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HB 394 Original 2020 Regular Session McFarland
Abstract: Changes requirement for adopting the forest and recreational management plan for
Alexander State Forest and Indian Creek by rule under the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA) with legislative oversight to posting the plan on La. Department of Agriculture and
Forestry (LDAF) website and publishing in the Potpourri section of the La. Register.
Present law requires the State Forestry Commission to adopt a forest and recreational management
plan for the Alexander State Forest and Indian Creak by rule under the APA with oversight by the
House and Senate Agriculture committees.
Proposed law changes present law to require the management plan be adopted and posted to the
LDAF website and published in the Potpourri section of the La. Register, instead of adopted by rule
under the APA with oversight by the House and Senate Agriculture committees.
(Amends R.S. 3:4402(A))