La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXVII-127

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXVII-127 - Assessments: Amount, Time of Payment, Payment under Special Conditions

A. Assessments shall be due and payable from the producer at the first point of sale as defined in §101 of this Part.

B. Each grain dealer shall deduct the assessments set forth in this rule and in R.S. 3:3422 from the proceeds to be paid to producers at the time of sale of commodities.

C. Assessments on commodities normally weighed by hundredweight and on commodities normally weighed by bushels shall be as set forth in R.S. 3:3422. The weight of commodities normally weighed in barrels shall be converted to bushels by multiplying the barrel weight by 3.6.

D. Rates of Assessments

1. Assessments on regulated commodities listed in §105 of this Part shall be at rates comparable to the rates set forth in §127. E of this Part. The exact assessment on each commodity shall be promulgated in the Louisiana Register and when so promulgated shall remain in full force and effect until changed by subsequent promulgation in the Louisiana Register. Such assessments may be collected as soon as promulgated in the Louisiana Register and shall be collected in the same manner as the assessments listed in §127. C of this Part.

2. Rates of assessments to be levied at the first point of sale of agricultural commodities.

Rough Rice	$.01 per hundredweight
Corn	$0.007 per bushel
Soybeans	$0.007 per bushel
Oats	$0.007 per bushel
Sorghum	$0.007 per bushel
Wheat	$0.007 per bushel
Cotton	$0.10 per bale

3. All assessments collected by licensees of the commission shall be remitted to the commissioner, together with the report form required by the commission, no later than the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which the assessments are collected.

4. The above assessments shall remain in effect until changed by the commission.

E. Each cotton merchant, grain dealer and warehouse shall remit all assessments withheld from producers, or otherwise due under this rule, together with a report on the form provided by the commission, to the commissioner no later than the fifteenth day of each month.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXVII-127

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Agricultural Commodities Commission, LR 9:303 (May 1983), amended LR 9:459 (July 1983), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Agricultural Commodities Commission, LR 19:1301 (October 1993), repromulgated LR 20:154 (February 1994), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Agricultural Commodities Commission, LR 37:503 (February 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3405 and R.S. 3:3422.