2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 270
BY SENATOR WOMACK
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 56:329(B)(1), relative to fish and other aquatic life; to provide
3 with respect to sport and commercial fishing; to provide relative to obstruction of
4 streams or lakes; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:329(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง329. Obstruction of streams or lakes by fyke nets or other devices
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9 B.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, no obstructions
10 including trawls, skimmer nets, butterfly nets, fyke nets, wings or leads, seines, gill
11 nets, or trammel nets which interfere with the free passageway for fish as defined
12 herein in this Section shall be set within five hundred feet of the mouth of any inlet
13 or pass, or within five hundred feet of any water control structures, dams, or weirs,
14 except for the purpose of retaining and removing invasive species of fish and
15 other nongame freshwater fish of commercial value. When fishing for the
16 purpose of retaining and removing invasive species of fish and other nongame
17 freshwater fish of commercial value, nets are restricted to a mesh size no
18 smaller than three and one-half inches bar. Wings and leads are permitted on
19 hoop nets in overflowed regions where the water is out of the actual bed of the
20 natural stream or lake but not within the restricted five hundred feet area.
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1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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