Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:662 – Policy of state
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:662
- Charter: means the charter for livestock market operations authorized under this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:663
- Livestock: means cattle, buffalo, bison, oxen, and other bovine; horses, mules, donkeys, and other equine; sheep; goats; swine; domestic rabbits; fish, turtles, and other animals identified with aquaculture that are located in artificial reservoirs or enclosures that are both on privately owned property and constructed so as to prevent, at all times, the ingress and egress of fish life from public waters; imported exotic deer and antelope, elk, farm-raised white-tailed deer, farm-raised ratites, and other farm-raised exotic animals; chickens, turkeys, and other poultry; and animals placed under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry and any hybrid, mixture, or mutation of any such animal. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:663
- Livestock market: means any place, establishment or facility commonly known as a "buying station" "livestock market" "livestock auction market" "sales ring" "stockyard" or the like, operated for compensation or profit as a market for livestock, consisting of pens, or other enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which livestock are received, held, sold, or kept for sale or shipment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:663
- Person: means an individual or any legal or commercial entity, including a corporation, business trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or joint venture. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Louisiana, and the purpose of this Part, to encourage, stimulate and stabilize the agricultural economy of the state in general, and the livestock economy in particular, by encouraging the construction, development and productive operation of livestock markets as a key industry of the state with all benefits of fully open, free, competitive factors, in respect to sales and purchases of livestock. No person shall conduct the business of a livestock market without a valid charter to conduct such market.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 142, §1; Acts 2020, No. 306, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.