§472.  Penalty

A.  Whoever violates R.S. 51:471 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense, or imprisoned for not more than ten days, or both.

B.  If no station or store of stock is established within sixty days after the first sale as provided in R.S. 51:471 and any sale is made thereafter the penalty shall be not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both.  In addition, the commissioner of agriculture and forestry shall publish notice of failure and delinquency at the expense of his department in journals within the state, or by any other method he may select.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §5, eff. June 12, 2009.