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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 93
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
FORESTRY. Provides relative to the sale of certain forest tree seedlings. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 3:4303, relative to the sale of certain forest tree seedlings; to2
provide relative to retention of sale receipts; to provide relative to Louisiana Forestry3
Commission nurseries; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 3:4303 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง4303. Forest tree seedlings; change of price; sale to those engaged in forestry7
activities8
The commission from time to time may fix by appropriate rules and9
regulations the prices at which forest tree seedlings grown at its nurseries shall be10
sold to landowners engaged in forestry activities, which price shall, insofar as11
possible, be conducive to the promotion and development of sound reforestation12
practices in this state and all receipts from the sale of seedlings shall be retained by13
the commission department and expended in the development and operation of the14
commission's nurseries for scientific forestry research and experimentation for land15
acquisition and general operations of the commission nurseries.16
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not17 SB NO. 93
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signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature1
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If2
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become3
effective on the day following such approval.4
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Johnson.
DIGEST
Thompson (SB 93)
Present law requires the La. Forestry Commission to retain all receipts from the sale of
seedlings at commission nurseries.
Proposed law instead requires the Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry to retain all receipts
from the sale of seedlings at commission nurseries.
Present law requires that receipts from the sale of seedlings be expended in the development
and operation of the commission's nurseries for scientific forestry research and
experimentation for land acquisition and general operations of the commission.
Proposed law narrows the scope of present law to require that receipts from the sale of
seedlings only be expended in the general operations of the commission nurseries instead
of the commission and otherwise retains present law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 3:4303)