Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.2 – A. The legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest and within the police power of this state to establish a fishermen’s gear compensation and underwater obstruct
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.2
- Account: means the Fishermen's Gear Compensation and Underwater Obstruction Removal Dedicated Fund Account. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
- Assistant secretary: means the assistant secretary of the office of conservation within the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his authorized representatives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
- Fishing gear: means any vessel and any equipment, whether or not attached to a vessel, which is used in the commercial handling or harvesting of living marine resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
- Program: means the Fishermen's Gear Compensation and Underwater Obstruction Removal Program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his authorized representatives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
- Underwater obstruction: means any obstacle, whether natural or manmade, which impedes normal navigation and commercial fishing on the navigable waters of the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
A. The legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest and within the police power of this state to establish a fishermen’s gear compensation and underwater obstruction removal program and a fishermen’s gear compensation and underwater obstruction removal dedicated fund account to provide for the proper and timely identification, inventory, and removal of underwater obstructions that are a hazard to navigation and commercial fishing in the state, and to compensate commercial fishermen for damage to their fishing gear from the underwater obstructions. The program and fund account shall be administered, for purposes of fishermen’s gear compensation, by the assistant secretary of the office of coastal management and, for purposes of underwater obstruction, by the assistant secretary of the office of conservation, both with the Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
B. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to alter or impair any rights and responsibilities established by contract between private parties.
Acts 1997, No. 666, §2; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 100, §2, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
NOTE: See La. Rev. Stat. 30:101.15 regarding the termination of Part after June 30, 2027.