Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XXIII - Pesticides
Chapter 23 - Penalties
Section XXIII-2301 - Penalties for Violation of Pesticide Statutes and These Regulations

A. The commissioner may suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of R.S. 3:3241-3257 and/or may assess a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for violation of any provision of R.S. 3:3201 through 3:3257 or any violation of any regulation enacted under the authority of said statutes.

B. Each separate day on which any violation occurs may be considered as a separate violation.

C. No penalty may be assessed by the commissioner prior to the holding of an adjudicatory hearing before the commission. Such adjudicatory hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act; any person alleged to have violated any provision of the pesticide statutes or these regulations shall be accorded all of the rights and privileges guaranteed under said Act.

D. The commission shall recommend penalties to be imposed as a result of findings of fact and/or conclusions of law that a violation occurred.

E. Whenever the commissioner fails to accept the recommendations of the commission for the imposition of penalties following an adjudicatory proceeding, the commissioner shall notify the commission, in writing, of the reasons for his failure to accept the commission's recommendations.