§ 3:3655 — Administration

Louisiana § 3:3655

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 3: Agriculture and Forestry

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A. The secretary shall administer the provisions of this Chapter.
B. The secretary shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Chapter. All rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and shall conform with the requirements of Section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, P.L. 99-198*, as amended, and regulations issued thereunder as applicable.
C. The failure of the secretary to include in the central registry the information contained in any effective financing statement filed with any filing officer and transmitted to the secretary for inclusion in the central registry as provided in this Chapter shall subject the office and its insurer to the payment of all damages suffered thereby by any person.
D.(1) The office and its insurer shall be answerable for injury resulting from the filing officer's omitting to record such effective financing statements that are filed for recordation with the filing officer.
(2) The office and its insurer shall be answerable for injury resulting from a filing officer's omitting to mention in encumbrance certificates one or several effective financing statements filed for recordation with the filing officer and transmitted to the secretary for inclusion in the central registry, unless the error proceeds from a want of exactness in the description which cannot be imputed to him.
(3) The office of risk management within the division of administration shall obtain and maintain in effect at all times liability insurance covering the office for any errors and omissions which may occur in the operation of the central registry.
*7 U.S.C.A. 1631.

Legislative History

Acts 1987, No. 451, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, No. 548, §1, eff. Aug. 22, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 123, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.