It shall be unlawful for any rice mill or rice dryer, whether same be a person, firm, corporation, partnership or individual, to purchase or process green rice without furnishing the owner or seller thereof a statement, at his request, showing the moisture content of said rice. Violation of this Section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed ninety days, or both.
La. R.S. § 3:3678