DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 226 Original 2018 Regular Session Talbot
Abstract: Creates the crime of transporting live feral swine.
Proposed law prohibits transporting live feral swine by any person not in possession of proof of
registration as a feral swine authorized transporter with the La. Board of Animal Health within the
Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry.
Proposed law defines "feral swine" as any hog, pig, or swine species, Sus scrofa, including, but not
limited to, Russian and European wild boar and their hybrids that are running at large, free roaming,
or wild upon public or private lands in this state, and also includes any hog, pig, or swine species that
has lived any part of its life running at large, free roaming, or wild. Specifies that the term feral
swine also includes any feral phenotype swine, whether or not running at large, free roaming, or
wild.
Proposed law provides for penalties of a fine not more than $900, or imprisonment for not more than
six months, or both.
(Adds R.S. 14:102.28)