RS 559.12 - Violations; cost of remedying violations
Violations of this Part shall include but shall not be limited to the following:
(1) Conducting business as an aquatic producer of aquatic livestock without a valid, unsuspended license or permit if a license or permit is required of that producer.
(2) Producing, maintaining, harvesting, or marketing aquatic livestock that has not been approved by the commissioner as aquatic livestock suitable for aquaculture pursuant to this Part.
(3) Allowing the discharge or passage of eggs, larvae, juveniles, or adults of aquatic livestock requiring a license or their waste or unpurified water into areas or waters outside the facility.
(4) Submitting false or fraudulent information on any application for a license or permit or in regard to any inspection or investigation conducted by the department.
(5) Maintaining false or fraudulent records.
(6) Knowingly operating faulty or unsafe equipment at a facility.
(7) Operating a facility in a faulty, careless, or negligent manner.
(8) Refusing or failing to properly maintain a facility.
(9) Refusing or failing to properly dispose of eggs, larvae, juveniles, or adults of aquatic livestock requiring a license or their waste or unpurified water from a facility.
(10) Refusing or failing to keep and maintain the records required by this Part or the regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.
(11) The aiding or abetting of, or conspiring to aid or abet, any unlicensed or unpermitted person in the violation of the provisions of this Part or of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Part.
(12) Allowing a license or permit to be used by another person.
(13) Interfering with the commissioner or the department or their representatives in the performance of their duties in connection with this Part.
(14) Refusing or failing to pay any fines legally imposed pursuant to this Part.
(15) Violating any provision of this Part, any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Part, or any stop order issued pursuant to this Part.
Acts 2004, No. 865, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2010, No. 743, §2A, eff. July 1, 2010.