SUBPART B. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
§411. Removal of produce before payment of assessment or contribution prohibited; penalty
Produce liable to special assessment or forced contribution shall not be removed from the limits of the parish, levee district or levee and drainage district where the produce has been raised until the special assessment or forced contribution thereon shall have been paid. The payment shall be evidenced by the receipt of the sheriff on forms of receipt to be furnished by the several levee boards or levee and drainage boards of the state to the sheriffs of the parishes within the limits of their respective district. The owners of the produce so removed and any railroad company or other carrier, any steamboat, vessel, or other watercraft, or the owners or master or person or persons in command of any watercraft removing produce or aiding or concerned in its removal and the sheriff of the parish where the produce has been raised shall for any violation of this provision be liable for and pay to the levee board or levee and drainage board of the levee district or levee and drainage district in which the parish is situated double the amount of the special assessment or forced contribution for which the produce is and was liable, together with all costs including attorney's fees, which fees are fixed at fifteen dollars in each case, to be taxed as costs.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
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