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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 170
BY SENATOR LONG
WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT. Provides relative to the release of certain game, fowl, or
fish. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:20(A) and (B), relative to the release of certain game, fowl,2
or fish; to provide for the liberation of pen-raised or wild animal, fowl, or fish; to3
provide for the release of pen-raised turkeys and pheasants; to provide terms,4
conditions, and requirements; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 56:20(A) and (B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows: 8
ยง20. Releasing game, fowl, or fish; permission; intrastate restocking; violations 9
A. No pen-raised or wild animal, fowl, or fish of any species from within or10
without the state shall be liberated within the state except upon written permission11
of the secretary. No pen-raised turkey or pheasant from within or without the state12
shall be liberated within the state except upon written permission of the secretary.13
B. No wild animal, or fowl, or fish of any species shall be transported for14
restocking purposes from a site within the state to any other site within the state15
except in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the commission.16
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
Long (SB 170)
Present law prohibits the in state release of any pen-raised or wild animal, fowl, or fish from
without the state except upon permission of the secretary of DWF.
Proposed law prohibits the in state release of any pen-raised or wild animal, fowl, or fish
from within the state except upon permission of the secretary of DWF.
Present law prohibits the in state release of any pen-raised turkey or pheasant from within
or without the state except upon permission of the secretary of DWF.
Proposed law removes present law.
Present law prohibits the transportation of any wild animal or fowl for restocking purposes
except in accordance with the commission rules.
Proposed law adds fish to the list of animals prohibited from transporting for restocking
purposes.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 56:20(A) and (B))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Natural Resources to
the original bill
1. Removes provision allowing certain persons to take escaped or released
white-tailed deer, axis deer, fallow deer, sika deer, red deer, and elk.