HLS 17RS-1043 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 515
BY REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES SEC: Requires approval for the use of a toxicant intended to
control or eradicate outlaw quadrupeds
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 56:112(C), relative to the use of intoxicants on outlaw quadrupeds; to provide
3 for the authority to permit or register the use of toxicants; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:112(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง112. Disposal of birds or quadrupeds becoming a nuisance; use of toxicant
8 * * *
9 C. No toxicant shall be permitted or registered for use for the control or
10 eradication of outlaw quadrupeds without the approval of both the secretary and the
11 commissioner of agriculture. In determining whether to permit or register a toxicant
12 for such use, the secretary and the commissioner shall consider, based upon
13 sufficient sound scientific data provided by the manufacture or by independent
14 sources, the effects of unintended intoxication of other wild animals and secondary
15 intoxication of predators and scavengers.
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are additions. HLS 17RS-1043 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 515
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 515 Original 2017 Regular Session Bishop
Abstract: Prohibits any toxicant for the control or eradication of outlaw quadrupeds
without the approval of both the secretary and the commissioner of agriculture.
Proposed law prohibits permitting or registering for use any toxicant for the control or
eradication of outlaw quadrupeds without the approval of both the secretary and the
commissioner of agriculture.
Proposed law requires the secretary and the commissioner to consider, based upon sufficient
sound scientific data provided by the manufacture or by independent sources, the effects of
unintended intoxication of other wild animals and secondary intoxication of predators and
scavengers.
(Adds R.S. 56:112(C))
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