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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 557
BY REPRESENTATIVE HENSGENS
HUNTING: Authorizes the taking of certain nuisance animals
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:116.1(D)(1), relative to hunting; to provide for the authority2
of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and the secretary of the Department of3
Wildlife and Fisheries; to provide for trapping outlaw quadrupeds; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 56:116.1(D)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง116.1. Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; times and methods of taking; penalties8
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D.(1) Outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, or beaver may be taken at any time of year10
from one-half hour before official sunrise to one-half hour after official sunset,11
without limit as to number, except by trapping during the closed season for nongame12
quadrupeds; however, such trapping may be used only under special permit issued13
by the department, except such trapping of feral hogs outlaw quadrupeds may be14
used without special permit in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated15
by the commission.16
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HB NO. 557
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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)]
Hensgens HB No. 557
Abstract: Authorizes the taking of outlaw quadrupeds by trapping.
Present law authorizes the taking of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, or beaver any time of year
during daytime hours without limit, except for taking by means of trapping during closed
season for nongame quadrupeds. Such trapping may be used under a special permit issued
by the department.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law authorizes the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to promulgate rules and
regulations authorizing the trapping of feral hogs any time of year without a special permit.
Proposed law retains present law except authorizes such rules and regulations for trapping
without a special permit to apply to trapping all outlaw quadrupeds, which include coyotes,
armadillos, and feral hogs.
(Amends R.S. 56:116.1(D)(1))