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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 473
BY SENATOR LONG
HUNTERS/HUNTING. Provides relative to nonresident combination lifetime hunting and
fishing licenses for certain veterans who have been wounded or disabled during active duty.
(8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:649.4, relative to nonresident combination lifetime hunting2
and fishing licenses; to provide for the purchase of certain combination licenses for3
veterans who have been wounded or disabled; to provide requirements, terms, and4
conditions; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 56:649.4 is hereby amended to read as follows: 7
ยง649.4. Nonresident combination lifetime hunting and fishing license 8
A. Any nonresident may obtain a combination lifetime hunting and fishing9
license which shall entitle the licensee to all of the privileges of both the lifetime10
hunting and lifetime sports fishing licenses provided for in R.S. 56:649.1 and 649.2.11
The fee for the nonresident combination lifetime license shall be three thousand12
dollars.13
(B).(1) Any nonresident veteran who has been wounded or disabled14
during active duty with one of the armed forces of the United States or a reserve15
component, including the National Guard, may obtain a combination lifetime16
hunting and fishing license which shall entitle the licensee to all of the privileges17 SB NO. 473
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of both the lifetime hunting and lifetime sports fishing licenses provided for in1
R.S. 56:649.1 and 649.2. The fee for such nonresident combination lifetime2
license shall be three hundred dollars.3
(2) Such nonresident veteran must possess a valid Louisiana birth4
certificate, and provide satisfactory proof of having been a Louisiana resident5
for at least ten years.6
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Broussard-Johnson.
DIGEST
Present law allows a nonresident to obtain a combination lifetime hunting and fishing license
for a fee of $3000.00
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the fee for a combination lifetime hunting
and fishing license for a nonresident veteran who has been disabled or wounded during
active duty shall be $300.00.
Proposed law provides that such veteran must possess a valid Louisiana birth certificate and
provide satisfactory proof of being a Louisiana resident for at least 10 years.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 56:649.4)