HLS 18RS-490 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 114
BY REPRESENTATIVE PUGH
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Prohibits the capture or transport of the common musk turtle
for commercial purposes
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 56:635(C), relative to the taking of reptiles and amphibians; to prohibit the
3 taking or transportation of common musk turtles for commercial purposes; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:635(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง635. Diamondback terrapins; common musk turtles; trapping; turtle eggs
8 * * *
9 C. No person shall take or transport common musk turtles (Sternotherus
10 odoratus) for commercial purposes.
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 114 Original 2018 Regular Session Pugh
Abstract: Prohibits the taking or transport of common musk turtles for commercial
purposes.
Proposed law prohibits the taking or transport of common musk turtles, sternotherus
odoratus, for commercial purposes.
(Adds R.S. 56:635(C))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.