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2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 113
BY SENATOR CATHEY
PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES. Provides relative to structural pest control operator's licenses.
(gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 3:3368(B), (D), (E), and (G), relative to structural pest control
3 operator's licenses; to provide relative to examinations; to provide relative to license
4 applications; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 3:3368(B), (D), (E), and (G) are hereby amended and reenacted to
7 read as follows:
8 ยง3368. Structural pest control operator's license
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10 B. A structural pest control operator's license shall be issued only after the
11 applicant has satisfactorily passed a written an examination. The examination shall
12 include the general standards examination required by the EPA and a separate
13 examination for the category in which the applicant desires to be licensed.
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15 D. Each applicant for examination shall submit a written an application
16 which shall contain such information as the commission by rule may require and
17 which shall be accompanied by the examination fee and by proof of experience and
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1 education acceptable to the commission.
2 E. The examination shall be administered at the domicile of any location
3 approved by the commission within forty-five days after the application for
4 examination is received by the commission.
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6 G. Persons Any person who successfully complete completes the
7 examination may apply for a structural pest control operator's license. The
8 application shall be in writing, shall contain such information as the commission by
9 rule may require, and shall be accompanied by the license fee.
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11 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
12 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
13 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
14 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
15 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 113 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Cathey
Present law (R.S. 3:3368) provides for the license requirements of structural pest control
operators.
Present law further provides for application and examination requirements and requires each
applicant to submit a written application and pass a written examination.
Proposed law retains present law application and examination requirements but removes the
requirement that the application and examination be written.
Present law requires the examination to be administered at the domicile of the Structural Pest
Control Commission within 45 days after the application is received by the commission.
Proposed law requires the examination to be administered at any location approved by the
Structural Pest Control Commission after the application is received by the commission and
removes the requirement that the examination be administered within 45 days.
Effective upon signature of the governor or laps of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 3:3368(B), (D), (E), and (G))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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