Title 3, Agriculture and Forestry
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La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1 Terms defined
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§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, ce…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:10 Repealed by Acts 1982, No
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§10. Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 511, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1021 Proceeds of alimony tax may be used to purchase lands to donate
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§1021. Proceeds of alimony tax may be used to purchase lands to donate The police juries of the various parishes of the state are authorized to appropriate funds out of the general alimony tax, for the purpose of purchasing lands to be donated to the United States Government for …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1022 Assent to federal grants to state
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§1022. Assent to federal grants to state The State of Louisiana, in accordance with Section 2, of an Act of Congress, approved March 16, 1906, entitled, "An Act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1023 Board of supervisors of state university authorized to receive federal grants
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§1023. Board of supervisors of state university authorized to receive federal grants The Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is the governing board of the experiment stations in Louisiana, mentioned or contemplated by the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1024 Director of experiment stations as state chemist
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§1024. Director of experiment stations as state chemist The director of the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center or his designee shall be the state chemist, with all of the rights conferred and all of the duties and oblig…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1025 Duty of state chemist to analyze samples of soils, water, oils, and minerals
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§1025. Duty of state chemist to analyze samples of soils, water, oils, and minerals The state chemist, or his designee, shall analyze samples of soils, water, oils, minerals, etc., when samples are sent to him with the request that they be analyzed. The work shall not be compulso…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1026 Creation of soil and plant analysis laboratory at Northeast Louisiana State University
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§1026. Creation of soil and plant analysis laboratory at Northeast Louisiana State University A. Northeast Louisiana State University shall establish, create, and maintain, within its college of agriculture, a laboratory to analyze samples of soil, plants, water, seeds, and ferti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1061 Establishment and purposes
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§1061. Establishment and purposes The establishment, by the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, of the state experiment station and of branch experiment stations, at the following locations and for the purposes stated, i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1062 Authorization for other branch experiment stations
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§1062. Authorization for other branch experiment stations The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College may establish branch experiment stations at such places and for such purposes as it deems necessary to best serve the agricultu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1063 Management and control
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§1063. Management and control The management and control of the experiment stations of Louisiana is vested in the board of supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and shall be exercised by the director of experiment stations of Louis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:11 §§11, 12 Repealed by Acts 1966, No
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§11. §§11, 12 Repealed by Acts 1966, No. 453, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1101 Board of control of state penitentiary to maintain demonstration farms
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§1101. Board of control of state penitentiary to maintain demonstration farms The board of control of the state penitentiary shall maintain on Hope Plantation, Oakley Plantation and Monticello Plantation a general system of demonstration of agricultural and stock raising operatio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1102 Names of demonstration farms
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§1102. Names of demonstration farms The properties dedicated in R.S. 3:1101 shall be known and designated as the "State Demonstration Farm at Hope", "State Demonstration Farm at Monticello", and "State Demonstration Farm at Oakley."
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1103 Nature of operations on farms
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§1103. Nature of operations on farms The Department of Institutions shall purchase and maintain on demonstration farms such livestock and shall engage in such general farming and agricultural operations as in its judgment will best demonstrate the proper operation of agricultural…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1104 Employment of help
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§1104. Employment of help The board of control of the state penitentiary shall employ such scientific and expert help as is advisable or necessary.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1105 Record of activities; issuance of bulletins
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§1105. Record of activities; issuance of bulletins The board of control of the state penitentiary shall keep an accurate and detailed record of all work, experiments, demonstrations, and enterprises undertaken or conducted by it, which record shall at all times be accessible to t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1106 Authority to sell animal or agricultural products of farms
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§1106. Authority to sell animal or agricultural products of farms The board of control may market, sell, trade, or dispose of any of the animal or agricultural products of demonstration farms, whether it be for the maintenance thereof or with the aim toward proper and commensurat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1107 Transfer of lands from farms to United States for demonstration purposes
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§1107. Transfer of lands from farms to United States for demonstration purposes In the event the government of the United States should undertake at any time to establish, in either of the parishes in which the state farms are situated, any agricultural, cattle, stock, or other d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1141 Parishes empowered to acquire land
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§1141. Parishes empowered to acquire land The governing authorities of the several parishes of this state may acquire the ownership of a tract of land, and when so acquired the title to the land shall rest in the public. In those parishes having large areas of different classes o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1142 Working farms; use of prisoners
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§1142. Working farms; use of prisoners The tracts of land acquired under this Part are to be constituted parish experimental farms, and the parish is to improve the property so that it may be worked by the parish in accordance with plans to be suggested by the state and United St…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1143 Farms to promote scientific knowledge of agriculture
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§1143. Farms to promote scientific knowledge of agriculture The parish experimental farms provided for by this Part are established for the purpose of demonstrating the possibilities of the soil in the respective parishes, and in every way to disseminate a scientific knowledge of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1144 Exhibits at state fair
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§1144. Exhibits at state fair With a view of stimulating a friendly rivalry as to the most successful results obtained upon parish experimental farms, a selection of the best results of each year's work upon the farms may be assembled and exhibited annually at the state fair in t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1145 Provision in budget for establishing farms
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§1145. Provision in budget for establishing farms Parishes may make provision in their budgets for the carrying out of this Part at the earliest practical time that the finances of each parish will permit.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1201 Legislative determinations and declaration of policy
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§1201. Legislative determinations and declaration of policy It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination: A. The condition. That the farm and grazing lands of the State of Louisiana are among the basic assets of the state and that the preservation of these land…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1202 Terms defined
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§1202. 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) "Agency of this State" includes the government of this State and any subdivision, agency, or instrumental…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1203 Repealed by Acts 1956, No
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§1203. Repealed by Acts 1956, No. 10, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1204 State Soil and Water Conservation Commission
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§1204. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission A.(1)(a) There is hereby established, to serve as an agency of the state and to perform the functions conferred upon it in this Part, a state soil and water conservation commission. The commission shall consist of nine members. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1205 Creation; division or combination
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§1205. Creation; division or combination A. Any twenty-five owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the state soil and water conservation commission asking that a soil and water conservation distric…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1206 Election of three supervisors for each district
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§1206. Election of three supervisors for each district A. Within thirty days after the date of issuance by the secretary of state of a certificate of organization of a soil and water conservation district, nomination petitions may be filed with the state soil and water conservati…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1207 Appointment, qualifications, tenure of supervisors
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§1207. Appointment, qualifications, tenure of supervisors A. The governing authority of each district shall consist of five supervisors, three elected as provided in R.S. 3:1206 and two appointed as provided in R.S. 3:1205. All such supervisors shall be landowners or farm operato…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1208 Powers of districts and supervisors
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§1208. Powers of districts and supervisors A soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions of this Part shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district, and the s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1209 Adoption of land-use regulations
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§1209. Adoption of land-use regulations The supervisors of any district shall have authority to formulate regulations governing the use of lands within the district in the interest of conserving soil and soil resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion. The supervisors …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:121 Declaration of policy
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§121. Declaration of policy The purpose of this Part is to promote, foster, and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through co-operation. Acts 2017, No. 65, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1210 Entry of land for inspection
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§1210. Entry of land for inspection The supervisors shall have authority to go upon any lands within the district to determine whether land-use regulations adopted under the provisions of R.S. 3:1209 are being observed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1211 Performance of work under the regulations by the supervisors
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§1211. Performance of work under the regulations by the supervisors Where the supervisors of any district shall find that any of the provisions of land-use regulations prescribed in an ordinance adopted in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 3:1209 are not being observed on pa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1212 Board of adjustment
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§1212. Board of adjustment Where the supervisors of any district organized under the provisions of this Part shall adopt an ordinance prescribing land-use regulations in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 3:1209, they shall further provide by ordinance for the establishment o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1213 Co-operation between districts
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§1213. Co-operation between districts The supervisors of any two or more districts organized under the provisions of this Part may co-operate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1214 State agencies to co-operate
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§1214. State agencies to co-operate Agencies of this state which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any state-owned lands, and of any parish, or other governmental subdivision of the state, which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged wit…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1215 Discontinuance of district
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§1215. Discontinuance of district At any time after five years after the organization of a district under the provisions of this Part, any twenty-five owners of land within the district may file a petition with the state soil conservation committee praying that the operation of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1216 Certification of district
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§1216. Certification of district The state soil conservation committee shall on or before January 1 of such calendar year certify to the State Treasurer or other appropriate official, the number of districts in operation in the state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1217 Short title
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§1217. Short title This Part may be referred to as the "Soil Conservation Districts Law."
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1218 Extension of boundaries to include urban or suburban areas
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§1218. Extension of boundaries to include urban or suburban areas All cities, towns, villages or other urban or suburban areas lying within the exterior boundaries of a soil and water conservation district established pursuant to the provisions of the Soil and Water Conservation …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1219 Saving provision
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§1219. Saving provision Nothing contained in R.S. 3:1204 and R.S. 3:1207 shall be interpreted to reduce or limit any authorization granted in any act of the legislature of this state to any agency of the government of this state or to any parish, municipality, special-purpose dis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:122 Terms defined
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§122. 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, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1221 Carbon sequestration; emissions reduction of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
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§1221. Carbon sequestration; emissions reduction of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases A. The commissioner is authorized to take all action necessary to ensure Louisiana's participation, to the fullest extent practicable, regarding carbon sequestration or the reduction of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:123 Who may organize
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§123. Who may organize Ten or more persons, a majority of whom are residents of this state, engaged in the production of agricultural products may form a non-profit, co-operative association, with or without capital stock, under the provisions of this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:124 Purposes
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§124. Purposes A. An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the marketing or selling of the agricultural products of its members, or with the harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:125 Powers
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§125. Powers Each association incorporated under this Part shall have the following powers: (1) To engage in any activity in connection with the marketing, selling, harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling, or utiliza…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:1251 Adoption of federal soil conservation policy
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§1251. Adoption of federal soil conservation policy A. It is hereby recognized and declared as a matter of legislative determination that the public welfare of this state requires the cooperation of this state with other states and with the federal government in the accomplishmen…