Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XXXIX - Forestry
Chapter 13 - Forestry Productivity Program
Section XXXIX-1309 - Land and Landowners Eligibility, Exclusions and Limitations

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXXIX-1309

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Any landowner owning five contiguous acres or more in Louisiana suitable for growing a timber species approved by the department is eligible for participation in this program unless excluded by these regulations or otherwise excluded by law.

B. The following landowners are not eligible to participate in this program:

1. landowners owning less than 5 contiguous acres of land;

2. public utilities companies;

3. landowners engaged in the manufacturing or production of forestry products;

4. any federal, state, or local government agency or political subdivision;

5. corporations with publicly traded stock;

6. any landowner with joint ownership in an eligible tract of land unless all joint owners and usufructuaries or duly authorized agent or agents, if any, sign the cooperative agreement;

7. any entity, other than a natural person, including but not limited to trusts, joint ventures, partnership, limited liability companies or successions, which have a set legal existence of less than 10 years unless all persons or legal entities who would, by law, be entitled to receive title to the land upon dissolution of the entity sign the cooperative agreement.

C. The following lands are not eligible to participate in this program:

1. any tract of land that is less than 5 contiguous acres;

2. lands owned by any landowner not eligible for participation;

3. land subject, at the time of application, to a reforestation contract with any federal, state or local government agency or under a private reforestation program.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:44413 and R.S. 3:4414.

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