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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 246
BY SENATOR MORRISH
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:495(A)(3) and (4) and to enact R.S. 56:495(A)(4.1) and (4.2)2
and (E), relative to shrimping; to provide for the inside and outside shrimp line; to3
alter the line to conform to the existing coastline after changes resultant from coastal4
erosion and subsidence; to allow the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission5
to amend the demarcation line; to provide terms, conditions, and requirements; and6
to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 56:495(A)(3) and (4) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.9
56:495(A)(4.1) and (4.2) and (E) are hereby enacted to read as follows: 10
§495. Defining inside and outside waters11
A. Solely for the purpose of this Subpart, the shrimping waters of the state12
are divided into two classes, inside and outside waters. The line of demarcation of13
the classes of water shall commence at the coastal boundary between Texas and14
Louisiana and terminate at the coastal boundary between Mississippi and Louisiana15
and is more particularly described as follows, to wit:16
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(3) Thence in an easterly direction along the shoreline to the southwest point18
of land of Calcasieu Pass, approx. lat. 29°45'3344" N. long. 93°20'45" W.19
(4) Thence N. 45°12' E. for approximately 1500' to the southeast point of land20
of Calcasieu Pass, lat. 29°45'48" N. long. 93°20'30" W. Thence north for21
approximately 2.37 nautical miles along the western shore of the Calcasieu Ship22
Channel at lat. 29° 48' 06" N. long. 93° 20' 54" W.23
(4.1) Thence east to the point of land on the Calcasieu Ship Channel on24
the north side of the old river channel at lat. 29° 48' 05" N. long. 93° 20' 41" W.25 SB NO. 246 ENROLLED
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(4.2) Thence following the eastern shore of the old river channel back1
around to the Calcasieu Ship Channel thence south along the eastern shore of2
the Calcasieu Ship Channel to the most southern point of land at lat. 29° 45' 43"3
N. long. 93° 20' 33" W.4
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E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the6
commission may amend by rule the line of demarcation set by law in Subsection7
A of this Section in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.8
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: