Riser (SB 84) Act No. 366
New law provides that individuals who purchase fishing or hunting licenses have the option
of making a donation to Hunters for the Hungry at the time of purchase of the license and
upon the form prescribed by the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
New law establishes the Hunters for the Hungry Account within the Conservation Fund and
provides that all donations, after compliance with the constitutional provisions regarding the
Bond Security and Redemption Fund, be deposited in the account.
New law requires that every three months the treasurer is to remit the balance of the account
to the nonprofit Hunters for the Hungry. Requires that monies in the account be used solely
as provided in new law and that all unexpended and unencumbered monies in the account
at the end of the fiscal year remain in the fund to be invested by the state treasurer in the
same manner as monies in the state general fund.
New law provides that no more than 10% of the monies in the account may be used for
administrative costs and the remaining balance be used solely by Hunters for the Hungry for
the processing and delivery of meats by not-for-profit or charitable organizations.
New law requires that all monies used pursuant to the account be subject to audit by the
legislative auditor.
New law requires that at the end of each calendar year, the Hunters for the Hungry is to
submit to the House Natural Resources and Environment Committee and the Senate
Committee on Natural Resources a report detailing the revenue and expenditures of the
account and a description of the organization's activities related to the account.
Effective June 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 56:644)