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ACT No. 219
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1056
BY REPRESENTATIVE LAMBERT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 3:556.6(A) and (B) and 556.14(A) and (H) and to repeal R.S.2
3:556.3(D), 556.7, and 556.14(B), (C), (E), (F), and (G), relative to the Louisiana3
Crawfish Promotion and Research Board; to provide for the levy of certain4
assessments on artificial crawfish bait, crawfish tail meat, and bags for the packaging5
of live crawfish; to repeal the term of appointment for board members; to repeal6
authority for referenda for assessment purposes; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 3:556.6(A) and (B) and 556.14(A) and (H) are hereby amended and9
reenacted to read as follows:10
§556.6. Assessments11
A. Subject to all of the provisions of this Part, including the provisions12
relating to referenda and refunds, there There is hereby levied and imposed an13
assessment of one-quarter of one cent per pound on all artificial crawfish bait sold14
in this state. The assessment shall be ultimately paid by the crawfish farmers and15
harvesters who purchase the artificial bait.16
B. Subject to all of the provisions of this Part, including the provisions17
relating to referenda and refunds, there There is hereby levied and imposed an18
assessment on each bag used to package live crawfish in the amount of one cent for19
each bag holding less than twenty-five pounds of crawfish, and two cents for each20
bag holding twenty-five pounds or more of crawfish. The assessment shall21
ultimately be paid by the crawfish farmers and harvesters who purchase the bags. 22
If the assessment levied and imposed by this Subsection is approved in a referendum,23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1056
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the initial assessment shall expire at the same time as the initial assessment levied1
and imposed by Subsection A of this Section.2
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§556.14. Assessments on crawfish tails4
A. An assessment of one cent per pound is hereby levied on all crawfish tail5
meat sold in this state if the assessment is approved in a referendum vote by a6
majority of crawfish tail meat producers called by the board for that purpose.7
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H. The assessment, if approved, shall be collected and paid at the first point9
of sale in Louisiana by the producer or distributor doing business in Louisiana and10
remitted to the department on or before the fifteenth day after the close of each11
quarter.12
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Section 2. R.S. 3:556.3(D), 556.7, and 556.14(B), (C), (E), (F), and (G) are hereby14
repealed in their entirety.15
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: