§ 3:3806 — Fees

§3806. Fees
A.(1) The examination fee for each examination for a professional license, except
for landscape architects, shall be established by the commission by rule in an amount not to
exceed three hundred fifty dollars. In determining the amount of the fee, the commission
shall consider the costs incurred in obtaining, administering, and grading the examination.
(2) The examination fee for each examination for a professional license for landscape
architects shall be established by the commission by rule in an amount not to exceed two
hundred dollars, which represents the cost of administering and grading the Louisiana
Landscape Architect Examination.
B. The license fee for each professional license which is issued or renewed by the
commissioner shall not be less than seventy-five dollars nor more than one hundred fifty
dollars per license.
C. The permit fee for each nursery stock dealer's permit which is issued or renewed
by the commissioner shall not be less than one hundred thirty dollars nor more than one
hundred seventy-five dollars per permit.
D. The permit fee for each cut flower dealer's permit which is issued or renewed by
the commissioner shall not be less than seventy dollars nor more than one hundred forty
dollars per permit.
E. The permit fee for each floral dealer's permit which is issued or renewed by the
commissioner shall not be less than seventy dollars nor more than one hundred dollars per
permit.
F. In addition to the fees provided for in Subsections B, C, and D of this Section,
each applicant who applies for the renewal of a license or permit more than fifteen working
days after his license or permit has expired shall pay a late fee of twenty-five dollars for each
late application.
G. The fees established in this Section shall not be refundable except under such
conditions as the commission may establish.
H.(1) All assessments, fees, penalties, and all other funds received under the
provisions of this Chapter, subject to the exceptions contained in Article VII, Section 9 of
the Constitution of Louisiana, shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state
treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.
(2) Out of the funds remaining in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund after a
sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith
and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer,
prior to placing the remaining funds in the state general fund, shall pay an amount equal to
the total amount of funds paid into the state treasury under the provisions of this Chapter into
a special fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the Horticulture
and Quarantine Fund.
(3) All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal
year shall remain in the fund. The state treasurer shall invest monies in the fund in the same
manner as monies in the state general fund. All interest earned on monies from the fund
invested by the state treasurer shall be deposited in the fund.
(4) Subject to appropriation, the monies in the fund shall be used for the following
purposes:
(a) To provide for the expenses of the program established by this Chapter and the
expenses of the office of agricultural and environmental sciences, as determined by the
commissioner.
(b) To fund any and all costs related to the purposes of this Chapter and to carrying
out the powers and duties granted the commission and the commissioner under this Chapter.
I. The commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance
with the Administrative Procedure Act, necessary to implement the provisions of this
Section.

Legislative History

Acts 1950, No. 224, §6; Acts 1981, No. 621, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1981, Ex. Sess., No. 2, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1985, No. 120, §1; Acts 1987, No. 844, §1; Acts 1992, No. 457, §1; Acts 1992, No. 984, §2; Acts 2003, No. 123, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2011, No. 31, §1; Acts 2013, No. 103, §1; Acts 2015, No. 202, §1; Acts 2024, No. 643, §1, eff. June 11, 2024.