DIGEST
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HB 565 Original 2016 Regular Session Richard
Abstract: Provides relative to access by boat for limited purposes to waters that have overflowed
the banks of navigable streams or waterways.
Proposed law provides that when the waters from a state-claimed navigable waterway overflows its
bank or shore, a person shall have access by boat to such overflow waters for the purpose of
recreational hook and line fishing.
Proposed law provides that "hook and line" is limited to fishing with a rod with or without a reel.
Proposed law further provides that a person shall have access to the ordinary high stage of navigable
waters in the Atchafalaya Basin for the purpose of commercial fishing.
Proposed law provides that the liability, if any, of a private owner for the recreational uses of
property as authorized herein shall be limited as set forth in R.S. 9:2791 and 2795, which provide
limitations of liability for private landowners when their property is used for certain recreational
purposes.
Proposed law further provides that it shall not apply to private marshlands that are inundated with
high tides, or to private canals inundated with overflow waters from a state-claimed navigable
waterway.
(Adds R.S. 9:2791.1)