; penalties; injunctive relief A. The following a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4271 Louisiana Forestry Commission established; state policy
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§4271. Louisiana Forestry Commission established; state policy A. To protect, conserve, and replenish the natural resources of the state, the practice of forestry in the state is placed under the Louisiana Forestry Commission, which is hereby established in the executive branch o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4272 Members; appointment; qualifications; terms of office
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§4272. Members; appointment; qualifications; terms of office A. The commission shall consist of seven members, five of whom shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and two of whom shall serve ex officio--namely, the head of the department of for…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4273 Officers; meetings; compensation
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§4273. Officers; meetings; compensation The commission shall select its own chairman and vice-chairman, and fix the terms and duties of these offices; prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings and operation; meet quarterly or oftener on call of the chairman,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4274 Powers and duties of commission
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§4274. Powers and duties of commission A. The commission shall: (1) Prepare or cause to be prepared plans for execution of laws relating to forestry. (2) Select and employ the state forester, and control his tenure of office. (3) Direct and advise the state forester in the work o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4274.1 Appointment of forestry officers; duties and powers
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§4274.1. Appointment of forestry officers; duties and powers A. To provide for the protection of the assets, property, personnel, and interests relating to forest woodlands, the state forester may appoint and commission forestry officers who shall enforce the laws, rules, and reg…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4275 State forester; qualifications; appointment
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§4275. State forester; qualifications; appointment The commission shall appoint a state forester who shall be a graduate of forestry from an accredited school having at least four years of forestry experience in the South.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4276 Powers and duties of state forester
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§4276. Powers and duties of state forester The state forester shall: (1) Have direction of all forest interests and all matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdiction of the state. (2) Determine annual goals, objectives, and priorities and conduct annual reviews per estab…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4276.1 Volunteer forest fire and wildfire fighters
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§4276.1. Volunteer forest fire and wildfire fighters A. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them: (1) "Direct supervision" means giving direction or instruction to and accepting responsibility for the work product of the pers…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4277 Donation of land to state; acceptance and use
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§4277. Donation of land to state; acceptance and use The governor may accept gifts of land to the state to be held, protected, and administered by the commission as state forests and to be used to demonstrate their practical utility for reforestation and as breeding places for ga…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4278 Measure of damage
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§4278. Measure of damage The liability of persons for all damages shall include the injury to young tree growth resulting from fires. The damage to such young growth shall be calculated as the expense of planting and cultivating such small growth to the point of development at th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4278.1 Trees, cutting without consent; co-owners and co-heirs; penalty
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§4278.1. Trees, cutting without consent; co-owners and co-heirs; penalty A.(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert for sale or use, any trees, or to authorize or direct his agent or employee to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4278.2 Sale of undivided timber interest; consent of co-owners; theft
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§4278.2. Sale of undivided timber interest; consent of co-owners; theft A. A co-owner or co-heir of land may execute an act of timber sale whereby he sells his undivided interest in the timber, and any condition imposing a time period within which to remove the timber shall comme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4278.3 Transporting or receiving of forest products; records; rules; penalties
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§4278.3. Transporting or receiving of forest products; records; rules; penalties A. In addition to other requirements as provided by law, a person transporting or receiving forest products shall maintain appropriate records as required by the commissioner of agriculture and fores…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4278.4 Harvest or sale of forest products; failure to remit payment to owner; penalty
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§4278.4. Harvest or sale of forest products; failure to remit payment to owner; penalty A. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "Forest product" means any tree, shrub, plant, or related vegetation, or any part thereof. (2) "Harvester…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4278.5 Prohibited cutting of cypress trees; exceptions; penalty
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§4278.5. Prohibited cutting of cypress trees; exceptions; penalty A. It shall be unlawful for any person or government entity, or his agent or employee, to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert for sale or use, any cypress trees growing or lying on public land owned by or unde…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4278.6 Timber harvesting; rules; regulations; penalty
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§4278.6. Timber harvesting; rules; regulations; penalty A. In addition to any other requirements provided by law, any person conducting timber harvesting operations with the intent to cut five acres or more of timberland shall enter into a written contract or agreement with the o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4279 Railroad and other public utilities' rights-of-way; clearing of combustible material
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§4279. Railroad and other public utilities' rights-of-way; clearing of combustible material A. All persons owning or operating railroads, electric transmission lines, or oil or gas pipe lines through forest lands within this state shall keep their rights-of-way reasonably cleared…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4281 Prosecution for setting fire; cost of fighting fire as part of penalty
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§4281. Prosecution for setting fire; cost of fighting fire as part of penalty In a prosecution for the wilful and negligent setting fire to forests, when the evidence has been conclusive of the guilt or innocence of the party charged with the offense, the court may take evidence …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4282 Fire posters and warning notices
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§4282. Fire posters and warning notices The state forester shall prepare and distribute for posting and display notices printed in large letters calling attention to the destruction caused by fire and to the forest fire laws and the penalties for their violation.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4283 National forests; consent; concurrent jurisdiction
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§4283. National forests; consent; concurrent jurisdiction The consent of the state is given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase or gift of such land in Louisiana as in the opinion of the federal government may be needed for the establishment of national forests in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4292 Instruction on forestry in public schools; Arbor Day
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§4292. Instruction on forestry in public schools; Arbor Day The Department of Education and the parish school boards shall encourage the observance of Arbor Day and encourage participation in natural resource education programs such as forestry awareness, forestry skills, 4-H, Fu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4296 South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact
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§4296. South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact The Governor of Louisiana be, and he is hereby authorized and directed, to execute on behalf of the State of Louisiana, the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact. The full text of said compact is as …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:43 Licenses and registration
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§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 su…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4301 Forest tree seedling nurseries; authorization
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§4301. Forest tree seedling nurseries; authorization The office of forestry may purchase land, install watering systems, and construct and equip the buildings necessary for the operation of forest tree seedling nurseries. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 736, §1; Acts 1981, No. 838, §1;…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4321 Forest protection assessment; Forest Protection Fund and Subfund; disposition of
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§4321. Forest protection assessment; Forest Protection Fund and Subfund; disposition of funds A. There is hereby levied an annual assessment of eight cents per acre on each acre of timberland in the state to be paid by the owners thereof, which shall be known as the forest protec…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4325 Parish board of forestry; appointment and term; compensation
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§4325. Parish board of forestry; appointment and term; compensation Upon approval by the commission and the state forester, the governing authority of each parish cooperating may appoint a parish board of forestry. It shall consist of one member of the governing authority of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4326 Supervision of forestry program; detailed plan
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§4326. Supervision of forestry program; detailed plan The state forester with the approval of the forestry commission may administer and supervise the forestry program in each parish where such programs may be established. Acts 2012, No. 808, §1.