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RegularSCASB152 Session3005 ENROLLED968 SENATE BILLCOMMITTEE NO.AMENDMENTS Regular Session AmendmentsproposedbySenateCommitteeonHealthandWelfareto OriginalSenateBill No.
152 BYby SENATORSenator FESIFesi ANDAMENDMENT REPRESENTATIVESNO. AMEDEE, BAYHAM, COATES, EGAN, OWEN, SCHAMERHORN AND WYBLE AN ACT To enact Part V of Chapter 30 of Title 3 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S.
3:4750.11 throughOnpage1,line17,change"cellculturedfoodproduct"to""cellculturedfoodproduct"" 4750.5,Page relative1 toof cell1 cultured food products;
toprohibitthesaleofcellculturedfoodproductsforhumanconsumption;toprovide for penalties;
to provide for rules and regulations;
to provide for certain exceptions;
to provide for effectiveness;
and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section1.
PartVofChapter30of Title 3 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of1950, comprised of R.S.
3:4750.1 through 4750.5, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
PART V.
CELL CULTURED FOOD PRODUCTS §4750.1.
Short title This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Cell Cultured Food Products Act".
§4750.2.
Cell cultured food products;
prohibition A.Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflawtothecontrary,noperson shall manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale, any cell cultured food product for human consumption in this state.
B.
For purposes of this Part, "cell cultured food product" means any culturedanimaltissueproducedfrominvitroanimalcellculturesoutsideofthe organism from which it is derived.
§4750.3.
Violations;
penalties A.
A violator of any provision of this Part or of any rule or regulation adoptedpursuanttotheprovisionsofthisPartshallbesubjecttoacivilpenalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each violation.
Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate offense.
B.
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C.
In addition to civil penalties, the commissioner may assess the proportionate costs of the adjudicatory hearing against the offender.
The commissioner shall determine the amount of costs to be assessed.
D.
The commissioner may institute civil proceedings to enforce his rulings in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.
E.
The commissioner may institute civil proceedings seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent the violation of the provisions of this Part, or of therules and regulations adopted pursuanttotheprovisionsof this Part,in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.
§4750.4.
Rules and regulations The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this Part.
All rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
§4750.5.
Effectiveness TheprovisionsofthisPartshallbecomeeffectiveonlyuponafinalruling by the United States Supreme Court holding that prohibitions on cell cultured food products do not violate the United States Constitution;
however, nothing inthisPartshallprohibitaccreditedinstitutionsofhighereducationinthisstate from conducting research on cell cultured food products.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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