ENROLLED
ACT No. 303
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 198
BY REPRESENTATIVE ST. GERMAIN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 56:305(B)(2) and (C)(1), relative to commercial crab fishing; to
3 increase the fees for participation in the commercial crab fishery; to increase the
4 dedications to certain accounts from the funds collected by the crab trap gear license;
5 to establish an exception to the senior commercial fishing license exemption; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 56:305(B)(2) and (C)(1) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
9 as follows:
10 ยง305. Commercial gear license; issuance to certain nonresidents prohibited;
11 moratorium on certain new gear licenses; renewals
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13 B. Residents shall pay a commercial gear fee as follows:
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15 (2) Crab traps: thirty-five fifty dollars to use any legal number of crab traps
16 for the privilege of using crab traps to fish commercially. An amount equal to five
17 ten dollars from each commercial crab trap gear license shall be credited to the
18 Derelict Crab Trap Removal Program Account as provided in R.S. 56:10(B)(13), and
19 an amount equal to five ten dollars from each commercial crab trap license shall be
20 credited to the Crab Promotion and Marketing Account as provided in R.S.
21 56:10(B)(1)(e). Any resident who holds a senior commercial fishing license shall
22 be exempt from the provisions of this Paragraph.
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are additions. HB NO. 198 ENROLLED
1 C.(1)(i) The commercial gear fee for nonresidents is four times the gear fee
2 for residents; however, the nonresident fee for oyster dredges and tongs in particular
3 shall be eight times the fee for residents.
4 (ii) An amount equal to twenty forty dollars for each nonresident
5 commercial crab trap gear license shall be credited to the Derelict Crab Trap
6 Removal Program Account as provided in R.S. 56:10(B)(13), and an amount
7 equal to twenty forty dollars from each commercial crab trap gear license
8 shall be credited to the Crab Promotion and Marketing Account as provided
9 in R.S. 56:10(B)(1)(e).
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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