GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 636 2016 Regular Session Leopold
(KEYWORD, SUMMARY, AND DIGEST as amended by Senate committee
amendments)
Amends the public oyster seed ground vessel permit.
DIGEST
Present law requires possession of an oyster seed ground vessel permit for any vessel
carrying or harvesting oysters from a public natural reef or oyster seed ground. Provides that
the fee for such permit is $15 for Louisiana residents and $60 for nonresidents. Allowed
application for the vessel permit up to Dec. 31, 2012, but prohibited any applications
thereafter. Sunsets the existence of the permit beginning Nov. 15, 2016.
Proposed law increases the fees for the permits for a single scraper vessel to $250 for a
resident and $1,000 for a nonresident and for a double scraper vessel to $500 for a resident
and $2,000 for a nonresident. Dedicates all the fees derived from sale of the permits to the
Public Oyster Seed Ground Development Account.
Proposed law authorizes, notwithstanding the date limitation contained in present law, a
person who owns an oyster vessel who has satisfactorily completed the requirements of a
professionalism program to submit an application for a seed ground vessel permit. Requires
the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to develop, establish, and monitor a professionalism
program to train vessel owners in appropriate methods and practices of oyster harvest from
the public seed grounds.
Proposed law repeals the Nov. 15, 2016, sunset date.
(Amends R.S. 56:433.1(A)(1) and (2); Adds R.S. 56:433.1(B)(4); Repeals R.S. 56:433.1(E))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Natural Resources to the
engrossed bill
1. Technical changes.
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Prepared by Alan Miller.