§349. Product Registration

§349. Product Registration

A. All engine fuels designed for special use that do not meet ASTM specifications or standards set out in this Subchapter shall be registered with the commissioner, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, 30 days prior to when the registrant wishes to engage in sales. The registration form shall include all of the following information.

1. Identity―business name, address(es), and telephone number(s).

2. Address―mailing address if different than business address.

3. Business Type―type of ownership of the distributor or retail dealer, such as an individual, partnership, association, trust, corporation, or any other legal entity or combination thereof.

4. Signature―an authorized signature, title, and date for each registration.

5. Product Description―product brand name and product description.

6. Product Specification―a product specification sheet shall be attached.

B. Registration is subject to annual renewal.

C. Renewal of a registration is required 30 days prior to any changes in the information required by Subsection A.

D. The commissioner may decline to register any product that actually or by implication would deceive or tend to deceive a purchaser as to the identity or the quality of the engine fuel.

E. Transferability―the registration is not transferable.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:4608, 3:4673, and 3:4680.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Division of Weights and Measures, LR 31:34 (January 2005), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, LR 34:2551 (December 2008).

§351. Test Methods and Reproducibility Limits

A. ASTM Standard Test Methods referenced for use within the applicable Standard Specification shall be used to determine the specification values for enforcement purposes.

B. Reproducibility Limits

1. When determining the Antiknock Index acceptance or rejection of a gasoline sample, the AKI reproducibility limits as outlined in ASTM D 4814 Appendix X1 shall be utilized for enforcement purposes.

2. The reproducibility limits of the ASTM standard test method used for each test performed shall be utilized for enforcement purposes, except as indicated in Paragraph 1 above.

3. Dispute Resolution. In the event of a dispute over a reported test value, the guidelines presented in the specifications of ASTM D 3244, "Standard Practice for Utilization of Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications," shall be used to determine the acceptance or rejection of the sample.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:4608, 3:4673, and 3:4680.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Division of Weights and Measures, LR 31:34 (January 2005), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, LR 34:2551 (December 2008).

Chapter 5. Consumer Products―Testing and Labeling

Subchapter A. Chloramphenicol

§501. Definitions

A. As used in this Chapter the following terms shall have the meaning given to them except where the context expressly indicates otherwise.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2, 3:3 and 3:4608.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Weights and Measures Division, LR 33:34 (January 2007).

§503. Selling, Testing, Declarations, Records, Penalties

A. No seafood or honey may be held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana if the seafood or honey is contaminated with Chloramphenicol.

B. The department may inspect, take samples for testing, and test for Chloramphenicol in any seafood or honey of whatever origin, being held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana.

C. No seafood or honey harvested from or produced, processed, or packaged in a Chloramphenicol region may be held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana without first meeting the requirements of Subsection F.

D. The commissioner may make or rescind declarations related to Chloramphenicol in accordance with this Subsection.

1. The commissioner may declare a geographic area to be a Chloramphenicol region, based upon information that would lead a reasonable person to believe that Chloramphenicol is being used on, administered to, or found in seafood or honey in that geographic area.

2. Any declaration made pursuant to this Subsection and any rescission of any prior declaration shall be by rule promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

E. Declarations

1. The commissioner declares the following geographic areas to be Chloramphenicol regions for the following named seafood or honey because he has information that would lead a reasonable person to believe that Chloramphenicol is being used on, administered to, or found in seafood or honey in or from these geographic area(s):

a. crab:

i. China;

ii. Vietnam;

iii. Thailand;

iv. Mexico;

v. Malaysia;

b. crawfish and shrimp:

i. China;

c. honey:

i. China;

ii. Thailand.

F. Seafood or honey that comes from a Chloramphenicol region must meet the following requirements for sampling, identification, sample preparation, testing, and analysis before being held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana.

1. Sampling of Seafood

a. The numbers of samples that shall be taken are as follows:

i. two samples are to be taken of any seafood that is in lots of 50 pounds or less;

ii. four samples are to be taken of any seafood that is in lots of 51 to 100 pounds;

iii. twelve samples are to be taken of any seafood that is in lots of 10 pounds up to 50 tons;

iv. twelve samples for each 50 tons are to be taken of any seafood that is in lots of over 50 tons.

b. Samples of unpackaged seafood must be approximately 1 pound, (454 grams), of seafood per sample from randomly selected areas.

c. For packaged seafood, each sample shall be at least 6 ounces, (170.1 grams), in size and shall be taken at random throughout each lot of seafood.

2. Sampling of Honey

a. The numbers of samples that shall be taken are as follows.

i. Two samples are to be taken of any honey that is in lots of 50 pounds or less.

ii. Four samples are to be taken of honey that is in lots of 51 to 100 pounds.

iii. Twelve samples are to be taken of honey that is in lots of 101 pounds up to 50 tons.

b. For honey in bulk wholesale containers, each sample shall be at least 1 pound or 12 fluid ounces and must be pulled at random throughout each lot.

c. For packaged honey, each sample shall be at least 8 ounces in size and shall be taken at random throughout each lot.

3. If the seafood or honey to be sampled consists of packages grouped together, but labeled under two or more trade or brand names, then the seafood or honey packaged under each trade or brand name shall be sampled separately. If the seafood or honey to be sampled are not packaged, but are segregated in such a way as to constitute separate groupings, then each separate grouping shall be sampled separately.

4. A composite of the samples shall not be made. Each sample shall maintain a separate identity so that each sample may be tested individually. Each sample shall be clearly identifiable as belonging to a specific group. All seafood samples shall be kept frozen and delivered to the lab unless it adversely affects the sample quality or the ability to accurately test the sample.

5. Sample Identification

a. Each sample shall be identified as follows:

i. any package label;

ii. any lot or batch numbers;

iii. the country, province, state and city of origin;

iv. the name and address of the importing company;

v. unique sample number identifying the group or batch sample and sub sample extension number for each sub sample.

6. Sample Preparation

a. Honey

b. Seafood

i. For small packages of seafood up to and including 1 pound, use the entire sample. Shell the seafood, exercising care to exclude all shells from sample. Grind sample with food processor type blender while semi-frozen or with dry ice. Divide the sample in half. Use half of the sample for the original analysis portion and retain the other half of the sample in a freezer as a reserve.

7. Sample Analysis

a. Immunoassay test kits may be used if the manufacturer's published detection limit is 1 part per billion, (1 ppb) or less. Acceptable test kits are the riopharm Ridascreen Chloramphenicol enzyme immunoassay kit and the Charm II Chloramphenicol kit. The commissioner may authorize other immunoassay kits with appropriate detection limits of 1 ppb or below to be used. Each sample must be run using the manufacturer's test method. The manufacturer's specified calibration curve must be run with each set. All results 1 ppb or above must be assumed to be Chloramphenicol unless further testing by approved GC/LC method indicates the result to be an artifact.

b. HPLC-MS, GC-ECD, GC-MS methods currently approved by FDA, the United States Department of Agriculture or the Canadian Food Inspection Agency with detection limits of 1 ppb or below may also be used.

c. Other methods for sampling, identification, sample preparation, testing and analysis may be used if expressly approved in writing by the commissioner.

8. Any qualified laboratory may perform the testing and analysis of the samples unless the laboratory is located in a Chloramphenicol region. The commissioner shall resolve any questions about whether a laboratory is qualified to perform the testing and analysis.

9. The laboratory that tests and analyzes a sample or samples for Chloramphenicol shall certify the test results in writing.

10. A copy of the certified test results along with the written documentation necessary to show the methodology used for the sampling, identification, sample preparation, testing and analysis of each sample shall be sent to and actually received by the department prior to the seafood or honey being held for sale, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana.

a. The test results and accompanying documentation must contain a test reference number.

b. The certified test results and the accompanying documentation must be in English and contain the name and address of the laboratory and the name and address of a person who may be contacted at the laboratory regarding the testing of the seafood or honey.

11. Upon actual receipt by the department of a copy of the certified test results and written documentation required to accompany the certified test results then the seafood or honey may be held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana, unless a written stop-sale, hold or removal order is issued by the commissioner.

12. A copy of the test results, including the test reference number, shall either accompany every shipment and be attached to the documentation submitted with every shipment of such seafood or honey sent to each location in Louisiana or shall be immediately accessible to the department, upon request, from any such location.

G. Any person who attempts to ship into Louisiana or to hold, offer or expose for sale, or sell in Louisiana any seafood or honey required to be sampled and tested under this Section shall be responsible for having such seafood or honey sampled and tested in accordance with Subsection F. Any such person must, at all times, be in full and complete compliance with all the provisions of this Chapter.

H. The commissioner may reject the test results for any seafood or honey if the commissioner determines that the methodology used in sampling, identifying, sample preparation, testing or analyzing any sample is scientifically deficient so as to render the certified test results unreliable, or if such methodology was not utilized in accordance with, or does not otherwise meet the requirements of this Section.

I. If any test results are rejected by the commissioner then all persons attempting to ship into Louisiana or holding, offering or exposing for sale, or selling in Louisiana any seafood or honey that were subject to the testing will be notified immediately of such rejection and shall be issued a stop-sale, hold or removal order as to the seafood or honey. Thereafter, it will be the duty of all such persons to abide by such order until the commissioner lifts the order in writing. Any such person may have the seafood or honey retested, at his expense, in accordance with this Section. If the certified results of the retesting show that the seafood or honey is free of Chloramphenicol then an application may be made to the commissioner to lift the order.

J. A stop-sale, hold or removal order, including a prohibition on disposal, may be placed on any seafood or honey that does not meet the requirements of this Section. Any such order shall remain in place until lifted in writing by the commissioner.

K. The department may take physical possession and control of any seafood or honey that violates the requirements of this Section if the commissioner finds that the seafood or honey presents an imminent peril to the public health, safety and welfare and that issuance of a stop-sale, hold or removal order will not adequately protect the public health, safety and welfare.

L. All records and information regarding the distribution, purchase and sale of seafood or honey shall be maintained for two years and shall be open to inspection by the department.

M. Penalties for any violation of this Section shall be the same as and assessed in accordance with R.S. 3:4624.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2, 3:3, and 3:4608.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Weights and Measures Division, LR 33:35 (January 2007).

§505. Labeling by Country of Origin

A. All seafood or honey specifically listed in §503.E.1 of this Chapter, which is being shipped into Louisiana or held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana, and which come from a foreign country, shall indicate the country of origin, except as otherwise provided in this Section.

B. Every package or container that contains foreign seafood or honey specifically listed in §503.E.1 of this Chapter shall be marked or labeled in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly, and permanently as the nature of the package or container will permit so as to indicate to the ultimate retail purchaser of the seafood or honey the English name of the country of origin.

1. Legibility must be such that the ultimate retail purchaser in the United States is able to find the marking or label easily and read it without strain.

2. Indelibility must be such that the wording will not fade, wash off or otherwise be obliterated by moisture, cold or other adverse factors that such seafood or honey are normally subjected to in storage and transportation.

3. Permanency must be such that, in any reasonably foreseeable circumstance, the marking or label shall remain on the container until it reaches the ultimate retail purchaser unless it is deliberately removed. The marking or label must be capable of surviving normal distribution and storing.

C. When foreign seafood or honey specifically listed in §503.E.1 of this Chapter are combined with domestic seafood or honey, the marking or label on the container or package or the sign included with any display shall clearly show the country of origin of the foreign seafood or honey.

D. In any case in which the words "United States," or "American," the letters "U.S.A.," any variation of such words or letters, or the name of any state, city or location in the United States, appear on any container or package containing foreign seafood or honey specifically listed in §503.E.1 of this Chapter, or any sign advertising such foreign seafood or honey for sale, and those words, letters or names may mislead or deceive the ultimate retail purchaser as to the actual country of origin, then the name of the country of origin preceded by "made in," "product of," or other words of similar meaning shall appear on the marking, label or sign.

1. The wording indicating that the seafood or honey is from a country other than the United States shall be placed in close proximity to the words, letters or name that indicates the seafood or honey is a product of the United States in a legible, indelible and permanent manner.

2. No provision of this Section is intended to or is to be construed as authorizing the use of the words "United States," "American," or the letters "U.S.A.," or any variation of such words or letters, or the name of any state, city or location in the United States, if such use is deceptive, misleading or prohibited by other federal or state law.

E. Foreign seafood or honey specifically listed in §503.E.1 of this Chapter shall not have to be marked or labeled with the country of origin if such seafood or honey is included as components in a product manufactured in the United States and the seafood or honey is substantially transformed in the manufacturing of the final product. In no event shall thawing, freezing, packing, packaging, re-packing, re-packaging, adding water, portioning, shelling, processing, peeling, partially cooking or combining with domestic seafood or honey shall be considered to be a substantial transformation.

F. The commissioner shall have all the powers granted to him by law, or in accordance with any cooperative endeavor with any other public agency, to enforce this Section, including the issuance of stop-sale, hold or removal orders and the seizing of seafood or honey mislabeled or misbranded as to the country of origin.

G. Penalties for any violation of this Section shall be the same as and assessed in accordance with R.S. 3:4624.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2, 3:3, and 3:4608.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Weights and Measures Division, LR 33:36 (January 2007).

Subchapter B. Fluoroquinolones

§511. Fluoroquinolones in Seafood Prohibited; Testing and Sale of

A. Definitions

Food Producing Animals―both animals that are produced or used for food and animals that produce material used as food.

Geographic Area―a country, province, state, or territory or definable geographic region.

Seafood―any edible freshwater or saltwater fish or shellfish, whether whole, portioned, processed and any product containing seafood.

B. No seafood may be held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana if such seafood contains Fluoroquinolones.

C. No seafood that is harvested from or produced, processed or packed in a geographic area, that the commissioner declares to be a location where Fluoroquinolones is being used on or found in food producing animals or in products from such animals, may be held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana without first meeting the requirements of Subsection E. No seafood from any such geographic area may be used, as an ingredient in any food held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana without first meeting the requirements of Subsection E.

D. The commissioner may declare a geographic area to be a location where Fluoroquinolones is being used on or found in food producing animals or in products from such animals, based upon information that would lead a reasonable person to believe that Fluoroquinolones is being used on or found in food producing animals, or in products from such animals, in that geographic area.

1. Any such declaration shall be subject to promulgation in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

2. The commissioner may release any such geographic area from a previous declaration that Fluoroquinolones is being used on food producing animals in that location. Any such release shall be subject to promulgation in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

E. Seafood that comes from a geographic area declared by the commissioner to be a location where Fluoroquinolones is being used on, or is found in food producing animals or in products from such animals, must meet the following requirements for sampling, identification, sample preparation, testing and analysis before being held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana.

1. Each sample shall consist of a case per lot of seafood.

2. Each sample shall be identified as follows:

a. any package label;

b. any lot or batch numbers;

c. the country, province and city of origin;

d. the name and address of the importing company;

e. unique sample number identifying the group or batch sample and subsample extension number for each subsample.

3. Sample Preparation

a. The laboratory shall randomly select 12 filets of fish from the case, remove any skin, and cut each filet in half. Use half of the sample for the original analysis portion and retain the other half of the sample in a freezer as a reserve. Thoroughly blend the halves of the filets to be tested.

b. For all other seafood take samples from
12 randomly selected areas of each case in an amount to equal approximately one pound. Remove any skin or shell and thoroughly blend the meat. After the sample is blended, split the sample in half, setting aside one-half for testing and reserving the other half in a freezer.

4. Sample Analysis

a. Remove for testing, approximately two grams from the portion of the sample being tested.

b. The sample is initially tested using liquid chromatography with florescent detection. Samples that test positive are to be retested for confirmation of the initial test result using liquid chromatography with electrospray mass spectroscopy.

c. The initial test shall conform to the test method authored by Roybal et al., in the Journal of AOAC International, Volume 85, Number 6, 2002, page 1293, or current FDA methods. The confirmation testing shall conform to FDA LIB 4108 or current FDA methods.

d. Other methods for sampling, identification, sample preparation, testing and analysis may be used if expressly approved in writing by the commissioner.

5. Any qualified laboratory may perform the testing and analysis of the samples unless the laboratory is located in any geographic area that the commissioner has declared to be a location where Fluoroquinolones is being used on or found in food producing animals, or in products from such animals. The commissioner shall resolve any questions about whether a laboratory is qualified to perform the testing and analysis.

6. The laboratory that tests and analyzes a sample or samples for Fluoroquinolones shall certify the test results in writing.

7. A copy of the certified test results along with the written documentation necessary to show the methodology used for the sampling, identification, sample preparation, testing and analysis of each sample shall be sent to and actually received by the department prior to the seafood being held for sale, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana.

a. The test results and accompanying documentation must contain a test reference number.

b. The certified test results and the accompanying documentation must be in English and contain the name and address of the laboratory and the name and address of a person who may be contacted at the laboratory regarding the testing of the seafood.

8. Upon actual receipt by the department of a copy of the certified test results and written documentation required to accompany the certified test results then the seafood may be held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana, unless a written stop-sale, hold or removal order is issued by the commissioner.

9. A copy of the test results, including the test reference number, shall either accompany every shipment and be attached to the documentation submitted with every shipment of such seafood sent to each location in Louisiana or shall be immediately accessible to the department, upon request, from any such location.

F. Any person who is seeking to bring seafood that is required to be sampled and tested under this Section, into Louisiana, or who holds, offers or exposes for sale, or sells such seafood in Louisiana shall be responsible for having such seafood sampled and tested in accordance with Subsection E. Any such person must, at all times, be in full and complete compliance with all the provisions of this Section.

G. The commissioner may reject the test results for any seafood if the commissioner determines that the methodology used in sampling, identifying, sample preparation, testing or analyzing any sample is scientifically deficient so as to render the certified test results unreliable, or if such methodology was not utilized in accordance with, or does not otherwise meet the requirements of this Section.

H. In the event that any certified test results are rejected by the commissioner then any person shipping or holding the seafood will be notified immediately of such rejection and issued a stop-sale, hold or removal order by the commissioner. Thereafter, it will be the duty of any such person to abide by such order until the commissioner lifts the order in writing. Any such person may have the seafood retested in accordance with this Section and apply for a lifting of the commissioner's order upon a showing that the provisions of this Section have been complied with and that the seafood are certified as being free of Fluoroquinolones.

I. The department may inspect, and take samples for testing, any seafood, of whatever origin, being held, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in Louisiana.

J. A stop-sale, hold or removal order, including a prohibition on disposal, may be placed on any seafood that does not meet the requirements of this Section. Any such order shall remain in place until lifted in writing by the commissioner.

K. The department may take physical possession and control of any seafood that violate the requirements of this Section if the commissioner finds that the seafood presents an imminent peril to the public health, safety and welfare and that issuance of a stop-sale, hold or removal order will not adequately protect the public health, safety and welfare.

L. The commissioner declares that he has information that would lead a reasonable person to believe that Fluoroquinolones is being used on or found in food producing animals or in products from such animals, in the following geographic area(s).

1. The geographic area or areas are:

a. the country of Vietnam;

b. the country of China.

2. All seafood harvested from or produced, processed or packed in any of the above listed geographic areas is hereby declared to be subject to all the provisions of this Section, including sampling and testing provisions.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2, 3:3, and 3:4608.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Weights and Measures Division, LR 33:38 (January 2007), amended LR 33:2348 (November 2007).

M. All records and information regarding the distribution, purchase and sale of seafood or any food containing seafood from the listed geographic areas shall be maintained for two years and shall be open to inspection by the department.

N. Penalties for any violation of this Section shall be the same as and assessed in accordance with R. S. 3:4624.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2, 3:3, and 3:4608.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Weights and Measures Division, LR 33:38 (January 2007), amended LR 33:2348 (November 2007).

AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Part XXXVI. Agricultural Ethanol Production

Chapter 1. Agricultural Ethanol Productions

§101. Authority

A. The authority of the Louisiana Agricultural Ethanol Production Law, R.S. 3:701 et seq., and in accordance with provisions R.S. 49:950 et seq., the Louisiana Agricultural Industry Board adopts the following regulations.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, LR 12:503 (August 1986).

§103. Definitions

a. has a purity of at least 99 percent, determined without regard to any added denaturants;

b. has been denatured in conformity with one of the approved methods set forth by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms;

c. has been derived from agricultural commodities or products; and

d. has been produced in the state of Louisiana wholly from fermentation and distillation in the state of Louisiana.

Ethanol Facility―a facility:

a. which is located in Louisiana;

b. owned or leased and shall be permanently constructed or converted and operated for the purpose of producing ethanol as its primary product from agricultural commodities or products;

c. whose entire production, fermentation and distillation shall occur in Louisiana; and

d. whose ethanol shall be produced and sold for use in gasohol in Louisiana.

First Point of Sale―

a. the initial time when title to agricultural commodities or products passes from a seller to a buyer; or

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3703 and R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:503 (August 1986), amended LR 13:11 (January 1987).

§105. Administration of the Agricultural Industry Board

A. Officers: Titles and Functions

1. The officers of the board shall be a chairman and a vice-chairman. The chairman shall be the commissioner of agriculture. The vice-chairman shall be elected for a one year term.

2. In the absence of the chairman at any meeting of the board, the vice-chairman shall preside.

B. Meetings

1. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting during each quarter of the year, but may meet more frequently upon the call of the chairman or upon the written request of any three members.

2. Meetings of the board shall normally be held in its domicile, but may be held at other locations upon the determination of the chairman or the will of the board.

3. The quorum of the board is five members.

4. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be required for the adoption of any motion except that all motions to call an adjudicatory hearing, to terminate existing certified market participant contracts, to impose civil penalty, or to revoke the designation of a certified market participant shall require a minimum of six affirmative votes for adoption.

5. There shall be no voting by proxy.

C. Director: Duties and Responsibilities

1. The director shall provide clerical and other support services as may be required by the board and shall maintain and distribute appropriate records of the board.

2. The director shall draft and submit to the board all reporting forms required by the Act or the regulations.

D. Confidentiality of Financial Information. No member of the board or the staff shall disclose and confidential financial information of a certified market participant confidential business plan presented by any certified market participant or applicant for certified market participant designation unless such records or documents are presented to an adjudicatory hearing or unless he acts pursuant to a court order. This provision does not limit or prohibit the commissioner from compiling, publishing and distributing any such information if that data or information does not identify specific certified market participants therewith.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:504 (August 1986).

§107. Certified Market Participants: Procedures and Criteria for Approval

A. Criteria for Approving Certified Market Participants. In approving certified market participants, the board shall apply the following criteria in considering the application, to wit:

1. the facility to produce ethanol must be located in the state of Louisiana;

2. the facility must be owned or leased and must be constructed and converted and operated for the purpose of producing ethanol as its primary product from agricultural commodities or products;

3. the entire production, fermentation and distillation process must occur in the state of Louisiana and must be in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the written agreement between the board and the certified market participant and entered into in accordance with the law;

4. the ethanol must be produced and sold for use in gasohol;

5. the applicant's financial ability to perform as a certified market participant which shall include, but not be limited to the following criteria, to wit:

a. the applicant's ability to meet its financial obligations in producer and agency contracts it proposes to enter into with producers, grain dealers, warehousemen and other intermediaries;

b. the applicant's ability to amortize all capital cost of the ethanol facility within eight years of the date of application; and

c. the applicant's ability to sell ethanol for use in making gasohol to be sold in Louisiana;

6. the estimated number of temporary and permanent jobs created by applicant's construction and operation of an ethanol facility;

7. the estimated quantity and type of agricultural commodities and products to be used by applicant in producing ethanol;

8. the estimated or actual capital invested or proposed to be invested by the applicant in the construction and establishment of the permanent ethanol facility;

9. the maximum number of gallons of ethanol to be produced annually for use in gasohol by the applicant;

10. the character and professional competence, especially the managerial expertise and experience in the ethanol industry, of the applicant, principal stockholders, owners and managers;

11. the anticipated economic impact on Louisiana resulting from the purchase of supplies and materials, employment and other activities related to the construction and operation of the proposed ethanol facility.

B. Form and Contents of Application by Certified Market Participants. Applications for designation as a certified market participant must be filed at the times provided by board action. The following information must be furnished on the application form provided by the board to wit:

1. date of submission;

2. nature of applicant's business:

a. sole proprietorship;

b. partnership;

c. corporation;

d. association;

e. agricultural cooperative; or

f. other;

3. name under which the business will operate;

4. address of the principal office of the business, either in-state or out-of-state, including mailing address, physical location and phone number;

5. the name, address and telephone number of the authorized agent;

6. if the entity is a partnership, the name, address and interest of all partners;

7. if the entity is a corporation, the name and address of all officers and directors;

8. if the entity is an association, including an agricultural cooperative, the name and address of all members of the board of directors;

9. if not a partnership, corporation or association, provide the following information:

a. name of the owner(s);

b. address of the principal office; and

c. provide name, address and phone number of all designated authorized agents;

10. status of the facility in which the business will be operated:

a. owned by applicant;

b. leased by applicant (short term or long term);

c. rented by applicant and name and address of owner; or

d. other;

11. type and quantity of agricultural commodities or products that the applicant estimates will be used to make ethanol;

12. the number of temporary and permanent jobs created by the applicant's ethanol facility;

13. the amount of capital invested or proposed to be invested in the construction and establishment of the ethanol facility;

14. the maximum number of gallons of ethanol to be produced annually by the applicant;

15. the managerial expertise and experience in the ethanol industry of the applicant, principal stockholders, owners and managers;

16. the applicant's federal taxpayer identification number and the number and date of the license issued by the U.S. Dept. of Treasury, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms;

17. method of assurance for guaranteed performance of the producer contracts and agency contracts;

18. name, address and telephone number of the authorized agent;

19. if the business was previously operated under another name or ownership, show the name and address of previous business;

20. an affidavit signed by the principal stockholders, owners and managers appointing an authorized agent and acknowledging that the applicant will comply with the requirements of the Act, the board's rules and regulations and all provisions of their cooperative agreement;

21. an affidavit certifying that all information and representations contained in the application and in all required attachments are true and correct;

22. affidavits signed by the applicant's authorized agent, the principal stockholders, owners and managers authorizing the commissioner to perform credit investigations and all background checks that the board deems appropriate to determine the character and professional competency, especially the managerial expertise and experience in the ethanol industry of the applicant and its principal stockholders, owners and managers;

23. the names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, social security numbers and work experience in the ethanol industry, of the applicant's principal stockholders, owners and managers;

24. affidavit signed by the applicant's authorized agent, the principal stockholders, owners and managers attesting that they have never been convicted of a felony.

C. Financial Information

1. In the application for initial designation, each applicant shall sign an affidavit of authorization, certification and compliance. This affidavit shall authorize the commissioner to inspect and audit all financial and production records of the applicant. Furthermore, this affidavit shall certify that the applicant will maintain all financial and production records in the form and format required by the Act, rules and certified market participant contract and shall provide copies to the commissioner within five working days of his written request.

2. All financial records received by the commissioner shall be used for audit and enforcement purposes and therefore shall be confidential information pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 3:3708(A) unless and until the financial records are introduced at an adjudicatory hearing of the board.

3. The board shall consider any certified market participant confidential business plan only in executive session of the board pursuant to the requirements of R.S. 3:3708(A) and R.S. 42:6.1(A)(1)(2)(4) and (8).

4. The financial statement must be maintained and prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and must include all producer and agency contracts.

a. The financial statement must contain:

i. a balance sheet;

ii. a statement of income (profit and loss);

iii. a statement of retained earnings;

iv. statement of changes in financial position;

v. fixed assets must be presented at cost; and

vi. a certificate by the applicant or the chief executive officer of the applicant, in the form of an authentic act, that the financial statement accurately reflects the financial condition of the applicant for the period covered in the financial statement. Whenever the certificate is executed by a representative of the applicant other than the owner or president, the board of directors must adopt a resolution authorizing such representative to execute the certificate.

b. Multi-state and/or multi-national corporations with subsidiary corporations or divisions located in Louisiana must either:

i. maintain in their principal office in Louisiana a fully audited financial statement showing the position of the parent company, together with sufficient financial information pertaining to the Louisiana subsidiary, to reasonably reflect the corporation's ability to satisfy all obligations to Louisiana producers; or

ii. pay all expenses necessary for performance of a full audit, at one or more locations where pertinent corporation records are maintained, by the department's central audit committee.

5. After January 1, 1987, each certified market participant must maintain in their principal office in Louisiana, a financial statement conforming to the requirements of this rule within 120 days after the close of the certified market participant's fiscal year.

D. Procedures for Approval of Designation of Certified Market Participants

1. The board must vote in open public meeting on each application.

2. Six affirmative votes shall be required to approve the designation of any certified market participant.

3. At a meeting held to consider an application, the board, at its discretion, may permit the introduction of written materials or an oral presentation by the applicant or their representative.

E. Official Designation

1. After the board has voted to designate an applicant as a certified market participant, the commissioner shall sign and issue, in the name of the board, an official document evidencing the designation.

2. All documents indicating a designation shall contain the following:

a. name and address of the certified market participant;

b. location of the certified market participant's facilities; and

c. the maximum number of gallons of ethanol the certified market participant has been authorized to produce under the certified participant contract.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:505 (August 1986).

§109. Cooperative Endeavors and Agreements

A. Written Contractual Agreements

1. All certified market participants who seek incentive payments shall enter into a written certified market participant contract with the board, which shall be executed by the commissioner.

2. The certified market participant contract shall contain the following provisions, to wit:

a. a statement of the purposes, goals and objectives of the agreement;

b. the name of both parties;

c. the time period covered by the contract indicating a beginning and ending date;

d. a provision for the termination of the certified market participant contract by the board after an adjudicatory hearing in which the certified market participant is held to be in violation of the Act or certified market participant contract;

e. a provision that if any provisions of the written agreement are unenforceable then all of the provisions of the written agreement shall be unenforceable and the cooperative endeavor agreement shall be null, void and of no effect;

f. certification and agreement by the applicant that the financial and other records required to be maintained by certified market participant contract shall be accurate and shall be maintained on a current basis and copies shall be provided to the commissioner on request;

g. a provision that requires the board and the certified market participant to comply with all of the provisions and requirements of the Act;

h. a provision that the certified market participant shall enter into producer contracts or agency contracts after the board has approved their certified market participant confidential business plan;

i. provisions that the certified market participant specify the type of origin of agriculture commodities or products to be used and provisions that specify limitations and conditions for changes in the type and origin of agriculture commodities or products depending on availability of supply and costs;

j. a provision that acknowledges the right of the board to deduct monthly from each certified market participant's incentive payments, in accordance with the Act, funds to pay the costs of administration of the board, their employees, attorneys and auditors;

k. a provision prohibiting the certified market participant from being a producer, grain dealer, warehouseman or blender, or owning a substantial interest in a blender doing business in Louisiana without prior approval of the board;

l. a provision that the agreement may be terminated if the certified market participant:

i. fails to notify the board in writing of the transfer of sale of an ownership interest in the designated certified market participant within 15 days of such transfer or sale;

ii. fails to provide the board within 30 days of the transfer or sale the necessary affidavit(s) relating to ownership and/or management as required by the application; and

iii. fails to receive from the board a letter of acknowledgment stating that such transfer or sale or ownership interest has been duly noted and the certified market participant is authorized to continue under the cooperative endeavor agreement;

m. a provision that the agreement may be terminated upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or assignment for benefit of creditors by the certified market participant; and

n. a provision recognizing that under the provisions of the Agricultural Ethanol Production Law, all incentive payments shall be made subject to the availability of funds derived from the taxes imposed on gasohol and agreeing that the cooperative endeavor created no obligation on the part of the state to make incentive payments from any other source.

3. Agency and producer contracts entered into by a certified market participant shall contain the following general provisions, to wit:

a. name and address of all parties;

b. the time period covered by the contract indicating a beginning and ending term;

c. date of contract;

d. terms of price, quantity, delivery, quality, charges, deductions, payments, all commissions, fees and other financial arrangements;

e. agreement to all inspection of records and premises and to maintain and provide on request by the commissioner all records and documents required by the Act, rules or any certified market participant, agency or producer contract;

f. agreement to comply with the Act and rules;

g. identity the producer of the agriculture commodity or product;

h. attestation and verification by the producer that the agricultural commodities or products delivered to the certified market participant, grain dealer or warehouseman were grown by the producer at a location specified in the contract;

i. a requirement that shipments to intermediaries shall not be commingled and a separate scale ticket shall be maintained and given the producer;

j. a requirement that settlement sheets be kept by intermediaries on forms specified by the commissioner;

k. a provision that producers agree to permit the commissioner to enter their property to examine the contracted crops and to audit the producer's financial and agricultural commodities or product records relating to the commodity or product sold to produce ethanol;

l. a provision specifying the method and time of payment as well as the certified market participant method of assurance for guaranteed performance on the contract;

m. a provision that assigns the certified market participant's incentive payments to pay the producer contracts, however, this provision may be deleted from the contracts if the certified market participant provides acceptable assurances and guarantees to the board that it can meet its contractual obligations;

n. a provision that authorizes the board to make payments directly to producers or intermediaries when there has been an assignment of incentive payments by the certified market participant; and

o. a provision that, based on the commissioner's audit or a written complaint filed by a party to an agency or producer contract, the board may hold an adjudicatory hearing to resolve any differences about quality of the agriculture commodity or product among the parties.

4. Special provisions may be in agency and producer contracts but shall require prior approval of the board.

5. Periodically, applicants or certified market participants shall discuss with the board their certified market participant confidential business plan which shall contain their proposed agency and producer contracts and other information and data indicating how they will seek to achieve the purposes and objectives of the cooperative endeavor agreement.

a. The certified market participant confidential business plan(s) shall be kept in the certified market participant's principal office and shall be available for audit by the commissioner.

b. The certified market participant confidential business plan shall be numbered and dated sequentially with a corresponding, coordinated numbering system for all contracts proposed therein.

B. Authority to approve written contractual agreements. The board shall have absolute discretion to approve or disapprove all certified market participant contracts, agency contracts or producer contracts, and any modifications or amendments to the contracts must be in writing and will be subject to the prior approval of the board.

C. Procedure for Approval of Written Contractual Agreements

1. All contracts must be submitted to the commissioner for his review.

2. The board shall vote in a public meeting on each certified market participant contract. Six affirmative votes shall be required to approve or disapprove any contract.

3. The certified market participant confidential business plan shall be considered by the board only in executive session pursuant to the requirements of R.S. 3:3708(A) and R.S. 42:6.1(A)(1)(2)(4) and (8) and shall be approved by the board in open session with the action being taken by name of the certified market participant, the plan number, the date of discussion and the agency and producer contract numbers approved.

4. Certified market participant confidential business plans shall not be considered a public record.

5. Agency and producer contracts approved as part of a certified market participant confidential business plan shall be public records when they are filed and registered with the board and shall become effective between the parties only after they have been filed and registered with the board. The board may authorize the filing and registration of agency and producer contracts with the central registry.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:506 (August 1986).

§111. Incentive Payments to Certified Market Participants

A. Incentive Payments Application Procedure

1. A request for incentive payments shall be submitted in writing on the forms approved by the board.

2. The request for incentive payment form shall be a public record in accordance with R.S. 3:3707(E) and shall contain the following information:

a. name, address and phone number of certified market participant;

b. signature of authorized agent;

c. date submitted;

d. month for which payment is requested;

e. number of gallons of ethanol sold for which incentive payment is requested; and

f. certification by authorized agent that the information reported on the form is true, correct and complete.

3. The following information shall be submitted simultaneously with request for incentive payment and such information shall be exempt from R.S. 44:1 et seq., and be considered confidential information:

a. ethanol buyer's name, address and quantity;

b. total number of gallons of ethanol and gasohol sold in Louisiana;

c. copies of shipping and receiving documents; and

d. certification by authorized agent that the information reported is true, correct and complete; and

e. an affidavit in authentic form provided by the commissioner and executed by the blender attesting to the following:

i. the blender has purchaser from __________, the certified market participant, _____ gallons of ethanol on the ____ day of _______, 20____, for use in gasohol to be sold in Louisiana;

ii. the blender shall on or before the twentieth day of each month file with the Louisiana Department of Revenue and Taxation report(s) or document(s) or pay monies as may be appropriate relative to taxes imposed on gasohol; and

iii. the blender shall attach to his affidavit and mail to the commissioner certified true copies of report(s) or document(s) field or monies paid by the blender with the Department of Revenue and Taxation;

iv. the blender shall attach as a schedule to his affidavit and mail to the commissioner a copy of a first-in, first-out perpetual inventory report showing each certified market participant's beginning inventory balance, shipments of ethanol received from said certified market participant during the month, sales of ethanol for said certified market participant that month and ending certified market participant's ethanol inventory. A copy of this schedule will also be sent to the certified market participant.

4. The incentive payments shall be made only to certified market participants who have contracts approved by the board.

B. Procedures for Payment to Certified Market Participants

1. Certified market participants must submit a written request for payment which shall be reviewed and approved as to form and completeness by the commissioner or his designee.

2. Within five working days of the fifth day of each month, the commissioner shall notify each certified market participant of his approval as to form and completeness of application for the month's incentive payment. This approval shall be evidenced by a certificate or certificates, the agricultural industry board incentive payment certificate, in the form approved by the board, signed by the commissioner stating the payment application has been approved as to form and completeness. The commissioner shall on or before the fifth working day following the fifth day of each month issue to certified market participant their specific agricultural industry board incentive payment certificate. The certified market participant may, with board approval, assign, those certificates to a producer, intermediary, blender, financial institution or other person.

3. The commissioner is authorized on behalf of the board to take all necessary steps to make payments to certified market participants from the Agricultural Industry Incentive Fund.

4. Each incentive payment made from the fund shall be applied first to the oldest outstanding certificate issued to the certified market participant until all certificates issued to the certified market participant shall be paid.

C. Procedures for Adjustments in Incentive Payments Due to Overpayment. In the event the request for incentive payment is inaccurate or erroneous, the commissioner shall notify the certified market participant and if the certified market participant agrees that an error has been made then the commissioner is authorized to deduct from any future incentive payment requested an amount sufficient to correct any error in payment plus legal interest. If the commissioner and the certified market participant do not agree, then the commissioner shall call an adjudicatory hearing before the board to consider the matter.

D. Procedure for Other Adjustment of Incentive Payments. If on a monthly basis the money in the fund is not sufficient to satisfy all outstanding obligations for incentive payments, the payments shall be divided proportionately among the certified market participants in accordance with the following formula: the payment received by each certified market participant shall be in the same proportion to the total funds available for incentive payments as the number of gallons of ethanol produced and sold by the certified market participant for use in gasohol sold in Louisiana bears to the total number of gallons of ethanol produced and sold by all the certified market participants for use in gasohol sold in Louisiana.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704, R.S. 3705 and R.S. 3707.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:507 (August 1986), amended LR 13:12 (January 1987).

§113. Records Requirements

A. Each certified market participant shall maintain the following records on a current basis in the company's principal office in this state at all times:

1. current financial statements;

2. bank statements and reconciliations;

3. broker's statements;

4. copies of all outstanding contracts with producers, grain dealers and warehousemen or warehouse operators including, but not limited to, agency contracts, producer contracts and certified market participant contracts;

5. copies of all outstanding loans, notes and mortgages affecting the business;

6. records of all purchases of agriculture commodities or products;

7. daily production records;

8. record of all ethanol sales;

9. scale tickets, receiving and shipping documents; and

10. settlement sheets.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:508 (August 1986).

§115. Audits and Inspections

A. Access for Audits. Each certified market participant shall permit the commissioner to enter all locations listed on the application for designation as a certified market participant and inspect, examine and/or audit all contents, facilities, equipment records, books and accounts relating thereto at any time during normal working hours, with or without notice.

B. Frequency and Time of Audits. Audits shall be done at least once a year and may be done at any time that the commissioner deems it appropriate.

C. Cooperation in Audits. The certified market participant shall provide the necessary assistance and records required for any inspection, examination and/or audit made in accordance with the Act.

D. Records and Documentation. Each audit shall establish adequate documentation of all transactions concerning the purchase of agricultural commodities or products by certified market participants, the fermentation, distillation and production of ethanol in Louisiana, the sale of gasohol in Louisiana and the verification that taxes arising from ethanol and gasohol sales have been paid to the Department of Revenue and Taxation. Consistent with achieving the above mentioned objectives, the commissioner shall require that the certified market participant maintain for compliance and verification all records necessary to establish adequate documentation consistent with industry practice, generally accepted accounting principles and generally accepted audit standards. The above data will be maintained at the principal office of the certified market participant for verification and compliance purposes and such shall be exempt from public disclosure under R.S. 44:1 et seq., and R.S. 3:3708(A.) unless an adjudicatory hearing is held.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:508 (August 1986).

§117. Adjudicatory Proceedings

A. Hearing Officer. The chairman may designate a hearing officer, who may or may not be a member of the board, to preside at all adjudicatory proceedings of the board. The chairman may, if he so desires, serve as hearing officer at any adjudicatory proceeding.

B. Hearing Body. The board may serve as the hearing body in all adjudicatory proceedings and shall make the final determination with regard to the disposition of all matters coming to adjudication.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:508 (August 1986).

§119. Violations

A. The board may hold adjudicatory hearings to determine if there are violations of the Act, the rules and regulations, a certified market participant contract, or any agency or producer contract.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:508 (August 1986).

§121. Penalties

A. The board may impose a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for each violation of the provisions of the Act or rules.

B. The board may revoke the designation of a certified market participant and terminate the cooperative agreement if there is a violation of the Act or rules.

C. Civil penalties shall be assessed only be a ruling of the board after an adjudicatory hearing in accordance with the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:508 (August 1986).

§123. Severability

A. If any provisions of these rules are declared invalid for any reason, that provision shall not affect the validity of the entire rules or any other provision thereof.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3704.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Agricultural Industry Board, LR 12:509 (August 1986).



Title 7

AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Part XXXVII. Security Devices

Chapter 1. Central Registry

§101. Definitions

1. for a crop grown in soil, the calendar year in which it is harvested or to be harvested;

2. for animals, the calendar year in which they are born or acquired; or

3. for poultry or eggs, the calendar year in which they are sold or to be sold.

1. is organized according to farm product; and

2. is arranged within each such product in alphabetical order according to the last name of the individual debtors, or, in the case of debtors doing business other than as individuals, the first word in the name of such debtors; in numerical order according to the Social Security number of the individual debtors, or, in the case of debtors doing business other than as individuals, the Internal Revenue Service taxpayer identification number of such debtors; geographically by parish; and by crop year.

Filing―the receipt of any EFS, amendment, assignment, extension or cancellation of an EFS with any other security devices accompanied by a related EFS by the Central Registry stamped with the date and time received and assigned a file number.

Knows or Knowledge―actual knowledge.

Person―any individual, partnership, corporation, trust or any other business entity.

Registrant―any person who has made application with the Central Registry, has paid the required registration fee and received written notice that his application has been accepted.

Regular Business Day―any day that the department is open for routine business.

Secured Party―a creditor with a security interest in farm products.

Security Device―a written instrument that establishes a creditor's security interest in farm products of any pledge or privilege described in R.S. 9:4521, whether or not evidenced by a written instrument.

Security Interest―an interest in or encumbrance upon farm products that secures payment or performance or an obligation.

Selling Agent―any person, other than a commission merchant, who is engaged in the business of negotiating the sale and purchase of any farm product on behalf of a person engaged in farm operations.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3652, R.S. 3:3654 and Public Law 99-198 (Food Security Act of 1985).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Central Registry, LR 12:826 (December 1986), amended LR 13:560 (October 1987), LR 15:1041 (December 1989).

§103. Administration

A. The Central Registry will be administered by the commissioner and operated by the Office of Management and Finance of the department. All filings, notices, petitions, documents or other correspondence shall be addressed to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Central Registry, Box 3481, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3481.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.5. 3:3652, R.S. 3:3654 and Public Law 99-198 (Food Security Act of 1985).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance Central Registry, LR 12:826 (December 1986), amended LR 13:561 (October 1987), LR 15:1042 (December 1989).

§105. Filing Procedures

A. Any person holding a security interest in a farm product may file security devices which are accompanied by a related EFS with the Central Registry. All security devices must be originals or a certified copy.

B. All effective financing statements must be submitted on Form CR-1 as prescribed by the commissioner.

C. All amendments, assignments, extensions and cancellations of an EFS must be submitted on Form CR-2 as prescribed by the commissioner.

D. All effective financing statements or amendments, assignments, extensions and cancellations of effective financing statements must be accompanied by the required fee unless approval for billing has been granted by the commissioner and completed in accordance with the instructions on the form.

E. The Central Registry will notify the secured party in writing at the address provided by the secured party of the time and date of filing of any EFS or an amendment, extension or cancellation of an EFS. In the case of assignments to an EFS, the Central Registry will notify the assignee at the address provided on the assignment form (CR-2).

F. Any EFS or amendment, assignment, extension or cancellation of a EFS that does not conform to all provisions of this Section will be rejected and returned to the secured party.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3652, R.S. 3:3654 and Public Law 99-198 (Food Security Act of 1985).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, LR 12:826 (December 1986), amended LR 13:561 (October 1987), LR 15:1042 (December 1989).

§107. Procedures for Amendment, Assignment, Extension and Cancellation of an EFS

A. All amendments to security devices which are accompanied by a related EFS shall be filed in writing (Form CR-2) within three months of amendment.

B. All assignments of security devices which are accompanied by a related EFS shall become effective at time and date of filing with the Central Registry.

C. All extensions to security devices which are accompanied by a related EFS must be filed with the Central Registry within six months before the expiration of the initial five-year period.

D. Each person who files security devices which are accompanied by a related EFS with the Central Registry shall request cancellation of the EFS within 10 calendar days after the date the person who has granted or who is affected by the security device requests in writing, cancellation of the security device, provided the security device is then no longer in effect.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3655, R.S. 3:3656 and Public Law 99-198 (Food Security Act of 1985).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Central Registry, LR 12:826 (December 1986), amended LR 13:561 (October 1987).

§109. Registrations

A. Any person may register with the Central Registry to receive the master list or a portion thereof. Applications for registration shall consist of two types, namely initial registrations and renewal registrations. An initial registration application may be filed at any time of the year. A renewal registration application shall be filed by December 15 of each year. Failure to make application for renewal by December 15 shall result in termination of service by the Central Registry and loss of registrant status.

B. An initial application for registration may be filed at any time during the year. Within 30 days of notification of acceptance by the Central Registry, the registrant will receive the most recent master list and cumulative addendum or portion thereof for which registrant has registered.

C. Initial registration application forms (CR-3 as prescribed by the commissioner) will be provided by the Central Registry upon request. The form must be completed in its entirety and submitted with the required fee.

D. The Central Registry will notify each registrant that a renewal application is due and provide the renewal application to the registrant by October 10 of each year.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3655, R.S. 3:3656 and Public Law 99-198 (Food Security Act of 1985).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Central Registry, LR 12:826 (December 1986), amended LR 13:561 (October 1987).

§111. Farm Products Encumbrance List (Master List)

A. The Central Registry shall compile all filings into a master list. The master list or portions thereof will be distributed to each registrant based on farm products and parishes as indicated on each registration application (Form CR-3).

B. The master list will be compiled on the first regular business day of each quarter beginning January 1, 1987 and distributed within five regular business days. Each master list shall contain all filings prior to close of business on the last regular business day of the previous quarter. Cumulative addenda shall be compiled on the first and fifteenth day of each month and distributed within three regular business days. The Central Registry will not distribute cumulative addenda on the first of each month in which there is a distribution of a master list.

C. The department shall allow interested parties to obtain direct access to the computerized information in the Central Registry. Request for direct access will be considered on a case by case basis. Method of access, terms, costs and conditions will be stipulated by contract between the department and the interested party. The cost of direct access to the interested party will be limited to the actual cost to the Central Registry.

D. All registrants shall be deemed to have received any master list or cumulative addendum distributed by the Central Registry on the seventh day following the date of mailing to the intended recipient or the date of actual delivery, whichever occurs first. The Central Registry shall maintain accurate records so that such dates can be readily determined.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3655 and Public Law 99-198 (Food Security Act of 1985).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Central Registry, LR 12:826 (December 1986), amended LR 13:159 (March 1987), LR 13:562 (October 1987).

§115. Encumbrance Certificates

A. Any person may request an encumbrance certificate from the Central Registry. The request may be oral or written. Each request shall be subject to the following provisions.

1. The request shall contain the name and address of the person making the request.

2. The request shall contain the complete name, address and parish of residence of the person who is the subject of the request.

3. The request may contain the nickname, initials, or other appellation by which the person who is the subject of the request is sometimes or commonly known.

4. The request shall contain the Social Security number or federal tax identification number of the person who is the subject of the request.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3654, and R.S. 3:3655 and Public Law 99-198 (Food Security Act of 1985).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Management and Finance, Central Registry, LR 12:826 (December 1986), amended LR 13:562 (October 1987).

§117. Farm Products List and Codes