La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § I-201
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
A. The commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry has the duty and authority to promote, protect, and advance Louisiana agriculture and to promote the building of Louisiana using Louisiana products. The constitution and laws of Louisiana grant the commissioner this authority both generally and particularly. Among the particular subject matters entrusted to the commissioner for the foregoing objectives is the regulation of pesticides. The preservation of a safe supply of pesticides and of the local capacity to manufacture pesticides is essential to maintain agricultural production year after year while some pestilences subside as new ones arise. Although registering labels of pesticides serves the above stated objectives, the pesticide registration fees the Department of Agriculture and Forestry charges for such registration may in some cases impose a burden that impairs the above stated objectives. The commissioner finds that in order to promote and protect Louisiana agriculture and Louisiana products it is appropriate and expedient to permit pesticide manufacturers to apply for a rebate of the pesticide registration fee and to receive such rebate under those circumstances provided for in this Chapter.La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § I-201
Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of the Commissioner, LR 24:626 (April 1998).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with La. Const. Art. 4 §10; and R.S. 3:2(A), 3(B), 14(B), 1652, 1732, and 3203 (A).