Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:192

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

The purpose of Louisiana Acres for Wildlife is to supplement the commission’s efforts of protection, conservation, and fostering of wild birds and game within the state of Louisiana in wildlife management areas, refuges and recreation areas under its jurisdiction by stimulating the application of sound wildlife management practices by providing recommendations to private landowners or lessees producing and maintaining suitable food, water, and cover conditions favorable to the support, replenishment, and propagation of the wildlife of the state.  

Added by Acts 1979, No. 481, §1.