ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 173
BY REPRESENTATIVE TERRY LANDRY AND SENATORS ALLAIN, LONG, RISER,
AND THOMPSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 3:1746(C), relative to sweet potato tax disbursements; to provide
3 for an increase in sweet potato tax disbursements; to provide for the modification of
4 the percentages of disbursements allocated to the Louisiana Sweet Potato
5 Association and the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station; and to provide for
6 related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 3:1746(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง1746. Collection, deposit, and disbursement of sweet potato tax money
10 * * *
11 C. The proceeds of one cent two cents of the four-cent per bushel tax
12 collected each year shall be disbursed by the commissioner when authorized by a
13 majority of the commission as follows:
14 (1) One-fourth One-eighth of the above amount to finance activities and
15 services initiated by the Louisiana Sweet Potato Association as approved by a
16 majority of the members of the commission.
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1 (2) Three-fourths Seven-eighths of the above amount to the Louisiana
2 Agricultural Experiment Station to finance sweet potato research work as approved
3 by a majority of the members of the commission.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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