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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 312
BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON
HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides for reduced fees for resident hunting and fishing licenses
for veterans
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:302.2(B) and to enact R.S. 56:104(B)(1), relative to fees for2
hunting and fishing licenses; to provide for a reduced license cost for Louisiana3
residents who have been honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces;4
and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 56: 302.2(B) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 56:104(B)(1)7
is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
§104. License fees; reciprocity; exceptions9
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B.(1) Louisiana residents who have been honorably discharged from the11
United States Armed Forces, upon showing identification and proof satisfactory to12
the department of such honorable discharge and payment of a five dollar license fee,13
shall be issued all hunting licenses and permits, including a WMA hunting permit.14
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§302.2. Exception for certain residents, nonresidents, and military personnel from16
purchase or possession of basic recreational and saltwater license17
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B.(1) The following recreational fishermen, upon identification and proof of1
disability documentation satisfactory to the department, shall be issued a basic2
recreational fishing license and saltwater license without payment of any fees:3
(1)(a) A resident who is a veteran of the armed forces United States Armed4
Forces, the Louisiana Army National Guard, or the Louisiana Air National Guard,5
having a permanent service connected disability classification of fifty percent or6
more;.7
(2)(b) A resident who is blind, paraplegic, or is a single or multiple amputee,8
or is required to use one or more artificial limbs or permanent braces for mobility as9
a result of a permanent and total disability.10
(2) Louisiana residents who have been honorably discharged from the United11
States Armed Forces, upon showing identification and proof satisfactory to the12
department of such honorable discharge and payment of a five dollar license fee,13
shall be issued all fishing licenses.14
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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)]
Thompson HB No. 312
Abstract: Provides for reduced fees for resident hunting and fishing licenses for veterans.
Present law provides for certain fees to be charged for various hunting and fishing licenses.
Proposed law provides for a $5 fee for hunting and fishing licenses for La. residents who
have been honorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces.
(Amends R.S. 56:302.2(B); Adds R.S. 56:104(B)(1))