RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 114 (HB 423) 2016 Regular Session Bishop
Existing law requires wholesale/retail seafood dealers purchasing or acquiring seafood
complete a commercial receipt form that requires the following information: wholesale/retail
seafood dealer's name and license number, commercial fisherman's name, license number
and signature, transaction date, species identification, quantity and units of each species, size
and condition of each species, unit price of each species, and permit number for species
requiring a permit to harvest.
Existing law requires wholesale/retail seafood dealers return all commercial receipt forms
to the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries on or before the 10th of each month. Existing law
authorizes the promulgation of rules prescribing the confidentiality of the data submitted and
requires the ability to submit the data electronically.
Existing law does not require a licensed wholesale/retail seafood dealer purchasing reptiles
or amphibians to obtain a license required by existing law on reptiles and amphibians, but
does require their compliance with rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to existing
law providing for reptiles and amphibians.
New law retains existing law.
New law requires any wholesale/retail dealer who purchases reptiles or amphibians to
complete a commercial receipt form and return all commercial receipt forms to the
department in the same manner as provided in existing law.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 56:637(B) and (E))