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HB 173 Original 2015 Regular Session Terry Landry
Abstract: Increases the amount of sweet potato tax money that the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Forestry shall disburse to the La. Sweet Potato Association and the La. Agricultural
Experiment Station. Modifies the percentages of the sweet potato tax money allocated to the
La. Sweet Potato Association and the La. Agricultural Experiment Station.
Present law requires that one cent of the four-cent per bushel tax collected be disbursed by the
commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry when authorized by a majority of the La. Sweet Potato
Advertising and Development Commission. Proposed law increases that amount to two cents of the
four-cent bushel tax.
Present law requires that the La. Sweet Potato Association receive one-fourth of the amount
collected for disbursement. Proposed law decreases the disbursement percentage from one-fourth
to one-eighth.
Present law requires that the La. Agricultural Experiment Station receive three-fourths of the amount
collected for disbursement. Proposed law increases the disbursement percentage from three-fourths
to seven-eighths.
(Amends R.S. 3:1746(C))