SLS 25RS-272 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 23
BY SENATOR LAMBERT
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
FISH/FISHING. Provides for recording of commercial receipts for fish sold. (8/1/25)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 56:306.5(B), relative to seafood dealer receipts; to provide for
3 transmission to commercial fishermen; to provide for time delays; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:306.5(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง306.5. Records
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9 B.(1) Wholesale/retail seafood dealers purchasing or acquiring fish from
10 commercial fisherman shall complete a commercial receipt form. The commercial
11 receipt form shall be a three-part form signed by both the commercial fisherman and
12 the wholesale/retail seafood dealer or his designee, attesting to that the information
13 required to be provided by each is correct. One part of the receipt form shall be
14 retained by the wholesale/retail seafood dealer, one part shall be given transmitted
15 to the commercial fisherman at the time within twenty-four hours of the
16 transaction, and one part shall be transmitted to the secretary of the Department of
17 Wildlife and Fisheries as provided for in R.S. 56:306.6.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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SLS 25RS-272 ORIGINAL
1 (2) The wholesale/retail seafood dealer is responsible for recording on the
2 commercial receipt form that information provided by the commercial fisherman as
3 specified in R.S. 56:303.7, and is responsible for the following information at the
4 time of within twenty-four hours of each purchase or transfer of possession of the
5 a catch from a commercial fisherman to a wholesale/retail seafood dealer:
6 wholesale/retail seafood dealer's name and license number, commercial fisherman's
7 name, license number and signature, transaction date, species identification, quantity
8 and units of each species, size and condition of each species, unit price of each
9 species, and permit number for species requiring a permit to harvest.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, 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)]
DIGEST
SB 23 Original 2025 Regular Session Lambert
Present law requires wholesale and retail seafood dealers acquiring fish from commercial
fisherman to complete a receipt recording certain information related to the transaction and
to provide the receipt to the fisherman at the time of the transaction.
Proposed law retains present law and requires that the receipt be transmitted to the fisherman
within 24 hours of the transaction.
Present law provides that the dealer is responsible for information recorded on receipt,
including dealer's name and license number, fisherman's name, license number and
signature, transaction date, species, quantity and units of each species, size and condition of
each species, unit price of each species, and permit number if required, at the time of the
transaction.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the dealer is responsible for the recorded
information with 24 hours of the transaction.
Effective August 1, 2025.
(Amends R.S. 56:306.5(B))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.