Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1448

  • Commission: means the Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1431
  • Seed: is a propagative part of a plant capable of producing a new plant, including but not limited to those parts commonly referred to as seeds, bulbs, roots, tubers, and other propagating stock. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1431

            The commission may charge a regulatory fee on all seeds sold in Louisiana. The fee shall be established by rule adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The proceeds of the fee shall be used to defray the costs of regulating the seed industry in Louisiana. The fee shall be collected at the first point of sale in Louisiana. The amount of the fee shall be based on the cost of regulating the seed industry and shall not exceed thirty cents per one hundred pounds of seed.

            Added by Acts 1988, No. 178, §1; Acts 2003, No. 175, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2015, No. 318, §1.