Senate Committee on Natural Resources
May 20, 2010
Upon Adjournment
Room A-B
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 13, 2010
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB382
MORRELL
COASTAL RESOURCES
- Provides relative to integrated coastal protection and recovery for certain losses arising from business interruption. (8/15/10) (EG INCREASE EX See Note)
HB45
LAMBERT
FISHING/CRABS
- Removes requirement for crab trap markers north of the saltwater line
HB545
BALDONE
FISHING/COMMERCIAL
- Provides that the commercial season for speckled trout remain open until the maximum annual quota is reached
HB569
CARMODY
HUNTING
- Provides for hunting outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, and beaver
HB597
ST.GERMAIN
FISHING/COMMERCIAL
- Allows commercial fishing for shad throughout the Atchafalaya Basin Spillway
HB641
HENDERSON
FISHING/OYSTERS
- Repeals the sunset date for the use of devices to prevent predation on oyster leases
HB642
HENDERSON
FISHING/OYSTERS
- Adds a member from the La. Oystermen Association to the Oyster Task Force
HB644
HENDERSON
FISHING/OYSTERS
- Allows the relocation of certain classes of oyster leases
HB656
GISCLAIR
WATERWAYS/LAKES
- Authorizes the Lafourche Game and Fish Commission to govern, regulate, and control Lake Long
HB692
WOOTON
FISHING/OYSTERS
- Extends the time within which an oyster lease renewal must be recorded
HB693
WOOTON
FISHING/OYSTERS
- Requires DHH to notify oyster harvesters and dealers of a possible state exemption from the National Shellfish Sanitation program's Vibrio management plan
HB695
WOOTON
FISHING/OYSTERS
- Allows the sale within the state of La. of oysters for raw consumption at all times of the year
HB712
WOOTON
FISHING/OYSTERS
- Provides for certain restrictions on the taking of oysters
HB841
ARNOLD
ENERGY
- Provides for leases for production of hydrokinetic energy on state lands
HB844
GISCLAIR
COASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE
- Provides for standards and specifications new pipelines laid in the coastal zone
HB862
CORTEZ
TRANSPORTATION DEPT
- Authorizes DOTD to convey surplus property to the city of Lafayette
HB875
HARRISON
FISHING/SHRIMP
- Creates the La. Shrimp Task Force within the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries
HB878
ST.GERMAIN
WILDLIFE/FEES
- Authorizes the issuance of hunting and fishing licenses at resident rates to full-time college students who are not La. residents regardless of their home state's laws on the matter (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
HB881
ST.GERMAIN
WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT
- Provides for consistency in penalties for wildlife or fisheries violations
HB882
ST.GERMAIN
WILDLIFE/MGT AREAS
- Authorizes DOTD to perform repairs to bridges and roadways in wildlife management areas (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB884
ST.GERMAIN
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES DEP
- Authorizes the issuance of a restricted hunter education certificate for developmentally disabled hunters
HB887
ST.GERMAIN
FISHING/FINFISH
- Provides relative to management protocols to be followed by the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries for certain finfish
HB888
ST.GERMAIN
FISHING/FINFISH
- Provides for identification of certain saltwater finfish
HB890
HARRISON
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES SEC
- Authorizes the secretary of the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries to develop certification standards for La. wild fish and seafood including wild-caught shrimp
HB895
JIM MORRIS
ENVIRONMENT
- Provides for asbestos abatement
HB953
LAMBERT
FISHING/COMMERCIAL
- Provides relative to legal finfish possession by commercial crabbers
HB1004
HARDY
PROPERTY
- Authorizes transfer of property in Lafayette Parish
HB1265
ARMES
PROPERTY
- Authorizes the transfer of certain property in Vernon Parish from DOTD (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB1266
BARRAS
PROPERTY/PUBLIC
- Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Iberia Parish
HB1288
GUINN
FISHING/DEVICES
- Allows the use of wire nets and hoop nets for recreational fishing in the freshwater areas of the state
HB1309
HOWARD
WATER/DRINKING WATER
- Provides for drinking water intakes
HB1311
M.GUILLORY
PUBLIC LANDS/STATE
- Provides for the transfer of state property to the city of Eunice
HB1336
BARRAS
BOATS/SHIPS/VESSELS
- Authorizes the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries to assign hull identification numbers to certain vessels manufactured in this state (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
HB1346
DOVE
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES DEP
- Provides relative to funding for a La. wild-caught seafood certification program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
HB1354
HILL
ANIMALS
- Provides relative to the sale, barter, trade, and possession of nonindigenous and poisonous snakes and constrictors
HB1466
ELLINGTON
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES CMN
- Authorizes the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to adopt regulations for the use of certain fishing gear in certain lakes
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE