DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 564 Original 2016 Regular Session Richard
Abstract: Includes fishing as an authorized public use of the bank of a navigable stream or
waterway.
Present law provides that the banks of navigable rivers or streams are private things that are subject
to public use. Further provides that the bank of a navigable river or stream is the land lying between
the ordinary low and the ordinary high stage of the water.
Present law provides that when there is a levee in proximity to the water, established according to
law, the levee shall form the bank.
Proposed law defines that "public use" includes, but is not limited to fishing.
(Amends C.C. Art. 456)