Department of Agriculture and Forestry, State of Louisiana - Mike Strain DVM, Commissioner

NEWS

NOTICE – Emergency Rule Filed with State Register

LAC 7:XV.301, 303, 321 (Maintenance & Inspection Fees)

April 6, 2016

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry has filed an emergency rule with the State Register giving public notice that in accordance with the emergency provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:953(B), and under the authority of R.S. 3:1604.1, R.S. 3:1652, and R.S. 3:1655, the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Boll Weevil Eradication Commission have adopted an emergency rule reducing the fee paid by cotton producers for the inspection and certification of cotton for the presence of the boll weevil from $6 to $5 per acre.

Emergency Rule