HLS 15RS-921 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 285
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONTOUCET
PEST CONTROL OPERATORS: Provides relative to fees established for certain structural
pest control business owners
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 3:3374(A) and 3375(B), relative to fees paid by structural pest
3 control business owners; to increase the fees for each standard contract and wood
4 destroying insect report submitted; to remove the Structural Pest Control
5 Commission's ability to appoint a committee to recommend research topics; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 3:3374(A) and 3375(B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
9as follows:
10 §3374. Fees
11 A. Each person who holds a place of business permit shall pay the fees
12 established in this Subsection for standard contracts and wood destroying insect
13 reports. Fees shall be paid at the expense of the person who holds the place of
14 business permit and shall be paid at the time the person files the report required by
15 R.S. 3:3370(B). The fee for each standard contract reported shall be established by
16 the commission by rule at not less than five dollars and not more than eight sixteen
17 dollars. The fee for each wood destroying insect report reported shall be established
18 by the commission by rule at not less than five dollars and not more than eight
19 sixteen dollars. When the amount of the fees collected under pursuant to this Section
20 in any fiscal year equals the amount appropriated for the commission and its
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1 programs for that fiscal year, the commission shall allocate the fees collected for
2 standard contracts and wood destroying insect reports for the remainder of that fiscal
3 year to the Louisiana State University Experiment Station for the purpose of
4 structural pest control research.
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6 §3375. Disposition of fees
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8 B. Out of the monies appropriated each year to the commission, the
9 commission shall allocate at least thirty thousand dollars to the Louisiana State
10 University Experiment Station for research. The allocation shall be made at least
11 biannually. The commission shall appoint a committee composed of the
12 commissioner or his designee, the chancellor of the Louisiana State University
13 Agricultural Center or his designee, the director of the Louisiana State University
14 Experiment Station or his designee, the president of the Louisiana Structural Pest
15 Control Association, the executive director of the Louisiana Pest Control
16 Association, and three licensed pest control operators. This committee shall make
17 recommendations to the commission on what research is needed. Committee
18 members shall be appointed for one year. The commission shall determine the areas
19 in which the research shall be conducted and shall review research progress at an
20 annual meeting. At the end of each fiscal year, all unexpended funds which were
21 allocated under the provisions of this Section shall revert to the Structural Pest
22 Control Commission Fund.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 285 Original 2015 Regular Session Montoucet
Abstract: Removes the minimum fee and increases the maximum fee that the Structural
Pest Control Commission (commission) may establish for each reported standard
contract and each reported wood destroying insect report. Removes the authority to
appoint a committee to make recommendations for the type of research needed.
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Present law allows the commission to establish a fee for each reported standard contract and
each reported wood destroying insect report at not less than $5 and not more than $8.
Proposed law removes the minimum fee of five dollars and increases the maximum fee to
$16.
Present law allows the commission to appoint a committee to make recommendations on
what research committee members should be conducting. Proposed law removes the
commission's authority to appoint a committee for the purposes of making recommendations
for research.
(Amends R.S. 3:3374(A) and 3375(B))
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