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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 81
BY REPRESENTATIVE SAM JONES
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES DEP: Adds membership to the Lake Fausse Point and Grand
Avoille Cove Advisory Board and provides for their jurisdiction over Lake Dautrieve
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:796(A) and (B)(1), relative to the Lake Fausse Point and2
Grand Avoille Cove Advisory Board; to provide relative to membership of the board;3
to provide with respect to jurisdiction over Lake Dautrieve; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 56:796(A) and (B)(1) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows: 8
ยง796. Lake Fausse Point, Lake Dautrieve, and Grand Avoille Cove Advisory Board9
A. The Lake Fausse Point, Lake Dautrieve, and Grand Avoille Cove10
Advisory Board, hereafter in this Section referred to as the board, is hereby created11
to advise the secretary on matters pertaining to the preservation of the Lake Fausse12
Point, Lake Dautrieve, and Grand Avoille Cove area and to the development of13
recreational opportunities in the area.14
B.(1) The commission is comprised as follows:15
(a) The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives representing16
House District Number 49 or his designee.17
(b) The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives representing18
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(c) The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives representing1
House District Number 46 or his designee.2
(c) (d) The member of the Louisiana Senate representing Senate District3
Number 21 or his designee.4
(d) (e) The member of the Louisiana Senate representing Senate District5
Number 22 or his designee.6
(e) (f) Two members of the Chitimacha Tribe appointed by the governing7
authority of the tribe.8
(f) (g) One member appointed by the mayor of Baldwin subject to9
confirmation by the governing authority of Baldwin.10
(g) (h) One member appointed by the mayor of Jeanerette subject to11
confirmation by the governing authority of Jeanerette.12
(h) (i) The member of the St. Mary Parish governing authority representing13
Council District Number 1 or his designee.14
(i) (j) The member of the Iberia Parish governing authority representing15
Council District Number 11 or his designee.16
(k) The member of the St. Martin Parish governing authority representing17
Council District Number 1 or his designee.18
(j) (l) The Eagle Point Park Committee shall appoint two of its members to19
serve on the board.20
(k) (m) The members of the Legislature of Louisiana referenced in21
Subparagraphs (a) through (d) (e) of this Paragraph shall collectively appoint one22
licensed commercial fisherman.23
(l) (n) The members of the Legislature of Louisiana referenced in24
Subparagraphs (a) through (d) (e) of this Subsection shall appoint one member from25
a list of three nominations submitted by the local chapter of Ducks Unlimited.26
(m) (o) The governing authority of the St. Mary Parish Consolidated Water27
and Sewer District of Charenton shall appoint one of its members to serve on the28
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(n) (p) The lieutenant governor, the secretary of the Department of Wildlife1
and Fisheries, and the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources may each2
designate an individual to serve as a nonvoting member of the board.3
(q) The parish presidents for Iberia Parish, St. Martin Parish, and St. Mary4
Parish, shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the board or may designate5
a person to serve in their stead.6
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Sam Jones HB No. 81
Abstract: Adds membership to the Lake Fausse Point and Grand Avoille Cove Advisory
Board and provides for their jurisdiction over Lake Dautrieve.
Present law creates the Lake Fausse Point and Grand Avoille Cove Advisory Board to advise
the secretary of the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries on matters related to the proper
management of Lake Fausse Point and Grand Avoille Cove.
Proposed law includes Lake Dautrieve under the jurisdiction of the board and adds new
members to the board as follows:
(1)The member of the House of Representatives representing District 46 or his
designee.
(2)The member of the St. Martin Parish governing authority representing Council
District 1 or his designee.
(3)The parish presidents for Iberia Parish, St. Martin Parish, and St. Mary Parish shall
serve as ex officio nonvoting members. Authorizes the parish presidents to designate
a person to serve in their stead.
(Amends R.S. 56:796(A) and (B)(1))