HLS 24RS-784 ENGROSSED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 748
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOMANGUE AND SENATOR F ESI
SEAFOOD: Provides relative to imported seafood safety fees
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:31.35(C), relative to the fee for a commercial seafood permit;
3 to modify fees assessed to commercial seafood plants and distributors; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:31.35(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง31.35. Commercial seafood permit fee
8 * * *
9 C. The In addition to the fee provided for in Subsection A of this Section, the
10 department shall charge and collect an imported seafood safety fee of one hundred
11 dollars annually from each holder of a commercial seafood permit fee who sells
12 processes or distributes imported seafood. The fee shall be equal to one-tenth of a
13 percent of the gross revenue of the processor or distributor annually. The proceeds
14 of such fee shall be used for the purposes described in R.S. 40:5.10.1.
DIGEST
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HB 748 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Domangue
Abstract: Modifies the imported seafood safety fee assessed to commercial seafood
processors and distributors.
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HB NO. 748
Present law requires a commercial seafood plant or distributor to obtain an annual
commercial seafood permit to operate in the state. The permit partially supports the
inspection, monitoring, sampling, and testing of seafood. The amount of the fee is
determined by the annual gross revenue of the plant or distributor.
Present law provides that a holder of a commercial seafood permit who sells imported
seafood will be assessed an imported seafood safety fee of $100 annually.
Proposed law changes present law and provides that a holder of commercial seafood permit
who processes or distributes imported seafood shall be assessed an imported seafood safety
fee equal to 0.1% of the gross revenue of a processor or distributor.
(Amends R.S. 40:31.35(C))
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