SLS 20RS-199 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 212
BY SENATOR CATHEY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana
Agricultural Commodities Commission. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 3:3403(A)(2), relative to the Louisiana Agricultural
3 Commodities Commission; to provide for changes to the membership of the
4 commission; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 3:3403(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง3403. Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission; creation; membership;
8 terms; panels of nominees; filling of vacancies; oaths of office; per
9 diem; quorum; domicile; meetings; successor to State Warehouse
10 Commission
11 A. The Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission is hereby created
12 within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and shall consist of ten members,
13 nine to be appointed by the commissioner as follows:
14 * * *
15 (2) One producer appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the
16 Louisiana Soybean Cotton and Grain Association.
17 * * *
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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SLS 20RS-199 ORIGINAL
1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Lann.
DIGEST
SB 212 Original 2020 Regular Session Cathey
Present law (R.S. 3:3403) creates the Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission
within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry consisting of nine members appointed
by the commissioner as follows:
(1)One warehouseman appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Rice
Millers Association.
(2)One producer appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana
Soybean Association.
(3)One producer appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana
Farm Bureau Federation.
(4)One banker who is familiar with the financing of businesses which store or market
the commodities which are regulated under this Chapter, appointed from a list of
three persons nominated by the Louisiana Bankers Association.
(5)One commodity trader who executes future trades related to a hedging program for
purchases or sales of commodities regulated under this Chapter, appointed from a list
of three persons nominated by the commissioner.
(6)One owner or operator of an elevator which handles both rice and soybeans,
appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Rice Dryers
Association.
(7)One owner or operator of an inland elevator or barge-loading river facility or a
licensed Louisiana grain dealer appointed from a list of three persons nominated by
the Louisiana Ag Industries Association.
(8)One producer appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the American Rice
Growers Association.
(9)One cotton merchant appointed from the state at large.
Proposed law changes the nominating authority for the producer appointed from a list of
three persons nominated by the Louisiana Soybean Association to a list of three persons
nominated by the Louisiana Cotton and Grain Association and otherwise retains present law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 3:3403(A)(2))
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