2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 261
BY SENATOR LUNEAU
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 56:721 and 722(A), relative to parish game and fish preserves;
3 to authorize two or more parish governing authorities to establish a game and fish
4 preserve when the preserve is located in multiple adjoining parishes; to provide for
5 terms, conditions, requirements, and procedures; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 56:721 and 722(A) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 §721. Authorization
10 A. Any parish may by formal resolution of its governing authority establish,
11 maintain, and operate game and fish preserves, upon lands or waterbodies wholly
12 located within in the parish.
13 B. Two or more parish governing authorities may by separate formal
14 resolutions establish, maintain, and operate game and fish preserves composed
15 of contiguous lands or waterbodies shared by the parishes. All of the parish
16 governing authorities shall adopt formal resolutions in order for the game and
17 fish preserve to become effective.
18 §722. Game and fish commission; rules and regulations
19 A.(1)(a) The governing authority of a parish may appoint a commission
20 composed of citizens and taxpayers of the parish, whose term shall be concurrent
21 with that of the governing authority appointing, who serve without compensation,
22 to be known as the _____________ game and fish commission.
23 (b) For game and fish commissions established by multiple adjoining
24 parishes under the authority of R.S. 56:721, the governing authority of each
25 parish may appoint members, composed of citizens and taxpayers from that
26 parish, to the commission whose term shall be concurrent with that of the
27 governing authority appointing, who serve without compensation, to be known
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1 as the _____________ game and fish commission. Each parish shall have an
2 equal number of members on that commission, unless some other composition
3 is adopted by formal resolution approved by all of the parish governing
4 authorities.
5 (2) The commission may make rules and regulations for the government,
6 regulation, and control of the preserve and for the conservation, protection, and
7 propagation of game and fish in the preserve, provided that such rules and
8 regulations shall be finally approved, adopted, and promulgated by the Louisiana
9 Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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