Louisiana § 37:1371 Fees

Louisiana Statutes

§ 37:1371 — Fees

Louisiana § 37:1371

Title 37Professions and Occupations

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La. Stat. Ann. § 37:1371 (2026).

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§1371. Fees A.

(1)The board may fix and charge reasonable examination, licensing, and renewal fees for residential, journeyman, and master plumbers, temporary permit fees for journeyman plumbers, and renewal fees for inactive master plumbers. The board may fix and charge reasonable examination, licensing, and renewal fees for persons engaged in the work or business of medical gas piping installation and for persons engaged in the work or business of a medical gas and vacuum system verifier. The board may fix and charge reasonable examination, licensing, and renewal fees associated with endorsements issued to journeyman or master plumbers relative to the work of a water supply protection specialist. The board may also fix and charge a reasonable registration fee for apprentice plumbers. The

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§1371. Fees
A.(1) The board may fix and charge reasonable examination, licensing, and renewal
fees for residential, journeyman, and master plumbers, temporary permit fees for journeyman
plumbers, and renewal fees for inactive master plumbers. The board may fix and charge
reasonable examination, licensing, and renewal fees for persons engaged in the work or
business of medical gas piping installation and for persons engaged in the work or business
of a medical gas and vacuum system verifier. The board may fix and charge reasonable
examination, licensing, and renewal fees associated with endorsements issued to journeyman
or master plumbers relative to the work of a water supply protection specialist. The board
may also fix and charge a reasonable registration fee for apprentice plumbers. These fees
shall not exceed the amount required to maintain the board and pay the expenses of operating
the board and enforcing the provisions of this Chapter.
(2) For the purposes of this Section, gas fitters shall be subject to the same provisions
that are imposed on journeyman plumbers, except for those included in Subparagraph
(B)(1)(b) of this Section.
B.(1) Effective January 1, 2000, the board may increase fees and charges in
accordance with the following schedule:
(a) Journeyman plumber examination $125.00
(b) Illiterate journeyman plumber examination $150.00
(c) Initial journeyman plumber license fee,
payable upon successful completion of
examination $40.00
(d) Journeyman plumber renewal fee $40.00
(e) Journeyman plumber revival fee $15.00
(f) Journeyman plumber revival fee paid
after March 31 $30.00
(g) Journeyman plumber temporary permits $75.00
(h) Journeyman plumber administrative charge
for processing application $62.50
(i) Medical gas and vacuum systems verifier
application fee $200.00
(j) Medical gas and vacuum systems verifier
renewal fee $200.00
(k) Medical gas and vacuum systems verifier
revival fee $65.00
(l) Medical gas and vacuum systems verifier
revival fee paid after March 31 $130.00
(m) N.S.F. check or returned check fee $20.00
(2) Any other fees adopted by the board in accordance with the Administrative
Procedure Act in effect on July 9, 1999, shall remain in effect.

Legislative History

Acts 1990, No. 752, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 824, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1020, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2016, No. 297, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 515, §1; Acts 2022, No. 460, §1; Acts 2024, No. 721, §1.