§ 40:1265.1 — Public markets; location, inspection, and operation; exemptions; market zones

Louisiana § 40:1265.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

Text

§1265.1. Public markets; location, inspection, and operation; exemptions; market zones
A.(1) Municipal corporations may regulate the location, inspection, and operation
of all public markets, subject to the superior right of inspection and regulation of the
Louisiana Department of Health.
(2) Permanent open-air public market buildings built prior to 1950 which are
designated as historic and located in the city of New Orleans shall be exempt from LAC
51:XXIII.1501, 1701, and 3505(A). The lessor shall develop food service operational
guidelines after consultation and periodic review with the Louisiana Department of Health.
Such food service operational guidelines shall be incorporated into the lease agreements with
lessees who operate food service establishments in the exempted area. The lessor shall
enforce such food service operational guidelines through leases with their lessees.
B. They may fix market zones around public markets. However, these market zones
shall be limited to a radius of three thousand feet walking distance of the public market and
shall not apply within a radius of three hundred lineal feet from the center of all public
railroad passenger depots.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2006, No. 397, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 12, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1241 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.