RS 3:558.9 Collections
§558.9. Collections
A. The assessments provided for in R.S. 3:558.6 shall be collected at the first point of sale in Louisiana. The person selling the catfish feed shall collect the assessments.
B. Each person who collects the assessments shall remit the collections to the department on or before the fifteenth day of each month for collections made during the previous month.
C. The board may impose a civil penalty for failure to collect and remit assessments in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Civil penalties shall be imposed in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) The civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred dollars per violation.
(2) Each day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense.
(3) Civil penalties may be assessed only by a ruling of the board based on an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
(4) The board may institute civil proceedings to enforce its rulings in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.
Acts 1990, No. 189, §1.