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Wildlife and Fisheries Commission established; membership; qualifications; definitions

Supervision and direction of commission; meetings

Ownership of wild birds, quadrupeds, fish, aquatic life, water bottoms, oysters, and shellfish

Authority of Department of Natural Resources over navigable water bottoms

General powers and authority

Special powers and duties; statistics; rules and regulations; reports

Emergency closure of hunting or fishing seasons; rules and regulations; prohibitions; penalties

Advisory committees

Domicile of commission; service of process; suits; parties

Jesse J. Guidry Center for Wildlife and Fisheries Resources

Definitions

Report of violations; criminal prosecution; schedule of fines; citations; ex officio notaries public

Annual report to governor; estimate of proposed expenditures; particular funds; limitations on purposes for use of monies in particular funds; warrants; vouchers; surplus funds

Aquatic Plant Control Fund; creation; uses

Derelict Houseboat Fund Account

Lifetime License Endowment Trust Account

Bond of director and employees

Boats and other movable property

Placing of advertising signs on state-owned property

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 804, §2, eff. July 2, 1999.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 612, §22, eff. July 1, 2020.

Prohibited acts involving interstate commerce

Intentional concealment, destruction, or deposit of illegal fish, wildlife, or other animals; penalties

Taking fish for purpose of science and cultivation; permits; propagation of fish

Trespass on or injury to structures or areas used for scientific experiments

Exchange of fish hatched at fish hatcheries for fish roe or fish eggs

Releasing game, fowl, or fish; permission; intrastate restocking; importation; violations

Stocking waters with fish

Rules and regulations for protection and preservation of fish

Penalty for violations

Contract by commission with private landowners for use of lands for wildlife management areas in consideration for relief from certain taxation

Fish and wildlife restoration and management projects; assent to federal aid act; duties of commission

Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 566, §2.

Management and harvesting of fish in private ponds exempt from statutory limitations; permits; exceptions

Official badges, identification cards, other insignia

Interference with marks or buoys

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; powers; duties; functions; periodic evaluation of fees and charges imposed

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; issuance of licenses and permits for hunting and fishing

Notice to legislators

Lease of state lands; access to public waterways

Geophysical and geological surveys

Class one violations

Revocation of license; denial of license; penalties

Class two violation

Civil suit for recovery of value

Class three violation

Class four violation

Class five violation

Class six violation

Class seven violation

Class eight violation

Revocation of license

Forfeiture of quadrupeds, birds, and fish; Fish and Wildlife Violations Reward Fund, creation and use of fund monies

Liability for value of fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life

Value of fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life

Civil penalties; assessment; administrative hearing

Civil suit for recovery of value

Venue and procedure

More than one defendant

Recovery of value in addition to fine

Both civil suit and criminal prosecution permissible; exceptions

Disposition of recovery

Sections
41. 41 to 44

Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 837, §4

Jurisdiction of trial of violations

Venue when river divides parishes

Venue when offense committed in lake, bay, or other body of water

Venue when offense committed in the Gulf of Mexico

Venue when exact place of vessel cannot be determined

Venue; exception when exact place cannot be determined

Limits of state sovereignty

Issuance of search warrants

Commissioned wildlife enforcement agents of the enforcement division may carry weapons

License requirements; enforcement by wildlife agents; arrest without warrant

Prima facie evidence of violation of law

Search with or without warrant

Toledo Bend Reservoir; assignment of officers

Additional authority of commissioned wildlife enforcement agents

Boats maintained for enforcement; vehicle equipment

Seizure or surrender of things illegally used or possessed

Seizure of vessels, airplanes, vehicles, and equipment

Forfeitures for fraud

Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 416, §2.

Licenses; fraudulent acquisition; penalty

Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 416, §3.

Disposition of seizures other than vessels, airplanes, and other vehicles

Disposition of seized vessels, airplanes, vehicles, and equipment therefor

Confiscation of things seized

Disposition of things, other than vessels, airplanes, vehicles and equipment, confiscated or forfeited to the department

Time limit for retention of things seized

Proceeds of sales of things seized; commingling with conservation fund

Proceeds of sales of things seized; no liability after two years

No liability for acts performed in good faith

No criminal liability for covert operations officers

Enforcement of civil judgment

Aviation unit; powers and duties

Federal enforcement officers; Avoyelles Parish; Cameron Parish; Calcasieu Parish

Federal enforcement; saltwater fisheries laws

Exemptions from traffic regulations

Purpose

Definitions

Commissions and commissioning

Requirements for commissioning

Training

Probation

Renewal of commissions

Revocation of commissions

Reserve agent

Powers and duties of auxiliary agents

Compensation

Liability

Rules and regulations

Wildlife Violator Compact

Definitions

Procedures for issuing citations in relation to the Wildlife Violators Compact

Procedure for the home state

Reciprocal recognition of suspension

Applicability of other laws

Compact administrator procedures

Entry into and withdrawal from the Wildlife Violator Compact

Amendments to the Wildlife Violator Compact

Licensing authority; rules and regulations

Construction and severability

Title

Creation and purpose

Louisiana Help Our Wildlife Fund; uses of fund

Rewards; payments

Governor authorized to enter into compact with other states relative to better utilization of fisheries

Purpose of compact

Time compact becomes operative; parties to compact

Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; representatives; qualifications

Powers of commission; legislation

Officers; rules and regulations; meetings

Action taken by commission; requirements

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be primary research agency; advisory committee

Participation of non-coastal state; limitation

Signatory states not precluded from additional restrictions

Additional compact amendments by signatory states

Absence from representation on the commission

Operating expenses; proration

Continuance of compact; renunciation; notice

Commission representatives from Louisiana; appointment; alternates

Commission powers to be no limitation on state powers

Necessary travel expenses; payment

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.

Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.

Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 737, §2.

Hunting guide license; fees; penalties

License; license books; returns; transfer of license prohibited

Nonresident licenses; penalties

License fees; reciprocity; exceptions

Hunting permits for persons with physical disabilities

Special permits and licenses; scientific or entertainment purposes; bow licenses; beaver permit

Field trials

Firing, feeding and breeding grounds

Deer and turkey harvest records and tagging

Wildlife management areas; wildlife refuges; public hunting grounds and recreation areas; notice; signs; hunters with disabilities

Use of all-terrain vehicle trails on wildlife management areas

Preservation of wildlife management areas; wildlife refuges; public hunting grounds and recreation areas

Levy of mooring fees in the Atchafalaya Delta WMA; Atchafalaya Delta WMA Mooring Account; deposit of fees to the account; uses of the monies in the account

Use of airboats on the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area

Deer Management Assistance Program areas; notice; signs; prohibitions

Quality Deer Management Program

Removal or destruction of signs

Disposal of birds or quadrupeds becoming a nuisance

Taking wild birds or game imported for experimentation or propagation

Open season; curtailment by parish governing authority

Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; adoption of seasons, bag and possession limits; rules and regulations; penalties

Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; special hunting seasons

Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; times and methods of taking; penalties

Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; sales, purchases of parts prohibited; exceptions

Special provisions applicable to deer and bear; times and methods of taking; penalties

Special provisions applicable to turkey; times and methods of taking; penalties

Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited; penalties

Sound suppressors

Possession limits; game birds; transportation of game birds; tags

Migratory game bird violations

Possession of game birds after close of open season

Storage of game birds or quadrupeds; tags

Traps, cages, etc., for taking wild birds; confiscation; exception for destructive blackbirds

Traps; wild quadrupeds

Carrier pigeons, killing or catching when banded prohibited; penalty

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 966, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 966, §2.

Dogs; regulation of; police juries

Possession of game quadrupeds; tags; deer carcasses

Repealed by Acts 1952, No. 127, §21

Confiscation of illegal traps or snares and quadrupeds taken thereby

Falconry

Sections
129. 129 to 135

Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 133, §2

Jurisdiction where offense committed in river between two parishes or in Gulf of Mexico

§§137, 138 Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 133, §2

Criminal penalty

Foxes; bobcats

Training of dogs during closed season; taking of certain pen-raised birds for the purposes of field trials and hunting dog training

Catahoula lake area; operation of mud boats for purpose of hunting or fishing prohibited

"Hunter orange" or "blaze pink" display by hunters with guns

Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 188, §2.

Purpose

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 100, §2.

Design, marketing, and sale of duck stamps and prints

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 100, §2.

Louisiana Duck License, Stamp, and Print Fund; purposes

Reciprocal agreements

Penalties

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 100, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 100, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 100, §2.

Louisiana Wild Turkey Fund; purposes

Reciprocal agreements

Penalties

Wildlife; business of raising and selling; breeder's license

Killing of birds or animals; sale; trapping regulations; exporting live specimens

Transportation of birds or animals killed; tags; sale of carcass

Shipment of carcasses or parts thereof; tag or label

License for sale of birds killed and tagged

Report of birds or animals killed and sold

Fencing farms or preserves

Ownership of birds and animals on fenced breeding area; trespass

Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 717, §4

Revocation of license

Penalty for violation of Sub-part

Title

Purpose

Wildlife biologists; duties; qualification

Licenses; possession limit for nonresident alligator hunter; deposit as guarantee of payment of severance tax; penalties

Residence of alligator hunters, fur buyers and dealers

Shipping raw furs, alligators, alligator skins, and alligator parts out of state; tags

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 499, §2, eff. June 22, 1992.

Alligator records; inspections

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Dealer records; payment of tax; confiscation of furs and skins

Open season; method of taking animals; prohibited devices; possession and sale of skins

Setting a trap, snare, net, or other device

Possession; alligator eggs, live alligators, skins

Nongame quadrupeds; breeding, propagation, and exhibition

Alligator parts; buying and selling; license; reports; tagging

Scientific research

Trespass on marshlands to trap or hunt fur bearing animals

Louisiana Fur Public Education and Marketing Fund

§§267-273 repealed by Acts 1958, No. 135, §2.

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§§275, 276 repealed by Acts 1958, No. 135, §2.

Louisiana Alligator Advisory Council

Louisiana Alligator Resource Dedicated Fund Account

White or albino alligators; taking from the wild; prohibition; penalties; notification to alligator hunters

Nutria control cost-sharing; statement of intent

Powers and duties of the secretary

Cooperative agreements; cost-sharing

Annual proposal; cost-sharing; purpose

Feeding of wild bears prohibited

Definitions

License requirements; possession; nontransferability

Application requirements; proof of residency; material misstatements; fees for certain alien individual licenses

Applicability to other fishing laws

Records; confidentiality

Commission rules and regulations

Special licenses and permits

Dedication of proceeds of licenses

Nonresident recreational fishermen; possession of license; penalty

Issuance of commercial licenses via Internet transactions

Louisiana Finfish Task Force

Recreational fishing license; recreational gear

Annual license; temporary license; fees; saltwater fee; exemptions

Exception for certain residents, nonresidents, and military personnel from purchase or possession of basic recreational and saltwater license

Recreational gear license

Recreational fishing licenses: license year; purchase period

Basic recreational fishing licenses; issuing agent commission

Recreational gear license place of purchase; basic recreational fishing license requirement

Free fishing days

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 206, §1.

Charter boat fishing guide license; nonresident fee

Section
302.9.1

Charter boat license; skiff fee; charter fishing trip license

Sale of recreational catch

Commercial fisherman's license; charter boat fishing guide's license certification; fees; place of purchase; information

Commercial fisherman's license; license year; purchase period

Section
303.1.1

Fresh products license

License possession; menhaden

Helpers

Commercial fisherman's sales receipt form

Presumptions relative to fish caught by person possessing a commercial fishing license

Oyster harvester license

Transport and sale of the catch

Special apprentice license; commercial taking of saltwater fish; requirements

Presumption of fish used for commercial purposes only

Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 54, §2, eff. April 29, 1998.

Vessel license; fees; place of purchase

Vessel license; license year; purchase period

Operation by person not holding a commercial fisherman's license

Registered vessels

Display of license

Transferability; change of vessel name

Commercial gear license; issuance to certain nonresidents prohibited; moratorium on certain new gear licenses; renewals

License year; place of purchase; purchase period

Applicant, license information; commercial gear license for the fishing of menhaden

Temporary transfer of commercial gear licenses

Other licenses

Commercial gear license for gill net; permits to be used in the EEZ; dedication and expenditure of funds collected

Commercial crab fishing; apprentice license; requirements

Rod and reel gear license eligibility; class three or greater violations; prohibitions

Wholesale/retail seafood dealer's license; place of business; employees; exemptions; wholesale out-of-state crab shipping license

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

License fee; place of purchase

Wholesale/retail seafood dealer's license; license year; purchase period

Restrictions on buying and selling and transportation by wholesale/retail seafood dealers; restaurants and retail grocers

Records

Monthly returns to the department by wholesale/retail seafood dealers

Definitions

Transporter; license required

Transport license fee; underlying license

Buying and selling prohibition by transporters; exceptions

Number of licenses that can be purchased

Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 779, §2.

Transferability

Common carriers

Shipping records

Penalty

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 401, §2, eff. Nov. 15, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 401, §2, eff. Nov. 15, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 401, §2, eff. Nov. 15, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 401, §2, eff. Nov. 15, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 401, §2, eff. Nov. 15, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 737, §2

Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 876, §4, eff. July 23, 1985.

Control of fisheries; duty of commission; duty of the department

Confiscation of unlawful tackle

Sanctuaries and propagating places; closed zones

Fish ladders

Trespass on areas set aside for propagation of fish

Louisiana Catch and Cook Program; preparation of recreational fish or alligator in retail food establishments

Taking fish for scientific or educational purposes; permits

Fishing tournaments; special permits

Exotic fish; importation, sale, and possession of certain exotic species prohibited; permit required; penalty

Control of importation of fish; department's regulatory authority

Designation and taking of exotic fish

Methods of taking freshwater or saltwater fish

Use and possession of certain gill nets, trammel nets, strike nets, or seines; prohibited

Federal exclusive economic zone (EEZ)

Elevated trotlines prohibited; civil liability

Seines or nets; size of mesh; classification as to salt or fresh water; crawfish traps

Shad seine; commercial harvest of shad and skipjack herring

Shad gill nets; commercial harvest of shad and skipjack herring

Bait; methods of taking

Menhaden seines; restrictions

Daily take, possession, and size limits; freshwater recreational fish; possession of finfish filets prohibited

Size and possession limits; recreational saltwater finfish; penalties

Saltwater recreational finfish; total length

Spotted sea trout commercial taking; annual quota; red drum commercial taking, possession, or landing prohibited

Commercial taking of other saltwater finfish; exceptions; mesh size

Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 488, §2, eff. July 1, 1989.

Bait gulf menhaden; annual quota after regular closed season

Size and possession limits; commercial fish

Size limits set by commission

Vessels landing red drum; notice to department; equipment; inspection

Possession limits; size limits, seasons, quotas, times, and daily take limits, set by commission; penalties

Staggered and split seasons and quotas

Bowfin; size limitations; eggs

Closed season; bowfin

Sale or purchase of freshwater or saltwater game fish prohibited; commercial sales and purchases, commercial license required; commercial fingerlings and certified mariculture and aquaculture fish excepted; penalties

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 286, §2.

Conducting fishing operations so as not to destroy nests or natural hiding places of young fish; prohibited importation; control and regulation of noxious aquatic plants; permit; penalty

Obstruction of streams or lakes by fyke nets or other devices

Crawfish harvesters; crawfish traps

Crab Task Force

Repealed by Acts 1968, No. 625, §1.

Crabs; release of immature female crabs and crabs in berry stage; method of taking crabs; time limitations; by-catch; penalties, abandoned crab trap removal program; escape rings

Eel; methods of taking; licensing; marking; violation

Mullet; saltwater areas

Mullet; freshwater areas

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 184, §12.

Live mullet; harvest for bait

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Freshwater fishing allowed in designated saltwater areas

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Penalty for violation of sport fishing provisions

Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 490, §1.

Registration of vessels; application; misstatements; penalties

Transportation of fish to other states; reciprocity

Sections
340. 340 to 344

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §2.

Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 270, §2.

Sections
347. 347 to 353

Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 876, §4, eff. July 23, 1985.

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Penalty provision

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §2(C), eff. July 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §6, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §6, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §6, eff. June 30, 2019.

Commercial seining prohibited in Lake Bruin and other lakes: penalty

Commercial fishing in Lake Bruin prohibited; penalty

Commercial seining prohibited in Clear Lake; penalty

Use of seines, nets, or webbing in Bogue Chitto River prohibited; logging and hand grabbing of fish in Bogue Chitto River prohibited; penalty

Use of certain gear in Tchefuncte River and Lake Des Allemands prohibited; penalty

Use of trammel net, seine, gill net, or webbing prohibited in the waters of Breton Islands and Chandeleur Islands; exceptions; penalty

Use of trammel nets, gill nets, and seines in certain areas of Lake Borgne prohibited

Lake Maurepas; trawling prohibited; nets in certain areas prohibited

Saline Lake; Iatt Lake; triploid grass carp; introduction; expenditures

Penalty for the wasting of the state's fishery resources

Trawling at night prohibited on White Lake and Grand Lake

Paratrawling prohibited in canals; penalty

Use of trammel nets, gill nets, and strike nets in Calcasieu Lake in Cameron Parish prohibited

Sabine Lake; taking of crabs; seasons; gear; penalties

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 133, §1.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 133, §1.

Calcasieu Lake in Calcasieu Parish; use of trammel nets, gill nets, strike nets, and seines

Black Lake, Clear Lake, and Prairie Lake; marking of nets required; permitted and prohibited fishing gear; penalties

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 133, §1.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 133, §1.

Use of certain fishing gear on Poverty Point Reservoir; prohibition

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 133, §1.

Legislative findings and purpose

Issuance and renewal of domesticated aquatic organism license

Harvest and sale of domesticated aquatic organisms

Penalties

Exemption; aquatic livestock farmers

Oyster Task Force

Regulation of industry; residence of persons engaging in; employment of labor and vessels

Property rights; larceny or other public offense concerning; leases heritable and transferable; adjudication of claims

Taking of oysters

Illegal taking of oysters; penalties

Lease of water bottoms; stipulations; boundary disputes

Joint leasing of water bottoms for oyster cultivation and harvest

Filing and recordation of water bottoms leases

Initial application for lease

State, political subdivisions of the state, and the United States held harmless in coastal restoration

Commencement and duration of lease; renewal; fixing of rental rates

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.

Default in payment of rent; cancellation and forfeitures

Additional lease stipulations

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.

Unlawful removal of oysters or signs from leased propagating grounds; instructions to captain and crew of vessels; penalty

Devices to protect oysters from predation; use on leased acreage

Alternative oyster culture; permits

Territorial limitations

Oyster Lease Acquisition and Compensation Program

Annual reporting of coastal protection, conservation, and restoration project status

Culling oysters taken from natural reefs; size limits

Oyster seed ground vessel permit

Oyster seed grounds; designation and setting aside; rules and regulations concerning taking of seed oysters; areas recognized as oyster seed reservations; protection of oyster seed reservations

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Scrapers; use in removing oysters

Sabine Lake; prohibition on harvesting of oysters

Section
435.1.1

Oyster harvest in Calcasieu Lake

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 398, §2.

Restricted time of taking oysters

Sale of oysters for raw consumption within the state

Surveyor, definition

Staking off or bedding oysters on unleased water bottoms

Standard measurements; barrel

Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 38, §2, eff. May 28, 1999.

Collection and disposition of funds; dedication of funds

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

License number display

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Tags; distribution; use; containers; penalties

Freshwater mussels; rules; penalties

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Penalties

Ownership of water bottoms

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Recreational possession limit; recreational gear regulations

Time and method of taking clams

Approved ports

License display

Division of water bottoms

Demarcation line

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Catch limitations

Size limits

Penalty provision

Definitions

Incidental by-catch

Excluder devices

Control of shrimp fishery and industry

Louisiana Shrimp Task Force

Defining inside and outside waters

Trawling vessels; size of trawls; butterfly nets

Residence requirements; exception

Saltwater shrimp seasons; bait shrimp

Trawl, skimmer, or butterfly gear license eligibility

Size limit

Trawls, butterfly, and skimmer nets, and cast nets; size of mesh; length; diameter of butterfly and skimmer nets extensions; prohibited devices

Use of trawls in certain areas around Calcasieu Lake; use and identification of butterfly nets in certain sections of East and West Passes of the Calcasieu River, Grand Bayou, and Oyster Bayou

Butterfly and bottom nets; Lake Pontchartrain and Intracoastal Waterway

Butterfly and bottom nets; Oyster Bayou

Night shrimping; inside waters; Vermilion Bay; East and West Cote Blanche Bays; Atchafalaya Bay; exceptions; prohibition

Recreational possession limit; gear

Commercial taking of freshwater shrimp

Manifest of cargo of vessel carrying shrimp

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2002, No. 75, §2, eff. July 1, 2002.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Penalty for violation of Subpart

Sections
508. 508 to 513

Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 876, §4, eff. July 23, 1985.

Sections
514. 514 to 521

Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 53, §14, eff. June 24, 1958

§§522, 523 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 876, §4, eff. July 23, 1985.

§§524, 525 Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 53, §14, eff. June 24, 1958

Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 876, §4, eff. July 23, 1985.

Harvest and sale of crabs

§§552, 553 Repealed by Acts 1952, No. 627, §2

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

§§555, 556 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 876, §4, eff. July 23, 1985.

Disposition of moneys received

Enforcement of penalties by civil proceedings

§§559, 560 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 876, §4, eff. July 23, 1985.

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.

Underutilized species; policy and purpose; permits; fees; rules and regulations

Legality of contracts

Approval of contracts

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.

Rules, applications

Disbursements

Other powers and duties

Purposes

Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board; creation and organization

Powers, duties, and functions

Advertising, contracts, and sales offices

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 228, §3, eff. July 1, 2013.

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 228, §3, eff. July 1, 2013.

Appropriations; warrants; records

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 228, §3, eff. July 1, 2013.

Approval of regulations

Seafood packaging regulations

Labeling of catfish packaging; possession and exchange of certain catfish prohibited; penalties

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 228, §3, eff. July 1, 2013.

Labeling of "crawfish"

Imported crawfish or shrimp; notice to patrons; penalties

Louisiana Wild Seafood Certification Program

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

Expropriation of lands

Distribution of fish

Federal fish hatchery

Establishment authorized

Control of station; rules and regulations; donations; acquisition of property

Location; cooperation with federal agencies

Funds dedicated

Powers and duties

Definitions; applicability

Limitations of law

Licenses

Reptile and amphibian collector's license; scientific collector's permit

Reptile and amphibian wholesale/retail dealer's license; nonresident three-day license

Section
632.5.1

Constrictors and poisonous snakes

Methods of collection

License fee dedication

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 184, §14(B).

Transporter; license required; license fee; prohibitions; number of licenses; transferability; records; common carriers

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 612, §22, eff. July 1, 2020.

Frogs; season; jacklights; restrictions on taking

Diamondback terrapins; trapping; turtle eggs

License requirements; possession; nontransferability

Records

Definitions; applicability

Fish conservation, management, and sustainability; legislative intent

Findings

Purposes

Policy

Fishery standards

Title

Purposes

Definitions

Establishment of standards

Artificial Reef Development Program; authorities and responsibilities of cooperating agencies

Louisiana Artificial Reef Development Council

Preparation of the Louisiana Artificial Reef Development Plan

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Artificial Reef Development Fund

Permitting for the construction and management of artificial reefs

Liability

"Right to Fish" Law

Definitions

Right to fish; legislation; scientific data

Hunting, fishing licenses; Wild Louisiana Stamp; multi-year issuance; fees

Exclusive licensing authority; rules and regulations

Certification of certain not-for-profit organizations involved in charitable hunting and fishing activities; exemption from license requirements

Credit card or business check purchases

Exemption of persons under age sixteen and certain military personnel from licensing requirements; active duty service members, their spouses, and their children; retired members of the armed services

Fishing and hunting license checkoff; donation for Hunters for the Hungry

Fishing and hunting license checkoff; donation for veterans with disabilities

Louisiana Sportsman's Paradise license

Suspension or denial of hunting and fishing license; failure to pay child support, individual income tax, or unemployment compensation overpayment

Special outdoor press license

Definitions

Harassment and disturbance prohibited

Remedies, damages, and penalties

Failure to obey order; violation

Purpose

Lifetime hunting license

Lifetime sports fishing license

Combination lifetime hunting and sports fishing license

Nonresident combination lifetime hunting and fishing license

License; license books; transfer of license prohibited

Proof of residency and age; penalties

Infant combination lifetime hunting and fishing license

Lifetime License Endowment Trust Fund

Authorization of department to adopt rules and regulations

License

Rights under license

Information to accompany applications; annual fee

Conditions

Regulation of operations

Hunting and game laws to prevail; special licenses

Revocation of license; appeal

License periods

Penalties

Reciprocal agreement; fishing license

Reciprocal agreement; hunting license

Reciprocal agreement; common boundaries; taking or protection of fish or other aquatic life

Reciprocal agreement; common boundaries; wild quadrupeds or wild birds

Reciprocal agreement; statewide application; taking or protection of fish, other aquatic life, wild quadrupeds, or wild birds

Reciprocity; license fees; seasons; limits

Reciprocal agreements; Toledo Bend; Caddo Lake; special fishing licenses; fees

Hunting reciprocity; Mississippi

Turkey hunting reciprocity

Sections
681. 681 to 692

redesignated as R.S. 11:581 to 591.

Purpose

Amount of additional salary

Special fund

Disbursement of funds

Participation in firearm and hunter education course in addition to penalties for hunting violations

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 364, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 364, §2.

Regulation of firearm and hunter education

Penalty provision

Firearm and hunter education requirement

Firearm and hunter education exemption

Four wheeler and all-terrain vehicle instruction

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 335, §2.

Membership

Council powers; duties; responsibilities

Definitions

Establishment, continuance, and purposes of fund; geographical coverage; assessments

Rules and regulations

Disbursement of funds; eligibility; hearings

Facilities reports; survey of obstruction; labelling

Termination date

Purpose

Definitions

Damages to oyster leases; mineral activity; settlements and claims

Establishment of the board

Rules and regulations

Cooperation with federal government

Acquisition of necessary property; powers of commission

Lease or sale of lands to federal government by levee boards

Protection of watersheds of navigable streams

Cooperative agreements

Powers of director; hunting and fishing licenses; rules and regulations

Penalty for violation of rules and regulations

Authorization

Game and fish commission; rules and regulations

Game and fish commissions, Lafourche Parish

Transfer of lands by levee boards and school boards

Dykes or dams; excavations

Expropriation of property; revocation of rules and regulations

Fees for privilege of hunting and fishing; erection of camps

Approval of rules and regulations; promulgation; penalties

Appropriations out of general fund; special taxes; employment of deputy sheriff

Anacoco-Prairie State Game and Fish Preserve; transfer

Dedication of state lands withdrawn from entry

Control of area; rules and regulations

Trapping, hunting, or fishing on preserve

Penalty for violation of rules and regulations

Protection of wild animals and birds on wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, and public hunting grounds

Imported wild birds and animals protected in general

Acceptance of other lands and designation as wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, and public hunting grounds; rules and regulations; Rainey Sanctuary; National Audubon Society

Penalty for violation of R.S. 56:761, R.S. 56:762 or R.S. 56:763

Donations for wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, and public hunting grounds; applicability of certain laws

Taking of mayhaw berries; rules and regulations

Private property surrounded by certain wildlife management areas; regulation of hunting and fishing

Private property surrounded by wildlife management areas; access

Authorization for creation of wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, public hunting grounds, upland game preserves, and wildlife sanctuaries

Notice of intention to dedicate lands; publication

Lease of lands; publication of notice

Reforestation projects; contracts with owners of land; notice

Posting of land; stocking; rules and regulations

Dedication of land; trespass; destruction or defacing signs; arrest

Penalty for violation of Subpart

Protection of wild birds or animals; penalty for violation of Subpart

Secretary excepted

Purchase of portions of Atchafalaya River Basin; nature, recreation and wildlife management area

Lake Fausse Point, Lake Dauterive, and Grand Avoille Cove Advisory Board

Rockefeller Foundation Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve; revenues; allocation

Russell Sage or Marsh Island Refuge

MC Davis Conservation Fund

Purpose

Definitions

White Lake Property Fund

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 203, §3.

Commission duties and responsibilities

Department duties and responsibilities; powers

Exemption from restrictions of area and number; fair market value

Timber management, lease, or sale

Particular game and fish preserves and commissions recognized and continued

Responsibilities and duties

Lake Pontchartrain State Bird Sanctuary

Lake Catherine and Lake Pontchartrain Sanctuary

Establishment of recreational reef sites; designation and regulation

§901.

Bayou Liberty; clearing; expropriation prohibited

Sections
1471. 1471 to 1584

Redesignated as R.S. 3:4271-4384 pursuant to R.S. 24:253.

Exploitation of natural resources by director or employees prohibited; removal or dismissal for violation; application

Forfeitures of all rights, property, money, or things of value acquired

Transfer of rights or property acquired in violation of R.S. 56:1621

Creation; purpose and duties; members; appointments and terms; compensation; chairman; meetings

Office of state parks; purpose

Office of state parks; authority to classify

Categories of classification

Cypremort Point State Park; design standards; applicability

Classification of holdings

Gary James Hebert Memorial Lockhouse

J. D. "Prof" Lafleur Visitor Center at the Louisiana State Arboretum

Use of terms prohibited

Secretary, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism; powers

Posting of state parks' boundaries; rules and regulations

Taking of mayhaw berries; rules and regulations

Park wardens; powers and duties

Violation of rules and regulations; penalty

Capacity to sue and be sued

Possession of firearms

Exemption from entrance fees; elderly

Fee exemption for "Golden Age Passport" holders; camp sites

Exemption from entrance fees; school children

Exemption from fees; children in state's legal custody

Exemption for "Golden Access Passport" holders; day-use entrance fees; camping fees

Exemption for America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass and Access Pass holders; camping fees

Exemption from entrance fees; certain veterans

Annual day use entrance permits to state parks

Surplus from operation of parks

Sale or donation of lands belonging to school or levee board

Title to state parks

Chicot State Park, special facilities camp for persons with disabilities; creation; advisory committee; programs; use

Clinton Confederate Cemetery, operation and maintenance; transfer to cemetery association

Kent Plantation House, agreements for operation and maintenance

Palmetto Island State Park; agreements for operation and maintenance

Louisiana State Parks Improvement and Repair Fund

Bayou Segnette State Park; operation of the wave pool

Poverty Point Reservoir Development Fund

Audubon Golf Trail Development Fund

Authority

Grand Isle beach area; cleaning; maintenance

Audubon Park Commission; creation; membership

Powers and duties

Contract for operation of park and zoo

Secretary; staff

Rules to preserve order and protect property; penalties

Funds for park

Preservation of abandoned railroad transportation property

Exercise of preservation rights

Cooperative endeavors

Intergovernmental cooperation; financing

Ownership and usage

Secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism; powers and functions

Authorized representative

Agreements with United States; coordination

Availability of funds

Agreements on behalf of political subdivisions

Construction of Chapter

Cooperation of state agencies and subdivisions with secretary

Functions and duties of state agencies

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.

Louisiana Natural Heritage Program

Agreements; land conservation organizations

Wild Louisiana Stamp

Wild Louisiana Guide License

Short title

Policies; purposes

Definitions

Administrator; duties and powers

Scenic Rivers Fund

Nomination, recommendation, designation, and declassification of natural and scenic rivers; legislative funding

Management plan

Natural and scenic rivers

Planning considerations

Evaluation and permitting

Rules and regulations

Penalties and enforcement

Privately owned streams; copies of rules

Prohibited uses

Commercial cutting of trees

Exceptions

Historic and scenic rivers

Short title

Legislative findings and purpose

Definitions

Powers and duties of department

Register of natural areas

Registration of natural areas

Dedication of natural areas

Management, protection and inspection of natural area preserves

Rules and regulations

Legislative findings and declarations

Definitions

Conservation, study, regulation; authority

Threatened or endangered species, determination; notice; lists; regulations

Retroactivity; importation

Endangered species stamps

Penalties and enforcement

Findings, policy, and purposes

Acquisition of land

Wildlife Habitat and Natural Heritage Trust

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.

Management

Purpose

Definitions

Route of Cote Joyeuse

Highland Road; designation

Definitions

Purpose

Definitions

Criteria

Regional development; legislative committee approval

Louisiana Byways designations

Signage; official state map designation; official logo

Exclusions from Louisiana Byway designation

Section
1948.11

Creation of the Louisiana Byways Commission; jurisdiction; purpose

Section
1948.12

Board of commissioners

Section
1948.13

Powers of the commission

Old Perkins Road; designation

Definitions

Purpose

Route of the Louisiana Great River Road

Section
1950.11

Old Metairie Road Business and Cultural District; designation

Section
1950.12

Definitions

Section
1950.13

Signage

Purpose

Definitions

Louisiana Colonial Trails; requirements; designations

Scenic highways; purpose

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.

License to dredge; royalties; exemptions

Violations and penalties; injunctive relief

Revocation of licenses

Emergency cease and desist orders

Mandamus to compel issuance of license

Title

Purpose

Establishment of standards

Terrebonne Parish Artificial Reef Development Commission

Composition of commission

Commission; officers; meetings; reports

Powers of the commission

Dedication of funds

Tax

Obligations of the district

Securities

Exemption from taxation

General compliances; enhancement

Permitting of artificial reefs

Liability

Unplugged wells

Rules and regulations

Recreational license requirements; definitions

Recreational fishing licenses; fees

Recreational hunting licenses; fees

Resident and nonresident WMA permits; fees

Combination licenses (includes all hunting, fishing, and WMA privileges); fees

Lifetime licenses

Violations

Dedication of license revenue