2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 3 - Agriculture and Forestry
RS 3:559.10 - Stop order
§559.10. Stop order
A. The commissioner may issue a stop order prohibiting the production, harvesting, distribution, sale, offering for sale, application, movement, or disturbance of any aquatic livestock or products derived therefrom to prevent a violation or continued violation of this Part or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.
B. Any person aggrieved by a stop order may petition for a hearing on the matter. The hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 3:559.13(D).
C. Based on the results of the hearing, or a consent agreement mutually entered into by the department and a violator, the commissioner may take one or more of the following actions:
(1) Release the aquatic livestock or product from the stop order.
(2) Require the cause for the stop order to be remedied prior to releasing the stop order.
(3) Destroy the aquatic livestock or product.
(4) Provide for the disposition of the aquatic livestock or product.
Acts 2004, No. 865, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.
