HLS 25RS-859 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 604
BY REPRESENTATIVE ORGERON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Establishes a red drum tag program
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 56:326.7, relative to red drum; to authorize the Department of Wildlife and
3 Fisheries, wildlife and fisheries commission, to promulgate rules and regulations for
4 establishing a red drum tag program; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:326.7 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง326.7. Red drum tag program
8 The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, wildlife and fisheries commission,
9 shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to establish a program for the
10 purchase of a tag to kill red drum over the twenty-seven inch limit. The program
11 shall provide for limitations for tags dependent on the health of the population in
12 specific, designated areas. The tags shall be made available for a twenty-five dollar
13 fee in addition to the required licensing fee. The money collected from the
14 additional fee for the purchase of red drum tags shall be utilized to administer the
15 program and any remaining funds shall be deposited into the Marine Finfish Stock
16 Enhancement Fund established in R.S. 56:10(B)(19).
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HB NO. 604
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 604 Original 2025 Regular Session Orgeron
Abstract: Authorizes the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, wildlife and fisheries
commission, to promulgate rules and regulations for establishing a red drum tag
program.
Proposed law provides for the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, wildlife and fisheries
commission, to establish a program to make available a red drum tag for killing red drum
that are larger than the 27" limit provided by present law.
Proposed law requires that the health of the population of red drum be considered when
making available tags for killing red drum larger than 27".
Proposed law establishes a $25 fee for the red drum tag and provides for the expenditure of
the fee.
(Adds R.S. 56:326.7)
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