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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1407 (Substitute for House Bill No. 450 by Representative Foil)
BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL
HORTICULTURE: Repeals certain examination requirements of retail florists
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 3:3807(A) and 3808(I)(1) and to repeal R.S. 3:3807(B)(2),2
relative to retail florists; to repeal examination requirements for retail florists; to3
repeal a prohibition against selling cut flowers within three hundred feet of the4
business of a retail florist; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 3:3807(A) and 3808(I)(1) are hereby amended and reenacted to read7
as follows: 8
§3807. Examinations9
A. Each applicant for a professional license, except retail florists, shall10
satisfactorily pass an examination prior to being issued a license. The commission11
shall be responsible for the preparation, administration, and grading of examinations12
for professional licenses. The commission shall review and approve all proposed13
examinations and shall determine the minimum score necessary to satisfactorily pass14
each examination.15
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§3808. Terms and conditions of licenses and permits17
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I. A cut flower dealer's permit authorizes the holder to do any of the19
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(1) Sell cut flowers either singly or in bunches, or both. However, the holder1
of a cut flower permit may not sell cut flowers within three hundred feet of the place2
of business of another person engaged in the profession of retail florist.3
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Section 2. R.S. 3:3807(B)(2) is hereby repealed in its entirety.5
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Foil HB No. 1407
Abstract: Repeals the demonstration of design examination requirement for retail florists.
Present law requires each applicant for a professional license to satisfactorily pass an
examination prior to being issued a license.
Proposed law retains present law but exempts retail florists from the examination
requirement.
Present law provides for the examination of retail florists.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Present law prohibits the holder of a cut flower permit from selling cut flowers within 300
hundred feet of the place of business of another person engaged in the profession of retail
florist.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Amends R.S. 3:3807(A) and 3808(I)(1); Repeals R.S. 3:3807(B)(2))