HLS 22RS-750 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 324
BY REPRESENTATIVE ORGERON
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides relative to the composition of the Oyster Task Force
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 56:421(B)(5), relative to the composition of the Oyster Task
3 Force; to provide for members appointed by the Louisiana Oyster Dealers and
4 Growers Association; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:421(B)(5) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง421. Oyster Task Force
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9 B. The task force shall be composed as follows:
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11 (5) Four members appointed by the Louisiana Oyster Dealers and Growers
12 Association. One member appointed under the provisions of this Paragraph shall be
13 from Lafourche Parish and one member shall be from Jefferson Parish.
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DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 324 Original 2022 Regular Session Orgeron
Abstract: Provides relative to the requirements of the members appointed by the Louisiana
Oyster Dealers and Growers Association to the Oyster Task Force.
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are additions. HLS 22RS-750 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 324
Present law provides for the composition of the Oyster Task Force.
Present law further provides for four members appointed by the La. Oyster Dealers and
Growers Association, one of which who is required to be from Lafourche Parish and one of
which who is required to be from Jefferson Parish.
Proposed law retains the present law requirement that four members be appointed by the La.
Oyster Dealers and Growers Association, but removes the requirement that one member
each be from Lafourche Parish and Jefferson Parish.
(Amends R.S. 56:421(B)(5))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.