§101.4. Fishermen's Gear Compensation and Underwater Obstruction Removal Program
A. The Fishermen's Gear Compensation and Underwater Obstruction Removal
Program is hereby created within the office of the secretary of the Department of Energy and
Natural Resources and 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.
B. The assistant secretary shall adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with the
Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this Part and to provide for
procedures for the identification, inventory, and removal of underwater obstructions to
navigation and commercial fishing.
Acts 1997, No. 666, §2; Acts 2022, No. 100, §2, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, No.
150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
NOTE: See R.S. 30:101.15 regarding the termination of Part after June 30, 2027.