La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XV-143
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
A. A fee of $0.06 per bushel shall be charged for each bushel of sweet potatoes moved or shipped within or out of Louisiana.B. The fee charged for sweet potatoes moving to processing plants shall be collected on the basis of the amount of purchase less 10 percent for breakdown and shrinkage while in storage.C. A fee of $0.10 per thousand shall be charged for vines, plants, slips or cuttings moved or shipped within or out of Louisiana.D. Method of assessing fees and time when fees are to be assessed. 1. Fresh Market a. Fees will be assessed based on average marketable yield per acre for each acre of sweet potatoes planted. The Louisiana Sweet Potato Advertising and Development Commission will determine the average yield.b. The total acres planted by each producer will be officially determined through the use of global positioning technology or other, similarly technical means, under departmental oversight. Each producer will be provided a mapped copy of his production fields and the acres of each field.c. One-half of the total fee assessment shall be paid on or before October 15 of each year and the remaining balance shall be paid on or before December 15 of each year.2. Processing Plants-assessed at the time the sweet potatoes are moved into a plant for processing or packed to be shipped as non-processed potatoes.La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XV-143
Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, LR 11:321 (April 1985), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, LR 15:77 (February 1989), LR 18:705 (July 1992), LR 27:1178 (August 2001), LR 29:2298 (November 2003).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1655, R.S. 3:1732 and R.S. 3:1734.