RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 318 (HB 310) 2015 Regular Session Mack
Existing law requires every person who sells, distributes, offers, or handles for sale
agricultural, vegetable, or flower seeds or other propagating stock of one pound or more in
weight to register with the commissioner as a seed dealer.
New law modifies existing law by making the registration process applicable to persons who
label, sell, offer, or handle for sale in or distribute to La., agricultural, vegetable, or flower
seeds or other propagating stock of one pound or more in weight, including out-of-state
distributors.
Existing law authorizes the commissioner to establish by rule, adopted in accordance with
the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), a seed dealer license fee up to $100 per license.
New law increases the fee range from up to $100 to up to $200 per license.
Existing law authorizes the commission to establish by rule, adopted in accordance with the
APA, a regulatory fee on all seeds sold in La. up to .20¢ per 100 pounds of seed.
New law increases the fee range from up to .20¢ to up to .30¢ per 100 pounds of seed.
Effective Aug. 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 3:1437 and 1448)