Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Any Louisiana resident who cannot use standard printed materials because of temporary or permanent visual impairment or physical handicap may use directly the special library materials and services of the State Library's Talking Books and Braille Library. Eligibility based on …

A. The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reaffirms its policy for the Equal Delivery of Services and will administer all programs and conduct its business, either directly or indirectly, or through contractual or other arrangements, in accordance with Title VI of th…

A. The policy shall apply to all DHHR Offices providing financial, social or health care services. The policy shall also apply to any agency providing these services whether directly or indirectly or through contractual or other arrangements in accordance with those provisions of…

A. A complaint may be filed with DHHR‑Civil Rights Bureau, DHHS‑Office of Civil Rights or USDA at the following addresses: 1. Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Office of the Secretary, Civil Rights Bureau, 200 Riverside Mall, Suite 102, Baton Rouge, LA 70802. 2. De…

A. All initial inquiries will be directed to the director of information services within the office of management and finance. Rates may be updated each fiscal year or as legislative statutes change. For one-time requests, a minimum deposit of 75 percent of the estimated cost is …

A. Pricing policy for motor vehicle data extracted on a daily basis under contractual agreement which includes title, registration, renewal and other non-specific data is $25 per thousand records. B. The pricing policy for drivers license, motor vehicle and alcoholic beverage con…

A. All of the same definitions provided in Section 103 of Chapter 1 of the Small Business Loan and Guaranty Program shall also apply to this Chapter 3 program.

A. Except as may be hereinafter provided, all of the provisions contained in §105 of Chapter 1 of the Small Business Loan and Guaranty Program shall also apply to this Chapter 3 program (except that loan participations will not be utilized in this Chapter 3 program). B. Loan Purp…

A. Except as may be hereinafter provided, all of the provisions contained in §107 of Chapter 1 of the Small Business Loan and Guaranty Program shall also apply to this Chapter 3 program (except that loan participations will not be utilized in this Chapter 3 program). B. In additi…

A. Except as may be hereinafter provided, all of the provisions contained in §109 of Chapter 1 of the Small Business Loan and Guaranty Program shall also apply to this Chapter 3 program (except that loan participations will not be utilized in this Chapter 3 program). B. Interest …

A. Except as may be hereinafter provided, all of the provisions contained in §111 of Chapter 1 of the Small Business Loan and Guaranty Program shall also apply to this Chapter 3 program (except that loan participations will not be utilized in this Chapter 3 program).

A. All of the provisions contained in §113 of Chapter 1 of the Small Business Loan and Guaranty Program shall also apply to this Chapter 3 program.

A. All of the provisions contained in §115 of Chapter 1 of the Small Business Loan and Guaranty Program shall also apply to this Chapter 3 program.

A. The Department of Health may remove a service provider from the waiver provider freedom of choice list and offer freedom of choice to waiver participants when: 1. one or more of the following departmental proceedings are pending against a waiver participant’s service provider:…

A. Whereas, the Claiborne Parish Watershed District Board of Commissioners, the local regulatory body for Lake Claiborne in Claiborne Parish, passed a resolution at its meeting on March 18, 1982 requesting the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to prohibit gill, trammel …

A. A properly licensed commercial fisherman may take any freshwater shrimp species in freshwater areas of the state, except in those freshwater areas of the state where commercial fishing is prohibited by law. B. In addition to other legal methods of take as provided for in Title…

A. Whereas, the chairman of the Anacoco-Prairie State Fish and Game Commission has requested commercial nets be prohibited in Lake Vernon, Anacoco Lake, and that portion of Anacoco Bayou between the lakes, all in Vernon Parish; and B. whereas, fish population samples taken by the…

A. Whereas, a petition containing 170 signatures of Caddo Parish residents requesting the prohibition of gill, trammel and flagg nets in Caddo Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, was submitted to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission; and B. whereas, state legislators of Cad…

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of freshwater trammel and gill nets in Poverty Point Reservoir, Richland Parish, Louisiana, except their use will be allowed for the legal harvest of commercial fish during a special recurring trammel and gill nett…

A. Whereas, Nantachie Lake is a relatively small impoundment (1,500 acres) utilized primarily by recreational fishermen who seek largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill; and B. whereas, the commercial fish population in the lake is extremely low and presently cannot and does not su…

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of LAC 76:VII.165 and 189, anglers below 16 years of age shall be allowed to possess black bass below the minimum length limit in accordance with the following provisions. 1. The areas where the length limit will be suspended are the Atchafalaya …

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets, flagg webbing and fish seines in the Louisiana portion of Toledo Bend Reservoir located in Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana; and, hoop nets are prohibited during March 1 through May…

A. Purpose 1. Pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statute 56:673 and the July 1, 2010 memorandum of understanding between Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Texas Parks and Wildlife, the commission hereby ratifies and enters into an agreement with the Texas Parks and Wi…

A. Whereas, the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Commission, the local regulatory body for D'Arbonne Lake passed a resolution at its meeting on February 7, 1984 prohibiting trammel nets, gill nets, flagg nets, and fish seines in D'Arbonne Lake effective June l, 1984, and s…

A. No person shall use or possess any gill net or trammel net in the areas designated below as restricted areas. No person shall take or sell any fish taken with the prohibited gear. Additionally, no person shall take or possess any grass carp within the restricted areas. 1. Rest…

A. Each gill net or trammel net shall be marked with a waterproof tag attached to the corkline at each end of the net, no more than three feet from the edge of the webbing or on an attached buoy. Each hoop net, slat trap, wire net, recreational crawfish trap, can, barrel, and bre…

A. Whereas, 45,000 hybrid (white bass-striped bass) bass fingerlings were stocked in False River, Pointe Coupee Parish, in May 1975; and B. whereas, these fish though not likely to reproduce, have the potential of reaching 15-20 pounds, feeding primarily on gizzard shad which are…

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby adopts the following regulations applicable to the use of yo-yos, trigger devices, trotlines, limb lines, jugs, and all other passive fishing devices containing a hook or hooks in freshwater areas of the state. 1. No more than 50 re…

A. Whereas, the existence of high populations of channel catfish in certain areas of Southeastern Louisiana is well documented; and B. whereas, fish population data from these areas show that the vast majority of channel catfish are less than 11 inches total length; and C. wherea…

A. Whereas, Bundick Lake is a relatively small impoundment of approximately 1,700 acres, with an average depth of about 5 feet making game fish populations extremely vulnerable to netting; and B. whereas, commercial fish populations are very low except for a moderate catfish popu…

A. In accordance with the provisions of Acts 844 and 904 adopted by the Louisiana Legislature during the 1986 regular session, the following list of fish may be taken south of the saltwater line as described in R.S. 56:322.A. by recreational fishermen without the purchase of a sa…

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby establishes and permits a special recurring commercial fishing season, allowing the use of certain nets and slat traps, in Lake Bruin, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. The season will commence each year at sunrise on October 1 and close at…

A. Pursuant to the authority granted under R.S. 56:22 the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of gill and trammel nets in Black Lake and Clear Lake in Natchitoches and Red River Parishes. The band extends from January 1, 1989 to December 30, 1990.

A. Pursuant to the authority granted under R.S. 56:22, the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of fish nets (gill nets, trammel nets, hoop nets, fish seines) in Lake Bistineau, Bienville, Bossier, and Webster Parishes, Louisiana. The net ban will become eff…

A. The incidental take and possession of paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), commonly called spoonbill catfish, shall be regulated by the following provisions. Paddlefish as referred herein shall include roe and any parts thereof. 1. Properly licensed recreational fishermen using leg…

A. Lacassine Bayou-Netting Season. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of trammel nets, gill nets and hoop nets during the period of March 1 through November 30 each year in that part of Lacassine Bayou that flows through the Lacassine National Wildlife…

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of fish nets (gill nets, trammel nets, hoop nets, fish seines) in Caney Creek Reservoir, Jackson Parish, Chatham, Louisiana.

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of fish nets (gill nets, trammel nets, hoop nets, fish seines) in Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Shreveport, Louisiana.

A. The taking or possession of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrhynchus; Pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus; shovelnose sturgeon, S. platorynchus; or their body parts or eggs (roe) is prohibited.

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby establishes a daily take and possession limit of five fish for freshwater trout, Salvelinus spp. Salmo spp., taken in waters designated as being part of the department's Freshwater Trout Program.

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission establishes a statewide daily take (creel limit) of 10 fish for black bass. The possession limit shall be the same as the daily take on water and twice the daily take off water. B. In addition, the commission establishes special size and d…

A. In accordance with Act 301 of the 1987 Louisiana Legislature, the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has declared the weekend of the first full week of June each year as Free Recreational Fishing Days in Louisiana to coincide with National Fishing Week each year. On the two abo…

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby: 1. establishes a statewide 22-inch minimum size limit on bowfin (Amia calva) harvested for commercial purposes; 2. prohibits commercial fishermen, while on the water, from possessing bowfin eggs that are not naturally connected to …

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets, hoop nets and fish seines in Bartholomew Lake located in Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes, Louisiana. Said netting ban will become effective Friday, September 20, 1991.

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets and fish seines in Lake Concordia located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Said netting ban will become effective Friday, September 20, 1991.

A. Prohibits the use of trammel and gill nets in False River, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, except their use will be allowed for the legal harvest of commercial fish during a special recurring trammel and gill netting season to commence each year at sunrise on October 1 and cl…

A. Permits 1. In addition to a commercial fishing license, all mussel harvesters must obtain a mussel harvester's permit issued by the department prior to initiation of harvesting. No person shall harvest or participate in the harvest of freshwater mussels unless that person is i…

A. Prohibits the use of gillnets and trammel nets in Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, Lake Providence, Louisiana, except their use will be allowed for the legal harvest of commercial fish during a special recurring trammel and gill netting season to commence each year at sun…

A. The daily creel limit (daily take) for black bass (Micropterus spp.) is seven fish with no minimum length limit in the area south of U.S. 190 from the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee to the intersection of LA 1 and U.S. 190 due north of Port Allen, east of the West Atc…

A. The size regulation for black bass (Micropterus spp.) on Eagle Lake located east of the Mississippi River in Madison Parish, Louisiana is as follows. B. It shall be unlawful to take or possess, while on the water or while fishing in the water, black bass less than 16 inches to…