RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 306 (SB 108) 2020 Regular Session Cathey
Prior law (R.S. 3:661 et seq.) created the La. Public Livestock Market Charter Law and
provided for the administration of prior law, including definitions, charter requirements, fees,
and exemptions.
New law changes the name of the La. Public Livestock Market Charter Law to the La.
Livestock Market Charter Law, changes all references from public livestock market to
livestock market in prior law, and otherwise essentially retains prior law.
Prior law defined "public livestock market" as any place, establishment or facility commonly
known as a "livestock market", "livestock auction market", "sales ring", "stockyard", or the
like, operated for compensation or profit as a market for livestock, consisting of pens, or
other enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which livestock are received, held, sold, or kept
for sale or shipment.
New law removes the term "public"and expands the definition of "livestock market" as any
place, establishment or facility commonly known as a "buying station", "livestock market",
"livestock auction market", "sales ring", "stockyard", or the like, operated for compensation
or profit as a market for livestock, consisting of pens, or other enclosures, and their
appurtenances, in which livestock are received, held, sold, or kept for sale or shipment.
New law recodifies definitions and additionally defines "buying station" as a facility that is
conducted, operated, or managed as a private livestock market that offers stockyard services.
Prior law provided that a livestock market in operation on April 1, 1982, shall retain the sale
day or days on which the livestock market was conducting sales prior to that date.
New law instead provides that a livestock market in operation on April 1, 2019, shall retain
the sale day or contiguous day on which the livestock market was conducting sales prior to
that date.
Prior law provided that the owner of a livestock market operated and conducted as such on
July 27, 1966, shall be issued a charter for the operation of said market.
New law instead provides that the owner of a livestock market operated and conducted as
such on April 1, 2019, shall be issued a charter for the operation of said market.
Effective upon signature of the governor (June 12, 2020).
(Amends the heading of Part IV of Chapter 6 of Title 3 of the LRS, R.S. 3:571(A) and (C),
661, 662, 663, 665(B) and (C), 667(C), (D)(3), (4), (5), and (6), and (E), 669, 670(B), (C),
and (E)(2) and (4), 732(B)(1)(f), and 2093(4), R.S. 14:67.1(A)(2) and (3) and (B)(1) and (2);
and R.S. 37:3103(A)(3.1) and 3134)