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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 450
BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL
HORTICULTURE: Repeals licensure requirements for retail florists
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 3:3808(I) and to repeal R.S. 3:3801(A)(5) and (C)(2),2
3804(A)(2), 3807(B)(2), and 3808(B), relative to retail florists; to repeal the3
licensure requirements for retail florists; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 3:3808(I) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง3808. Terms and conditions of licenses and permits7
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I. A cut flower dealer's permit authorizes the holder to do any of the9
following:10
(1) Sell cut flowers either singly or in bunches, or both. However, the holder11
of a cut flower permit may not sell cut flowers within three hundred feet of the place12
of business of another person engaged in the profession of retail florist.13
(2) Operate under that permit a vending machine for the sale of cut flowers14
and floral design in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and15
regulations adopted pursuant to this Chapter, if the holder is engaged in the16
profession of retail florist.17
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Section 2. R.S. 3:3801(A)(5) and (C)(2), 3804(A)(2), 3807(B)(2), and 3808(B) are19
hereby repealed in their entirety.20 HLS 10RS-1125 ORIGINAL
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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. 450
Abstract: Repeals licensure requirements for retail florists.
Present law prohibits the holder of a cut flower permit from selling cut flowers within 300
feet of the place of business of another person engaged in the profession of retail florist.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Present law provides for rules and regulations regarding a retail florist operating a vending
machine for the sale of cut flowers and floral design.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Present law provides that a licensed retail florist shall be appointed to the Horticulture
Commission during the second year of each administration.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Present law provides that the retail florist examination shall be compiled from a list of
questions submitted by the La. State Florists Assc., LSU Ag. Center, and the La. Dept. of
Agriculture and Forestry and shall include a demonstration of actual floral design work.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Present law provides that retail florists be subject to the following provisions:
(1)A retail florist's license authorizes the holder thereof to arrange or supervise the
arrangement of floral designs which include living or freshly cut plant materials and
to sell at retail floral designs, cut flowers, and ornamental plants in pots normally and
customarily sold by florists.
(2)Each person who engages in the profession of retail floristry shall have a regular
employee at each place of business who is a licensed retail florist and whose license
shall be on display at all times during the hours business is conducted in that
profession.
(3)An individual who is a licensed florist and who owns his own floral business may
operate a vending machine at a location remote from the individual's place of
business for the sale of cut flowers and floral designs with certain restrictions.
(4)The commission may adopt rules and regulations governing the profession of retail
florist.
(5)The provisions of present law shall not apply to persons who arrange or sell floral
designs composed entirely of artificial materials or dried plant materials, or both.
(6)Individuals licensed to operate vending machines shall not operate them outside of
the parish more than 25 miles beyond their place of business. HLS 10RS-1125 ORIGINAL
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Proposed law repeals present law.
(Amends R.S. 3:3808(I); Repeals R.S. 3:3801(A)(5) and (C)(2), 3804(A)(2), 3807(B)(2), and
3808(B))