§3410. Warehouse license required prior to operation of warehouse; demonstration of
competency; renewal; fees; licensed capacity; prohibition
A. No person shall operate a warehouse wherein any agricultural commodities or
other farm products are stored and a fee is charged for such storage unless licensed under this
Chapter or under the United States Warehouse Act, as amended.
B. The applicant for a warehouse license shall file the application described in R.S.
3:3408 and demonstrate its competency to engage in the business of operating a warehouse.
C. Each license issued by the commission pursuant to this Section shall specify on
the face thereof that it is a warehouse license and shall be posted in all warehouse locations.
D. Each warehouse license issued by the commission shall be valid until June 30
following date of issue and shall be renewed on or before July 1 of each year.
E. The fee for the issuance and the annual renewal of any warehouse license shall
be two hundred dollars.
F. Each license shall cover all facilities which are owned or leased by the entity to
whom the license is issued and used by the entity in the conduct of its business as a
warehouse.
G. Each license shall specify the licensed capacity of each facility covered by the
license.
H. No warehouse license shall be issued unless the facility to be licensed is suitable
for the storage of the agricultural commodity to be stored therein. The commission may
suspend or revoke any warehouse license whenever any licensed facility becomes unsuitable
for storage of the agricultural commodity for which it is designed.
I. No person holding a warehouse license shall engage in any other activities
regulated under this Chapter unless he holds a license issued by the commission to engage
in such activities.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1986, No. 1068, §1, eff.
July 17, 1986; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 767, §1, eff. June
30, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 145, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2015, No. 430, §1.