PART X. REGULATION OF TURTLES

§2358.1. Legislative findings

            The purpose of this Part is to prevent the introduction into and dissemination within this state of contagious and infectious diseases of turtles by providing for the regulation, inspection, and control of farm-raised turtles, which activities are hereby found and declared by the legislature to promote agriculture and aquaculture within the state of Louisiana.

            Acts 1990, No. 770, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2017, No. 69, §1.