§ 26:908 — Issuance of permit

A. The commissioner may issue the permits immediately upon receipt of the application unless the application fails to comply with R.S. 26:906. For a period of thirty-five days after issuance, during which time the commissioner shall conduct a proper investigation, the permittee shall operate on a probationary basis subject to final action on or withholding of the permits as hereinafter provided.
B. The commissioner shall investigate all applications for permits and shall withhold the issuance of the permit where that action is justified under this Chapter. The decision to withhold the permit shall be made within thirty-five calendar days of the filing of the application. Any intentional misstatement or suppression of a material fact in an application shall constitute grounds for denial of the permit.
C. Within five calendar days of the decision to withhold the permit, the commissioner shall notify the applicant in writing of the withholding of the permit and shall assign the reasons therefor. Such notice shall be either delivered to the applicant in person or sent to him by registered mail at the business address given in his last application. When so addressed and mailed, the notice shall be presumed to have been received by the applicant.
D. No exporter license may be issued to a person that violated a certification it previously made under R.S. 26:906(J)(2).

Legislative History

Acts 1997, No. 1370, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 2013, No. 221, §2.