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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 341
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:699.5(A) and (B) and 699.6 and to repeal R.S. 56:699.1 and2
699.2, relative to the firearm and hunter education courses; to provide for firearm3
and hunter education requirements; to provide terms and conditions for exceptions4
from firearm and hunter education; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 56:699.5(A) and (B) and 699.6 are hereby amended and reenacted7
to read as follows: 8
§699.5. Firearm and hunter education requirement9
A.(1) No person born on or after September 1, 1969, shall hunt with a10
firearm unless that person has first been issued a certificate of satisfactory11
completion of a firearm and hunter education course taught or approved by the12
department, or possesses a valid hunting license issued by the department.13
(2) However, a person under sixteen years of age may hunt without such14
certificate if he is accompanied by and is under the direct supervision of a person15
who was born before September 1, 1969, and has a valid hunting license or who16
is eighteen years of age or older and has a valid hunting license or proof of17
successful completion of a firearm and hunter safety education course approved by18
the department. For the purposes of this Subsection, "direct supervision" means that19
the person being supervised shall be within a normal audible voice proximity and in20
direct line of sight of the supervising adult at all times while hunting.21
(3) However, a person who has not completed the firearm and hunter22
education course required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection may be issued a valid23
hunting license by the department. Such license shall be issued with a restriction that24
requires that person be accompanied by and under the direct supervision of a person25
who was born before September 1, 1969, and has a valid hunting license or who26
is eighteen years of age or older and has a valid hunting license or proof of27 SB NO. 341 ENROLLED
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successful completion of a firearm and hunter safety education course approved by1
the department.2
B. A person who is developmentally disabled and unable to successfully3
complete a firearm and hunter education safety course may be issued a restricted4
firearm and hunter education certificate that permits him to hunt, if he is5
accompanied by and is under the direct supervision of a person who was born6
before September 1, 1969, and has a valid hunting license or who is eighteen7
years of age or older and has a valid hunting license or proof of successful8
completion of a firearm and hunter safety education course approved by the9
department. Documentation of the developmental disability from a licensed medical10
doctor shall be presented prior to the issuance of a restricted hunter education11
certificate.12
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§699.6. Firearm and hunter education exemption14
The provisions of R.S. 56:699.1, 699.2, and 699.5 shall not apply to any15
active or veteran member of the United States armed services or to any POST-16
certified law enforcement officer or to any individual with current POST-17
certification. The commission may adopt rules to implement this Section including18
rules regarding evidence of such service. Application for the exemption authorized19
in this Section shall be filed in person at the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries20
main office building in the city of Baton Rouge, or at any other location designated21
by the department.22
Section 2. R.S. 56:699.1 and 699.2 are hereby repealed.23
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: