HLS 25RS-750 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 164
BY REPRESENTATIVE BILLINGS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides relative to mallard hunting licenses for hunting
preserves
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 56:651, relative to hunting preserves; to provide for licensing for
3 a hunting preserve outside the coastal zone; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 56:651 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง651. License
7 Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to establish, maintain, or operate
8 a hunting preserve within the state of Louisiana to permit the releasing and shooting
9 or taking of pen-raised quail and pen-raised mallard by the public for a fee or
10 otherwise may apply to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission for a
11 license to do so, and said commission is hereby authorized to issue such an applicant
12 a license for that purpose, upon the conditions set out. The licenses shall only be
13 issued to hunting preserves located outside of the coastal zone encompassing the area
14 south of Interstate 10 from the Texas state line to Baton Rouge, south of Interstate
15 12 from Baton Rouge to Slidell, and south of Interstate 10 from Slidell to the
16 Mississippi state line, with the exception for hunting preserves located within the
17 coastal zone that were designated as a hunting preserve prior to January 1, 2025.
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HB NO. 164
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 164 Original 2025 Regular Session Billings
Abstract: Provides for a license to be issued to quail and mallard hunting preserves outside
of the coastal zone.
Present law provides for the La. Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to issue licenses for
hunting preserves within the state to permit the releasing and shooting or taking of pen-
raised quail and pen-raised mallards.
Proposed law provides that the licenses be issued only outside the coastal zone except for
hunting preserves that were designated as such prior to Jan. 1, 2025.
(Amends R.S. 56:651)
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