HLS 24RS-837 ENGROSSED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 537
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOURRIAQUE
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Reallocates money received from fur trapping licenses
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 56:266(D)(1), relative to appropriations; to provide for
3 reallocation of money received from fur trapping licenses into the Louisiana Fur
4 Public Education and Marketing Fund; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:266(D)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง266. Louisiana Fur Public Education and Marketing Fund
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9 D. Appropriations
10 (1) All revenues received by the state from license fees imposed on trappers
11 as required in R.S. 56:251(A)(1) shall be credited to the Bond Security and
12 Redemption Fund. After a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all
13 obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and
14 payable within any fiscal year, the state treasurer is authorized and directed to
15 transfer annually the amount of twenty dollars for each resident trapping license sold
16 and one hundred forty-five dollars for each nonresident trapping license sold, all
17 from revenues derived from the sale of said licenses, into a special fund designated
18 as the Louisiana Fur Public Education and Marketing Fund.
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are additions. HLS 24RS-837 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 537
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HB 537 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Bourriaque
Abstract: Changes the allocation of revenues received by the state from license fees
imposed on trappers by directing all revenue to the Louisiana Fur Public Education
and Marketing Fund.
Present law requires all revenues received by the state from license fees imposed on trappers
as required in present law (R.S. 56:251(A)(1)) be credited to the Bond Security and
Redemption Fund. Present law provides that the state treasurer is authorized and directed
to transfer annually excess revenues derived from the sale of such licenses into a special
fund designated as the La. Fur Public Education and Marketing Fund, in the amount of $20
for each resident trapping license sold and $145 for each nonresident trapping license sold.
Proposed law modifies present law by specifying that the state treasurer is authorized and
directed to transfer annually all revenues derived from the sale of trapping licenses to the La.
Fur Public Education and Marketing Fund.
(Amends R.S. 56:266(D)(1))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Natural Resources and
Environment to the original bill:
1. Delete "excess from" from provisions governing revenues received by the state
from trapper licensing fees. The effect of the amendment is to authorize and
direct the state treasurer to transfer annually all revenues derived from the
licensing fees into the Louisiana Fur Public Education and Marketing Fund.
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