RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 545 (HB 335) 2016 Regular Session Schexnayder
Existing law requires each applicant applying for a license to operate an unmanned aerial
system in the course of an agricultural commercial operation to complete an agricultural
education and safety training course administered by the La. cooperative extension service.
New law adds the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center as an
entity that may administer the agricultural education and safety training course.
New law authorizes the commissioner to establish, by rule, a registration fee for each
unmanned aerial system not to exceed $100. Requires the rule be adopted in accordance with
the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
New law authorizes the commissioner to establish an agricultural education and safety
training course fee not to exceed $50, payable to the LSU Agricultural Center or the Southern
University Agricultural Research and Extension Center for conducting the agricultural
education and safety training course required in existing law. Requires the rule be adopted
in accordance with the APA.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 3:43(A)(2); Adds R.S. 3:48)