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ACT No. 681
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 226
BY REPRESENTATIVE TALBOT
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 14:102.28, relative to offenses affecting the public sensibility; to create the
3 crime of transporting live feral swine; to provide for definitions; to provide for
4 penalties; to provide for exemptions; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:102.28 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง102.28. Transporting live feral swine prohibited; penalties
8 A. It shall be unlawful to transport live feral swine by any person not in
9 possession of proof of registration as a feral swine authorized transporter with the
10 Louisiana Board of Animal Health within the Department of Agriculture and
11 Forestry.
12 B. For the purposes of this Section, "feral swine" shall mean any hog, pig,
13 or swine species, Sus scrofa, including but not limited to Russian and European wild
14 boar and their hybrids that are running at large, free roaming, or wild upon public or
15 private lands in this state, and shall also include any hog, pig, or swine species that
16 has lived any part of its life running at large, free roaming, or wild. The term feral
17 swine shall also include any feral phenotype swine, whether or not running at large,
18 free roaming, or wild.
19 C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more
20 than nine hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
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1 D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to "Uncle Earl's Hog Dog
2 Trials" as defined in R.S. 49:170.10.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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