§ 40:1291.22 — Enforcement; penalties

Louisiana § 40:1291.22

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

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§1291.22. Enforcement; penalties
A.(1) Any violation of any prohibition in R.S. 40:1291.11(A) may be cited by any
law enforcement officer by the issuance of a citation and summons to appear before a court
of proper jurisdiction.
(2) Such citations shall be in a form such that there shall be retained in each book of
citations a receipt and each shall have a copy to be deposited by the law enforcement officer
with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense.
(3) Upon the deposit of the copy, the court shall notify the alleged violator of the
time and place of his hearing or of his opportunity to plead guilty by the payment of his
specified fine. Failure to appear, unless the fine is paid, may be punished within the
discretion of the court as contempt of court.
B.(1)(a) Any person who is guilty of a violation of the prohibition in R.S.
40:1291.11(A)(1), (2), (3), and (4) shall, upon a first offense, be fined twenty-five dollars.
(b) Any person who is guilty of violating such prohibition a second time shall be
fined fifty dollars.
(c) Any person who is guilty of violating such prohibition a third or subsequent time
shall be fined one hundred dollars.
(2)(a) Any employer who is guilty of a violation of the prohibition in R.S.
40:1291.11(A)(5) shall, upon a first offense, be fined one hundred dollars.
(b) Any employer who is guilty of violating such prohibition a second time shall be
fined two hundred fifty dollars.
(c) Any employer who is guilty of violating such prohibition a third or subsequent
time shall be fined five hundred dollars.

Legislative History

Acts 2006, No. 815, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2014, No. 546, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.262 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.