State agencies must help with trademark/label development when asked, the department may sell licenses for those marks, and the secretary must adopt necessary rules after consulting the commissioner.
§4712. Use of state-owned trademarks or labels for agricultural and seafood promotions; Agricultural and Seafood Products Support Fund; rules and regulations A. As used in this Part: (1) "Agricultural products" shall include aquacultural, horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, and farm and range products, and furbearing animals raised or produced on a defined acreage. (2) "Seafood products" shall include any type of species caught in privately owned waters or public waters, including streams or lakes, or any final derivative resulting from a combination or breakdown of raw seafood products. B. Any state agency shall assist Louisiana Economic Development, when requested by the department, in the development, registration, and licensing of a trademark or label for use in promoting Louisiana agricultural and seafood products. The department may sell licenses for the use of such trademark or label developed and registered by the department to persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, associations, or other organizations, for the sole purpose of promoting Louisiana agricultural and seafood products. Monies derived from such sale shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury. C, D. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 345, §1, eff. Dec. 21, 2023. E. To implement the provisions of this Section, the secretary of economic development may participate in cooperative endeavors and, after consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, shall adopt such rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act as he deems necessary. F, G. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 345, §1, eff. Dec. 21, 2023. Acts 2006, No. 558, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8M, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2023, No. 345, §1, eff. Dec. 21, 2023.