RS 3:2059 Refunds - Louisiana Statutes

§2059.  Refunds

A.(1)  Any producer of Louisiana cattle marketed within or outside Louisiana shall be entitled to a refund of fifty cents from the state assessment levied and collected under the authority of this Part.

(2)  The council shall notify each producer by mail of the refund provisions and procedures on or before August 15, 1995 and on or before August fifteenth of each year thereafter.  The producers shall be notified from a list, provided by each collecting person, of persons who have made payment for cattle to the collecting person.

B.  Any request for a refund shall be submitted to the council in written form by the cattle producer or owner on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which the sale of the cattle that were the subject of assessment took place.  The request for a refund shall include the following information:  the date and place of the sale, number of cattle sold, amount of the assessment collected, and signature of the seller of the related cattle.  The request for a refund shall be accompanied by a copy of the relevant check-in sheet.

C.  If the council has reasonable doubt that a refund claim is valid, the council may withhold payment and take such action as it deems necessary to determine its validity.  Any person who makes a false claim shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars payable to the council.

Acts 1995, No. 298, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8K, eff. June 12, 2009.