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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 498
BY SENATOR CHABERT
FISH/FISHING. Provides relative to fees collected from the sale of charter boat fishing
guide licenses. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:302.9(G), relative to charter boat fishing guide licenses; to2
provide for the fees collected from the sale of charter boat fishing guide licenses; to3
provide for expenditure of funds; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 56:302.9(G) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง302.9. Charter boat fishing guide license; nonresident fee7
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G. The fees derived pursuant to this Section shall be placed in the9
conservation fund. Fifty percent of the fees shall be used solely for the enforcement10
of the laws and regulations governing finfish. Ten percent of the fees shall be used11
solely for the Louisiana Recreational Fishing Development Board, R.S. 56:580.1 et12
seq. Forty percent of the fees shall be used for administration. Ten percent of the13
fees collected annually from the sale of charter boat fishing guide licenses shall14
be used by the department for the promotion of the industry and protection of15
the fishery. Such fees are to be expended for such purposes through the16
Louisiana Charter Boat Association.17 SB NO. 498
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Broussard-Johnson.
DIGEST
Present law provides that 50% of fees collected from charter boat fishing guide licenses will
be used for the enforcement of laws governing finfish; 10% of fees will be used for the La.
Recreational Fishing Development Board; and 40% of the fees will be used for
administration.
Proposed law deletes present law and provides that 10% of fees collected will be used for
promotion of the charter boat industry and fishery protection.
Proposed law allows such fees to be expended through the Louisiana Charter Boat
Association.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 56:302.9(G))