A. Nursery permittees shall pay an annual fee as follows:
- 1. $100 per location per year–Any nursery with acreage more than 2,500 square feet or greenhouse area more than 200 square feet.
- 2. $50 per location per year–all other nursery certificate permittees.
- 3. Governmental agencies, schools, and nonprofit organizations which are not in the business of commercial sales of nursery stock are exempt from the payment of fees by this section. However, entities engaged in sales shall apply for a nursery certificate and are subject to all crop pests and disease laws and regulations.
- 4. There shall be a fee of $0.10 per nursery certificate permit tag issued by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry to the nursery certificate permittee.
- B. The aforementioned fees shall be paid by the permittee to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry at the time of application for nursery certificate permits, which permits shall expire on January 31 of each year and shall be renewed annually.
Authority Note
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1655 and R.S. 3:1652.
Historical Note
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, LR 15:78 (February 1989), amended LR 29:2297 (November 2003), LR 51:26 (January 2025), LR 52:348 (March 2026).