RS 3:3409 Warehouse license required prior to operation of warehouse; demonstration of competency; renewal; fees; licensed capacity; weighmaster required; prohibition - Louisiana Statutes

§3409.  Warehouse license required prior to operation of warehouse; demonstration of competency; renewal; fees; licensed capacity; weighmaster required; prohibition

A.  No person shall operate a warehouse wherein any agricultural commodities or other farm products are stored and a fee is charged for such storage unless licensed under this Chapter or under the United States Warehouse Act, as amended.

B.  The applicant for a warehouse license shall file the application described in R.S. 3:3408 and either demonstrate its competency to engage in the business of operating a warehouse or satisfactorily complete any examination that may be required by the commission.

C.  Each license issued by the commission under this Section shall specify on the face thereof that it is a warehouse license and shall be posted by the  warehouse in its principal place of business in this state.

D.  Each warehouse license issued by the commission shall be valid until June 30 following date of issue and shall be renewed on or before July 1 of each year.

E.  The fee for the issuance and the annual renewal of any warehouse license shall be two hundred dollars.

F.  Each license shall cover all facilities which are owned and/or leased by the entity to whom the license is issued and used by the entity in the conduct of its business as a warehouse.

G.  Each license shall specify the licensed capacity of each facility covered by the license.

H.  The bond and provisional stock insurance required under R.S. 3:3410 shall be executed and filed with the commission prior to issuance of the license and shall be kept in full force and effect as a condition of continuing licensure.

I.  No warehouse license shall be issued unless the warehouse staff includes a weighmaster licensed by the weights and measures division of the department, provided that the commission may waive the requirement for a licensed weighmaster for any warehouse which does not normally weigh and/or certify agricultural commodities or other farm products stored therein.  The commission may waive the requirement for licensure of the weighmaster by the weights and measures division of the department for any warehouse which employs a weighmaster licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture.

J.  No warehouse license shall be issued unless the facility to be licensed is suitable for the storage of the agricultural commodity to be stored therein.  The commission may suspend or revoke any warehouse license whenever any licensed facility becomes unsuitable for storage of the agricultural commodity for which it is designed.

K.  No person holding a warehouse license shall engage in any other activities regulated under this Chapter unless he holds a license issued by the commission to engage in such activities.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 2003, No. 172, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.