HLS 15RS-921 ENGROSSED
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), relative to fees paid by structural pest control
3 business owners; to increase the fees for each standard contract and wood destroying
4 insect report submitted; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 3:3374(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง3374. Fees
8 A. Each person who holds a place of business permit shall pay the fees
9 established in this Subsection for standard contracts and wood destroying insect
10 reports. Fees shall be paid at the expense of the person who holds the place of
11 business permit and shall be paid at the time the person files the report required by
12 R.S. 3:3370(B). The fee for each standard contract reported shall be established by
13 the commission by rule at not less than five dollars and not more than eight sixteen
14 dollars. The fee for each wood destroying insect report reported shall be established
15 by the commission by rule at not less than five dollars and not more than eight
16 sixteen dollars. When the amount of the fees collected under pursuant to this Section
17 in any fiscal year equals the amount appropriated for the commission and its
18 programs for that fiscal year, the commission shall allocate the fees collected for
19 standard contracts and wood destroying insect reports for the remainder of that fiscal
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HB NO. 285
1 year to the Louisiana State University Experiment Station for the purpose of
2 structural pest control research.
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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 Engrossed 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.
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 $5 and increases the maximum fee to $16.
(Amends R.S. 3:3374(A))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry,
Aquaculture, and Rural Development to the original bill:
1. Revert back to present law by removing a provision that deleted the authority of
the Structural Pest Control Commission's ability to appoint a committee of
persons to make recommendations on what research is needed.
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