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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 369
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
FISH/FISHING. Provides for the possession limits of crappie on Lake D'Arbonne. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:325(B)(3) and (C), relative to the possession limit for crappie2
caught on Lake D'Arbonne; to remove certain rule making restrictions related to3
Lake D'Arbonne; to provide terms, conditions, and requirements; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 56:325(B)(3) and (C) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows: 8
ยง325. Daily take, possession, and size limits; freshwater recreational fish; possession9
of finfish filets prohibited10
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B.12
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(3) The possession limit for crappie caught in Toledo Bend Reservoir and in14
Lake D'Arbonne on a recreational license shall be one hundred fish.15
C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the16
commission may amend by rule, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure17 SB NO. 369
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Act, size limits, daily take limits, possession limits, seasons, and times set by law for1
freshwater recreational fish. Such limits, seasons, and times may vary between and2
among waterbodies based on biological data or for purposes of research or3
experimentation. However, the commission shall not amend by rule the provisions4
of Paragraph (A)(5) of this Section as it applies to Lake D'Arbonne and Paragraph5
(B)(3) of this Section.6
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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
Walsworth (SB 369)
Present law sets a 100 fish possession limit for crappie on Lake D'Arbonne.
Proposed law changes the limit from 100 to 50.
Present law authorizes the La. Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to amend by rule size
limits, daily take limits, possession limits, seasons and times for recreational fish, but
prohibits the commission from amending the crappie limit on Lake D'Arbonne.
Proposed law removes the prohibition related to the possession limit for crappie on Lake
D'Arbonne.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 56:325(B)(3) and (C))