ENROLLED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 246
BY REPRESENTATIVE COUSSAN AND SENATOR CORTEZ AND
REPRESENTATIVES ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, BEAULLIEU, ROBBY
CARTER, CORMIER, COX, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DESHOTEL, EDMONDS,
EMERSON, FIRMENT, FRIEMAN, GADBERRY, GOUDEAU, HARRIS,
HILFERTY, HUGHES, ILLG, IVEY, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON,
JONES, JORDAN, MCCORMICK, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ,
CHARLES OWEN, PIERRE, PRESSLY, RISER, ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN,
SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SELDERS, THOMAS, THOMPSON, AND
WHEAT
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 56:641.2, relative to hunting and fishing licenses; to authorize the secretary
3 of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to certify certain organizations involved
4 in hunting or fishing activities; to exempt from the hunting and fishing license
5 requirements individuals engaged in hunting or fishing activities sponsored by those
6 organizations; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 56:641.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง641.2. Certification of certain not-for-profit organizations involved in charitable
10 hunting and fishing activities; exemption from license requirements
11 The secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is hereby
12 authorized to certify a not-for-profit organization as an "organization involved in
13 charitable hunting and fishing activities". Individuals engaged in hunting or fishing
14 activities conducted by a not-for-profit organization certified by the secretary as an
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1 "organization involved in charitable hunting and fishing activities" shall be exempt from the
2 requirement for a hunting or fishing license while engaged in activities sponsored by that
3 organization.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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