ENROLLEDHFAHB835 3209 3425 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by Representative Schamerhorn to Engrossed House Bill No.

835 BYby REPRESENTATIVERepresentative SCHAMERHORNSchamerhorn ANAMENDMENT ACTNO. To amend and reenact R.S.

56:302.9(H)1 throughOn (J)page 1, line 13, after "within a" and before "may" change "WMA" to enact"wildlife R.S.management area" AMENDMENT NO.

56:302.9(K),2 relativeOn tocharterguidewildlifemanagementareaaccesspermits;tocreateanannualcharterpage guide1, wildlifeline 14, after "satisfies the" and before "access" change "WMA" to "wildlife management areaarea" accessAMENDMENT permit;NO.

to3 establishOn apage fee1, forline 15, after "within a" and before the permit;period "." change "WMA" to "wildlife management area" Page 1 of 1 CODING:

to provide for the privileges conveyed by the permit;

to provide for an effective date;

and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section1.

R.S.56:302.9(H)through(J)areherebyamendedandreenactedandR.S.

56:302.9(K) is hereby enacted to read as follows:

§302.9.

Charter boat fishing guide license;

nonresident fee * * * H.

A charter boat fishing guide licensee performing for-hire fishing guide activity within a wildlife management area may purchase a Charter Guide WMA Access Permit.

This permit satisfies the wildlife management area access permit requirementsfor the charterfishing guide and his clients when engaged in a for-hire fishingtripwithinawildlifemanagementarea.

ThefeefortheCharterGuideWMA Access Permit shall be one hundred dollars.

The permit is valid for one year, beginning on January first of each calendar year and expiring on December thirty-first of the same calendar year.

I.

Eachcharterboatfishingguidelicenseemaycompletealandingreportand return the report to the department at the time and manner designated by the commission.

The commission shall establish the information to be provided in the Page 1 of 3 CODING:

Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.

HB NO.

835 ENROLLED landing report by the charter boat fishing guide licensee.

The landing report may includeinformationonthenumberoftripstaken,numberofanglersfishingonatrip, area fished, time fished, trip origin, anyinformation determined bythe commission to be necessary to properly manage the fishery resource of the state, and any informationrequiredbythecommissiontopreparestockassessments.

However,the commission shall not request any financial information.

The information provided by a licensee shall be maintained as confidential in accordance with R.S.

56:301.4.

The commission shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Subsection.

I.

Except for Subsection H, a violation of anyprovision of this Section shall constitute a class four violation, R.S.

56:34.

J.

Penalties.

(1) Except for Subsection I of this Section, a violation of any provision of this Section shall constitute a class four violation subject to the penalties of R.S.

56:34.

(2) In addition to any other penalty provided for in this Section, for any personconvictedofafirstoffenseofviolatingSubsection AorBofthisSection,the offender shall pay a fine of no less than one thousand dollars to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

For any person convicted of a second offense of violating Subsection A or B of this Section, the offender may only operate a vessel that employs a vessel monitoring system for the three years after the date of the conviction.

For any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense of violating Subsection A or B of this Section, the offender may only operate a vessel that employs a vessel monitoring system for ten years after the date of the conviction.