2022 Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO. 448 BY SENATOR LUNEAU 1 AN ACT 2 To amend and reenact R.S. 56:40.3(E), relative to civil and aquatic life penalties; to provide 3 for the collection of civil penalties for restitution of wildlife; to provide with respect 4 to hearing officer rulings; to provide with respect to legal delays; to provide relative 5 to administrative hearing; and to provide for related matters. 6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 7 Section 1. R.S. 56:40.3(E) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8 ยง40.3. Civil penalties; assessment; administrative hearing 9 * * * 10 E. The secretary may institute civil proceedings to enforce a final ruling in 11 the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. A judgment from the administrative 12 hearing shall become executory when all delays for appeal have expired 13 according to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and the 14 Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure. 15 * * * PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED: ACT No. 124 Page 1 of 1 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions.