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ACT No. 269
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 695
BY REPRESENTATIVES WOOTON, BOBBY BADON, BALDONE, BILLIOT,
BROSSETT, HENRY BURNS, CARMODY, CHAMPAGNE, CHANDLER,
CONNICK, CROMER, DOVE, EDWARDS, GALLOT, GISCLAIR, GUINN,
HARRISON, HAZEL, HENDERSON, HOWARD, HUTTER, GIROD JACKSON,
LABRUZZO, LOPINTO, LORUSSO, NORTON, PEARSON, PUGH, RICHARD,
RICHMOND, SCHRODER, SIMON, JANE SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, TEMPLET,
THIBAUT, TUCKER, AND WILLIAMS
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 56:437, relative to the sale of oysters; to authorize the sale for raw2
consumption of oysters which have been harvested from Louisiana waters; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 56:437 is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง437. Sale of oysters for raw consumption within the state7
Oysters which have been harvested from Louisiana waters may be sold for8
raw consumption within the state at all times during the year. Federal regulations9
which may prohibit the interstate transportation and sale of oysters which have not10
been post-harvest treated shall not apply to oysters harvested, sold, and consumed11
within the state of Louisiana. The Department of Health and Hospitals shall12
promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to administer the13
provisions of this Section and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shall assist14
in the enforcement of such rules.15
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: