1. A. The department shall collect from each owner of a dairy herd a fee of no more than $15 per milk sample to defray the cost of the testing and quarantine programs necessary to prevent, control or eradicate Mycoplasma in dairy cattle.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2093 and R.S. 3:2224.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Livestock Sanitary Board, LR 30:1141 (June 2004), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety and the Board of Animal Health, LR 40:957 (May 2014).