§1026.  Creation of soil and plant analysis laboratory at Northeast Louisiana State University

A.  Northeast Louisiana State University shall establish, create, and maintain, within its college of agriculture, a laboratory to analyze samples of soil, plants, water, seeds, and fertilizer when such samples are sent to the laboratory with a request that they be analyzed. The laboratory shall contain sufficient equipment, facilities, and personnel to conduct a year-round sample testing program.

B.  The university, through its college of agriculture, shall fix and assess fees for sample analysis sufficient to cover the costs of requested analytical work.

C.  If at any time the sample testing program is terminated either by the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities or by the legislature, the laboratory and all other facilities, fixtures, and equipment used in the program may be used by the college of agriculture and college of chemistry as the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities may designate.

D.  The laboratory shall become self-supporting within five years.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 287, §1.