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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 228
BY SENATOR MORRISH
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. Provides an exception for certain agricultural materials
from the prohibition of outdoor burning. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 30:2054(B)(2)(b)(x), relative to air quality control; to provide for exceptions2
to the powers of the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality; to allow3
sweet potato farmers to burn their crates used to store or transport sweet potatoes;4
to provide terms and conditions; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 30:2054(B)(2)(b)(x) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง2054. Air quality control; secretary of environmental quality; powers and duties8
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B. The secretary shall have the following powers and duties:10
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(b) Nothing in this law shall be deemed to grant to the secretary any13
jurisdiction or authority to make any rule, regulation, recommendations, or14
determination with respect to any of the following:15
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(x) Controlled burning, after written notice to the local fire department17 SB NO. 228
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and sheriff's office, of agriculture materials, including crates, used in connection1
with the storage or transportation of sweet potatoes.2
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Heyward Jeffers.
DIGEST
Morrish (SB 228)
Present law provides certain exemptions from burning restrictions for pastureland or
marshland in connection with trapping or livestock production.
Present law allows controlled burning in connection with timber stand management or cotton
gin agricultural wastes created with cotton gin operations.
Present law allows burning of agricultural by-products in the field in connection with the
planting, harvesting, or processing of agricultural products.
Proposed law provides for controlled burning, after notice to the local fire department and
the sheriff's office, of agricultural materials, including crates used by sweet potato farmers
to store or transport their sweet potatoes.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 30:2054(B)(2)(b)(x))