SLS 19RS-11 ENGROSSED
2019 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 55
BY SENATOR RISER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. Provides for an exemption to the Louisiana Weights
and Measures Law. (8/1/19)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 3:4623(C), relative to the Louisiana Weights and Measures Law;
3 to provide relative to the sale of shelled field corn; to exempt the sale of shelled field
4 corn from the Louisiana Weights and Measures Law under certain conditions; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 3:4623(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง4623. Exemption from Chapter
9 * * *
10 C. This Chapter does not apply to the sale of an aggregate of twenty
11 thousand bushels or less per year of shelled field corn made directly from a
12 producer to a purchaser. The sale of an aggregate of more than twenty
13 thousand bushels per year of shelled field corn may be made if the net weight of
14 the shelled field corn is verified by a National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP)
15 certified scale prior to distribution of the shelled field corn.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 55
SLS 19RS-11 ENGROSSED
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Lann.
DIGEST
SB 55 Engrossed 2019 Regular Session Riser
Present law (R.S. 3:4601 et sq.) provides for the Louisiana Weights and Measures Law,
which sets the standards and requirements for the sale of all agriculture commodities.
Further requires the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to supervise the weights,
measures, and weighing and measuring devices offered for sale, sold, and used in the state.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law (R.S. 3:4623(C)) exempts the sale of shelled field corn from the Louisiana
Weights and Measures Law if the net weight of the shelled field corn is verified by a
National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) certified scale prior to distribution of the shelled
field corn.
Proposed law exempts the sale of an aggregate of twenty thousand bushels or less per year
of shelled field corn made directly from a producer to a purchaser from the Louisiana
Weights and Measures Law.
Proposed law exempts the sale of an aggregate of more than twenty thousand bushels per
year of shelled field corn if the net weight of the shelled field corn is verified by a National
Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) certified scale prior to distribution of the shelled field
corn.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(Amends R.S. 3:4623(C))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry,
Aquaculture, and Rural Development to the original bill
1. Provides for exemptions to the Louisiana Weights and Measures Law based
upon the volume of shelled field corn sold.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.