A.  There is hereby levied and imposed an assessment of one-quarter of one cent per pound on all artificial crawfish bait sold in this state.  The assessment shall be ultimately paid by the crawfish farmers and harvesters who purchase the artificial bait.

B.  There is hereby levied and imposed an assessment on each bag used to package live crawfish in the amount of one cent for each bag holding less than twenty-five pounds of crawfish, and two cents for each bag holding twenty-five pounds or more of crawfish.  The assessment shall ultimately be paid by the crawfish farmers and harvesters who purchase the bags.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 679, §1.  Amended by Acts 1985, No. 330, §1; Acts 1985, No. 492, §1; Acts 1986, No. 547, §1; Acts 2014, No. 219, §1.