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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 534
BY SENATOR HEBERT
PUBLIC LANDS. Allows the possession of firearms on certain public lands. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R. S. 56:109(C) and to enact R.S. 56:1691, relative to possession of2
firearms; to allow the possession of firearms on certain state lands; to provide terms3
and conditions; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 56:109(C) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 56:1691 is6
hereby enacted to read as follows:7
§109. Wildlife management areas; wildlife refuges; public hunting grounds and8
recreation areas; notice; signs; disabled hunters9
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C. No person shall knowingly take, attempt to take, disturb, or destroy any11
wild bird or wild quadruped or the nest, egg, or young thereof on lands set apart as12
wildlife management areas and wildlife refuges, or have in his possession or keep,13
while on the lands, any firearm, trap, snare, or other device capable of being used in14
the taking or disturbance of the birds or quadrupeds on such areas, unless the person15
previously has been expressly authorized by a permit from the department to do so16
and only for the purpose and under the conditions specified in the permit.17 SB NO. 534
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§1691. Possession of firearms2
A person who lawfully possesses a firearm may possess or transport such3
firearm within the boundaries of a state park, state historic site, state4
preservation area, wildlife management area, or wildlife refuge.5
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
Hebert (SB 534)
Present law prohibits the possession of a firearm while on wildlife management areas or
wildlife refuges unless the person has a permit from the Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries.
Proposed law allows a person who lawfully possesses a firearm to possess or transport such
firearm within the boundaries of a state park, state historic site, state preservation area,
wildlife management area, or wildlife refuge.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 56:109(C); adds R.S. 56:1691)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Natural Resources to
the original bill.
1. Adds wildlife management areas and wildlife refuges to places where a
person can possess a firearm.