ENROLLED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 523
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBBY CARTER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 3:4156(2), 4159(A), and 4160(A) and to repeal R.S. 3:4156(3)
3 and 4158, relative to the Dairy Industry Promotion Law; to provide for the removal
4 of referendum criteria from the Dairy Industry Promotion Board; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 3:4156(2), 4159(A), and 4160(A) are hereby amended and reenacted
8 to read as follows:
9 §4156. Powers and duties of the board
10 The board may:
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12 (2) Establish and impose assessments on the sale of milk solids, milk fats,
13 and fluid milk components, subject to the limitations contained in R.S. 3:4158 and
14 R.S. 3:4159.
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16 §4159. Assessment
17 A. The board is hereby authorized to levy an assessment not to exceed ten
18 cents per hundredweight, or equivalent thereof, on all milk solids, milk fats, or fluid
19 milk components sold. The assessment shall be due and payable at the first point of
20 sale. The assessment shall be paid by each dairy producer who sells milk solids, milk
21 fats, or fluid milk components to dairy cooperative associations, processors, or
22 distributors. No assessment shall be levied or collected until approved by a majority
23 of dairy producers voting in a referendum conducted in accordance with R.S. 3:4158.
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1 §4160. Failure to pay assessment; penalty
2 A. Each dairy cooperative association, processor, or distributor who fails to
3 file any report required by the board or to pay the assessment authorized in R.S.
4 3:4159 after approval in a referendum of dairy producers within the time prescribed
5 by this Part shall forfeit to the commissioner the amount of the assessment plus a
6 penalty of ten percent of the assessment due, plus one percent of the assessment due
7 for each month, or fraction thereof, of delay after the due date for payment of the
8 assessment.
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10 Section 2. R.S. 3:4156(3) and 4158 are hereby repealed in their entirety.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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