La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4691
Weight limits; sugar mill scales
Louisiana · Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 3 — Agriculture and Forestry · Status: effective
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A. All sugar mills shall lock out their scales at one hundred thousand pounds gross vehicle weight per load of sugarcane.
B.
(1) When a vehicle carrying a load of sugarcane exceeds the weight limit established in Subsection A of this Section, an amount of sugarcane equal to the excess gross weight shall be forfeited by the owner or producer of the sugarcane.
(2) No owner or producer of sugarcane shall be compensated for revenue derived from forfeited sugarcane.
(3) No hauler of sugarcane shall be compensated for hauling forfeited sugarcane.
C. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall certify the scales and conduct at least one random inspection of the scales during the harvest season each year.
D. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.