The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Tyler S. McCloud.
DIGEST
SB 479 Original 2020 Regular Session Fred Mills
Present law prohibits any person from entering upon immovable property owned by another without
express, legal, or implied authorization.
Proposed law creates an affirmative defense to prosecution when the accused was engaged in
commercial fishing while upon any river, stream, canal, bayou, bay, lake, or any waters that are
navigable in fact.
Proposed law defines "navigable in fact" as waters that are used, or are susceptible of being used,
in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be
conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water and the waters constitute navigable
waters of the United States.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 14:63(D))