Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 3, § 1433. Powers and responsibilities of commission

(1)(a) Make rules and regulations governing the methods of sampling, inspecting, and making analysis tests and examinations of all seeds and other propagating stock;

(b) Establish the standards and tolerances to be allowed in the administration of this Part;

(c) Make rules and regulations governing the conditions for growing, harvesting, processing, preparing for market, labeling, distributing, and marketing seeds and propagating stock as certified, registered, or foundation;

(d) Set forth in its rules the minimum requirements of varietal purity and mechanical standards as a condition to sale or distribution as certified, registered, or foundation seeds or other propagating stock;

(e) Make rules and regulations establishing a reasonable schedule of charges to persons for each sample of seed tested by the Louisiana Seed Testing Laboratory, establishing a reasonable fee schedule to be charged for making application for inspection and field inspection for certification of seed, and establishing a reasonable fee schedule to be charged for printing certified tags, provided there shall be no charge for the testing of official samples submitted by duly authorized agricultural inspectors for law enforcement purposes; and

(f) Make all rules and regulations pertaining to the enforcement of this Part.

(a) The minimum requirements of varietal purity and mechanical standards.

(b) The kind, quality, and estimated amounts to be available for sale in Louisiana during the next succeeding crop season.

(c) The demand in Louisiana.

(d) The agricultural practices for production in Louisiana as compared with the practice in other states.

(e) The accepted cultural and trade practices prevailing in other states with respect to offering and displaying for sale, labeling, sampling, and making analyses.

(f) The general welfare of growers in Louisiana.