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Timestamp: 2018-12-16 19:27:46
Document Index: 701425647

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 648', '§ 648', '§ 648', '§ 648', '§ 648', '§ 1', '§ 648', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 648', '§ 648']

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Full Statute Name: West's Louisiana Statutes Annotated. Louisiana Revised Statutes. Title 56. Wildlife and Fisheries. Chapter 1. General Provisions for Wildlife and Fisheries. Part VIII-A. Provisions Applicable to Fish, Wild Birds, and Wild Quadrupeds. Harassment of Hunters, Trappers, and Fishermen Prohibited
Primary Citation: LSA-R.S. 56:648 - 56:648.3 Country of Origin: United States Last Checked: November, 2018 Date Adopted: 1982
Harassment of Hunters, Trappers, and Fishermen Prohibited
§ 648 . Definitions
§ 648.1 . Harassment and Disturbance Prohibited
§ 648.2 . Remedies, Damages, and Penalties
§ 648.3 . Failure to Obey Order; Violation
§ 648. Definitions
(1) “Wild animal” means any wild creature, including fish, wild birds, and wild quadrupeds, the taking of which is authorized by the provisions of this Title.
(2) “Process of taking” means any act directed at the lawful taking of a wild animal, including the acts of travel, camping, or other activity occurring in preparation for the taking which occurs on state-managed lands or waters governed by the provisions of R.S. 56:781-R.S. 56:787 or which occurs on private lands or waters with the permission of the owner or his agent.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 376, § 1.
Pursuant to the statutory revision authority of the Louisiana State Law Institute, subsection designations A and B as found in Acts 1982, No. 376 were changed to paragraph designations (1) and (2).
An Act to enact Part VIII-A of Chapter 1 of Title 56 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of Subpart A, which shall be comprised of R.S. 56:648 through 648.3, relative to fish, wild birds and wild quadrupeds, to define certain terms; to prohibit the harassment or disturbance of hunters, trappers, and fishermen engaged in the lawful taking or process of taking of wild animals on either state-managed lands or waters and upon private lands or waters; to prohibit the disturbance of wild animals with the intent to prevent or hinder their taking; to prohibit the entrance on state-managed or private property with intent to harass or disturb hunters, trappers, or fishermen; to provide that it shall be unlawful to disobey the order of an enforcement agent in regard to these provisions; to provide for remedies, damages and criminal penalties for violation, and to provide for related matters. Acts 1982, No. 376.
§ 648.1. Harassment and disturbance prohibited
Added by Acts 1982, No. 376, § 1. Amended by Acts 1990, No. 510, § 1.
Pursuant to the statutory revision authority of the Louisiana State Law Institute, subsection designations A to D as found in Acts 1982, No. 376 were changed to paragraph designations (1) to (4).
In the introductory paragraph as amended in 1990, “R.S. 56:781--R.S. 56:787” was changed to “R.S. 56:781 through R.S. 56:787” pursuant to the statutory revision authority of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
§ 648.2. Remedies, damages, and penalties
A. The secretary may seek injunctive relief to restrain and prevent violations of R.S. 56:648.1, upon request by the person affected or who reasonably may have been affected by such conduct.
B. Any person adversely affected by a violation of R.S. 56:648.1 shall be entitled to recover actual damages, including expenditures of the affected person for license and permit fees, travel, guides, special equipment and supplies, to the extent that such expenditures were rendered futile by the actions of the person violating the provisions of this Section.
C. Violation of the provisions of R.S. 56:648.1 constitutes a class two violation.
§ 648.3. Failure to obey order; violation
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to continue any conduct in violation of R.S. 56:648.1 when ordered to desist by an enforcement officer who has observed such conduct or who has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has engaged in such conduct on that day or plans or intends to engage in such conduct that day on a specific property.
B. Violation of the provisions of R.S. 56:648.3(A) shall constitute a Class three violation.