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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 3, § 4622. Fees; Weights and Measures Fund

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Each commercial weighing and measuring device which is subject to the jurisdiction of the department shall be registered annually with the department in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner.

B. The registration fee for each commercial weighing and measuring device shall be as follows:

(1) Category 1--zero to 1,000 pounds capacity

up to $50.00

(2) Category 2--over 1,000 to 10,000 pounds capacity

up to $135.00

(3) Category 3--over 10,000 pounds capacity

up to $250.00

(4) The registration fee of any other commercial weighing and measuring device shall be as established in a fee schedule adopted by the commissioner. The fee rates shall be based on the cost of the work performed.

C. Each commercial weighing and measuring device which requires a subsequent inspection may be subject to a subsequent inspection fee at the time of a subsequent inspection.

D. The subsequent inspection fee for each commercial weighing and measuring device shall be as follows:

(1) Category 1-zero to 1,000 pounds capacity

$00.00

(2) Category 2-over 1,000 to 10,000 pounds capacity

$135.00

(3) Category 3-over 10,000 pounds capacity

$250.00

(4) Mass Flow Meters

$250.00

E. Each weighmaster who is licensed by the commission shall pay an annual license fee of one hundred dollars.

F. The commissioner shall adopt, by rule, the fees charged for weighing and measuring services performed by the department, including those services performed by the department's State Metrology Laboratory. The fee rates shall be based on the cost of the work performed.

G. The registration fee for each service agency shall be one hundred dollars. The registration fee for each service person shall be sixty-five dollars.

H. (1) There is hereby created, as a special fund in the state treasury, the Weights and Measures Fund. After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all of the obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall pay an amount equal to the amount received by the state treasury from all assessments, fees, penalties, and other funds received under the provisions of this Chapter into the fund. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The treasurer shall invest the monies in the fund in the same manner as monies in the state general fund. All interest earned from investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited in the fund.

(2) Subject to annual appropriation by the legislature, the monies in the fund shall be used solely to provide for the expenses of the program established by this Chapter and to carry out the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the commission and the commissioner under the provisions of this Chapter.

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