A.  The remedies provided by this Chapter for the accomplishment of its purposes are not intended to be exclusive, but, on the contrary, the commissioner and any other person having any duty to perform in the enforcement thereof, may resort to any other remedies, at law or equity, available to litigants generally.

B.  The commissioner shall not be required to furnish any bond or pay any costs in any judicial proceeding in the courts of the state.  All actions brought by, for, or in the name of the office of alcohol and tobacco control shall be summary and triable by preference in all such courts.

Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1188, §2, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1370, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 1997.