RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
Act 259 (SB 133) 2015 Regular Session Peacock
Prior law authorized a parish governing authority to zone in order to prohibit, restrict, or
regulate hunting and the shooting of firearms in heavily populated areas, as determined by
each authority, within their parishes, and to set penalties for violations.
New law provides that a "heavily populated area" shall not include any of the following:
(1)Any parcel or tract of land that is in excess of five acres and which includes no more
than one single-family residence on the parcel or tract.
(2)A dedicated residential subdivision that is recorded in the parish conveyance records
in which each residential lot or unit of the subdivision is in excess of five acres.
Effective August 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 33:120)