The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 261 Original 2016 Regular Session Luneau
Present law authorizes any parish by formal resolution of its governing authority to establish,
maintain, and operate game and fish preserves in the parish.
Proposed law authorizes parish governing authorities to, upon unanimous consent and formal
resolutions establish, maintain, and operate game and fish preserves composed of contiguous lands
or waterbodies shared by two or more adjoining parishes.
Present law authorizes the governing authority of a parish to appoint a commission composed of
citizens and taxpayers of the parish, whose term will be concurrent with that of the governing
authority appointing, who serve without compensation, to be known as the _____________ game
and fish commission.
Proposed law authorizes game and fish commissions established by multiple adjoining parishes
according to proposed law to consist of members appointed by the governing authority of each parish
composed of citizens and taxpayers from those parishes, whose term will be concurrent with that of
the governing authority appointing, who serve without compensation, to be known as the
_____________ game and fish commission. Further requires that each parish have equal
representation on that commission, unless some other composition is unanimously adopted by formal
resolution of each parish governing authority.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 56:721 and 722(A))