SCR 24 — WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT: Amends rules relative to chronic wasting disease.

SLS 26RS-1424 ENGROSSED Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.

24 BY SENATORS WOMACKWOMACK, ANDABRAHAM, CATHEYCARTER, CATHEY, CONNICK, HENRY, JACKSON-ANDREWS,KLEINPETER,LUNEAU,MILLER,MIZELL, MORRIS,PRICEANDSTINEANDREPRESENTATIVESBAYHAM, BOURRIAQUE, BOYER, BROUSSARD, BUTLER, CARLSON, FARNUM, HORTON, ILLG, MCCORMICK, OWEN, RISER, SAWYER, VENTRELLA AND REPRESENTATIVEWILDER RISERA WILDLIFE/FISHERIESCONCURRENT DEPT.RESOLUTION To amend Department of Wildlife and Fisheries rule LAC 76:V.137, to provide for chronic wasting disease management;

Amends rules relative to chronic wasting disease.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To amend Department of Wildlife and Fisheries rule LAC 76:V.137, to provide for chronic wasting disease management;

and WHEREAS, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries adopted rules to establish a CWD Control Area,consisting of the infectious zone and a buffer,buffer,to to implement mitigation andPage containment1 measures;of 7 SCR NO.

and24 PageENROLLED 1and ofcontainment 8measures; Coding:

Wordsand whichWHEREAS, arethe struckCWD Control Area has been expanded through areemergency deletionsdeclarations fromand existingis law;comprised of portions of Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Richland, Tensas, and Union parishes;

words in boldface type and underscored are additions.

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24 WHEREAS, the CWD Control Area has been expanded through emergency declarations and is comprised of portions of Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Richland, Tensas, and Union parishes;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,manylocalbusinessesprovidethefeed,bait,andmineralandsaltlicks manylocalbusinessesprovidethefeed,bait,andmineralandsaltlicks Louisiana hunters use to attract deer;

and WHEREAS,R.S.49:969providesthat"thelegislature,byconcurrentresolution,may suspend, amend, or repeal anyrule or regulation or body of rules or regulations, or any fee oranyincrease,decrease,orrepealofanyfee,adoptedbyastatedepartment,agency,board, Page 2 of 87 Coding:SCR NO.

Words24 whichENROLLED areor struckcommission". through are deletions from existing law;

words in boldface type and underscored are additions.

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24 oranyincrease,decrease,orrepealofanyfee,adoptedbyastatedepartment,agency,board, or commission".

Control Area– adesignateda areaconsistingdesignated ofareaconsistingoftheCWDinfectiouszoneand the CWDinfectiouszoneand buffer zone where mitigation measures and regulations are applied to curb further spreadofthedisease.TheControlAreaisestablishedanddefinedbythemapbelow:

Page15-mile 3zone of– 8a Coding:defined area fifteen miles or more from a confirmed CWD positive deer.

WordsSupplemental whichfeed/bait are– strucksalt, throughgrain, areor deletionsother fromfeed existingthat law;has been placed, Page 3 of 7 SCR NO.

words24 inENROLLED boldfaceexposed, typedeposited, anddistributed, underscoredor arescattered, additions.if that salt, grain, or other feed could serve as a lure or attractant for wild quadrupeds or wild birds via ingestion.

SLSSurveillance 26RS-1424goal ENGROSSED– SCRthe NO.surveillance goal in relation to a CWD managementzone,whichisthestatisticalprobabilityofdetectingCWDat2.5% prevalence with 95% confidence, not to exceed three hundred samples and developed by subject matter experts.

24Surveillance 15-mileseason zone–CWDsamples –collectedfromJuly a1st-June defined30th. area fifteen miles or more from a confirmed CWD positive deer.

Supplemental feed/bait – salt, grain, or other feed that has been placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered, if that salt, grain, or other feed could serve as a lure or attractant for wild quadrupeds or wild birds via ingestion.

Surveillance goal – the surveillance goal in relation to a CWD managementzone,whichisthestatisticalprobabilityofdetectingCWDat1.5% prevalencewith 95% confidence,calculatedwith a minimum of threehundred samples and developed by subject matter experts.

Surveillance season – CWDsamples collectedfromJuly 1st-June 30th.

It is the responsibility of hunters to check their hunting areaareafor for bait prior to eacheachhunt. hunt.

A baited areais an areaon which salt, grain, or other feedhasfeedhasbeenplaced,exposed,deposited, beendistributed, placed,exposed,deposited,distributed,or orscattered,ifthatsalt,scattered,ifthatsalt, grain, or other feedcould serveas a lure or attractantfor wild quadrupeds or wild birds via ingestion.

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WordsEstablishment, whichmodification, areor struckremoval throughof arethe deletionsCWD frommanagement existingzoneshall law;beexecutedviadeclarationof emergencyby thesecretary,subjectto ratification or amendment by the commission at its next regular meeting, and publication of the map on LDWF's website.

words in boldface type and underscored are additions.

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Establishment, modification, or removal of the CWD management zoneshallbe executedvia declarationof emergencybythesecretary,subjectto ratification or amendment by the commission at its next regular meeting, and publication of the map on LDWF's website.

When establishing the CWD management zone, LDWF shall utilize publicPage roads,4 geopoliticalof boundaries,7 waterSCR ways,NO. visible rights-of-way, and othernaturalormanmadefeaturesthatserveasidentifiableboundaries.LDWF shall endeavor to establish the 5-mile zone and 15-mile zone as closely to each zone'srespectiveactualradiusaspracticable.LDWFmayconsiderinclusionof processors, taxidermists, state orfederallands, WMA's and refuges, and other relevant considerations when establishing the CWD management zone and its components.

5.TheCWDmanagementzoneshallberemovedwhensurveillancegoals24 areENROLLED metpublic forroads, threegeopolitical consecutiveboundaries, water ways, visible rights-of-way, and othernaturalormanmadefeaturesthatserveasidentifiableboundaries.LDWF shall endeavor to establish the 5-mile zone and 15-mile zone as closely to each zone'srespectiveactualradiusaspracticable.LDWFmayconsiderinclusionof processors, taxidermists, stateor federal lands, WMA's and refuges, and other relevant considerations when establishing the CWD surveillancemanagement seasons.zone and its components.

5.TheCWDmanagementzoneshallberemovedwhensurveillancegoals are met for three consecutive CWD surveillance seasons without an additional confirmed CWD detection.

quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached, antlers, clean skull plateswithplates antlers,with cleanedskullsantlers,cleanedskulls without tissue attached,capes,tannedhides, finished taxidermy mounts, and cleaned cervid teeth.

LDWF shall establish maintain a permitting system to allow for Pageuncleaned 5cervid heads to be transported out of 8the Coding:Control Area CWD management zone and to Louisiana taxidermy businesses solely for taxidermy purposes by waiver and adherence to waiver guidelines.

Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;

words in boldface type and underscored are additions.