§31.39. Dairy farms and plants; milk plants; permit fees; definitions

A.(1) The department shall charge an annual fee in the amount of ninety dollars per permit issued to a dairy farm.

(2) As used in this Subsection, the term "dairy farm" means any place or premises where one or more cows, goats, sheep, water buffaloes, or other hooved mammals are kept for milking and from which a part or all of the milk produced is provided, sold, or offered for sale to a dairy plant, transfer station, or receiving station possessing a permit from the Louisiana Department of Health.

B.(1) The department shall charge an annual fee in the amount of three hundred dollars per permit issued to a dairy plant.

(2) As used in this Subsection, the term "dairy plant" means any place, premises, or establishment where milk, milk products including frozen desserts, frozen dessert mixes, filled milk or filled milk products, anomalous milk, anomalous milk products or anomalous dairy products, and dairy products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, aseptically processed, churned, frozen, dried, blended, concentrated, condensed, packaged, or prepared for distribution and where milk tank trucks are cleaned and sanitized when received. The term also includes out-of-state facilities and establishments whose products are sold or distributed within the state of Louisiana.

C.(1) The department shall charge an annual fee in the amount of three hundred dollars per permit issued to a single service milk and milk product container or closure manufacturing plant.

(2) As used in this Subsection, the term "single service milk and milk product container or closure manufacturing plant" means fabricators, converters, printers, closure manufacturers, plastic laminators, sheet formers, blow molders, vacuum formers, plastic extruders, injection molders, preformers, manufacturers of valves, valve parts, tubes, dispensing devices, and sample containers for use with milk or milk products. The term also includes out-of-state facilities and establishments whose products are sold or distributed within the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2018, No. 9, §1.