Inspection, Movement and Enforcement

A. The commissioner is authorized to stop any person and inspect any regulated article or means of conveyance moving into, within or from the state of Louisiana when he has reason to believe that such regulated article or means of conveyance is infested with the boll weevil. The commissioner is authorized to issue a stop order on, seize or treat any regulated article found to be infested with the boll weevil moving in violation of the boll weevil eradication law or this Chapter and may destroy or otherwise dispose of any infested cotton where the destruction of the cotton is necessary to effectuate the purposes of the boll weevil eradication program. AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1608. HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Boll Weevil Eradication Commission, LR 21:18 (January 1995), amended LR 40:1518 (August 2014).