ENROLLED
ACT No. 353
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 106
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 3:3601(B)(2) and (3), relative to the Right to Farm Law; to
3 include forest and timber land and forest and timber operations in the legislative
4 declaration that agricultural land and operations must be protected; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 3:3601(B)(2) and (3) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 ยง3601. Citation; legislative findings; purpose
10 * * *
11 B.
12 * * *
13 (2) The legislature further finds and declares that owners of agricultural land,
14 including forest and timber land, and the public, which depends upon agricultural
15 production, need to be protected from further diminution in value of agricultural land
16 by providing safeguards and by establishing a more reliable remedy for diminution
17 in value of agricultural land caused by governmental entities.
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1 (3) The legislature also finds and declares that agricultural operations,
2 including forest and timber operations, and the public, which depends upon
3 agricultural production, need to be protected from any nuisance actions.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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