§610. Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

            A. The following agencies are transferred to and hereinafter shall be within the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, as provided in R.S. 36:802:

            (1) Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (Article IX, Section 7 of the Constitution of Louisiana; R.S. 56:1 et seq. and other provisions of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 that apply to the commission).

            (2) Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (R.S. 56:71 et seq.).

            (3) Northwest Louisiana Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 191 of the 1926 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (4) Iatt Lake State Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 27 of the 1940 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended, and Act No. 244 of the 1962 Regular Session of the Legislature).

            (5) Saline Lake Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 105 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (6) Nantachie Lake State Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 440 of the 1966 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (7) Oyster Task Force (R.S. 56:421).

            (8) Crab Task Force (R.S. 56:331).

            (9) Louisiana Shrimp Task Force (R.S. 56:494).

            (10) Louisiana Finfish Task Force (R.S. 56:301.10).

            (11) Louisiana Outdoors Forever Program project selection board and technical advisory board (R.S. 56:1931 et seq.).

            B.(1) Notwithstanding any provisions of R.S. 56:801 to the contrary, the game and fish commissions created by the following Acts, as amended, are hereby abolished, and their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred to the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and hereafter shall be exercised and performed as provided in R.S. 36:921 et seq. Any parish or parishes, by formal resolution of the governing authority of each parish affected, pursuant to R.S. 56:721 et seq., may appoint a game and fish commission which may exercise those powers, duties, and functions provided in R.S. 56:721 et seq. in relation to the game and fish preserves for which commissions are hereby abolished.

            (a) Bayou Bonne Idee Game and Fish Commission (Act No. 248 of the 1952 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (b) Bayou Pierre State Game and Fish Commission (Act No. 139 of the 1934 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (c) Beauregard Old River Game and Fish Preserve Commission (Act No. 266 of the 1958 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (d) Bundicks Game and Fish Commission (Act No. 33 of the 1956 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (e) Cocodrie Lake Game and Fish Commission (Act No. 38 of the 1957 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (f) Lake Fields Game and Fish Management Commission (Act No. 379 of the 1966 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (g) Spanish Lake State Game and Fish Commission (Act No. 261 of the 1940 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (2) The game and fish preserves created by the following Acts, as amended, are hereby placed within the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:851 et seq.:

            (a) St. Martin-Lafayette Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 337 of the 1950 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (b) Cornie Lake Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 190 of the 1934 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (c) Turkey Creek Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 159 of the 1938 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (d) West Atchafalaya Floodway Game and Fish Management Preserve (Act No. 565 of the 1960 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (e) Hard Water Lake State Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 560 of the 1968 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (3) The following agencies are hereby placed within the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:851 et seq.:

            (a) Lake Catherine and Lake Pontchartrain Sanctuary (Act No. 476 of the 1954 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (b) Catahoula Lake Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 320 of the 1952 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (c) Lake Bistineau State Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 43 of the 1930 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (d) Black Bayou Game and Fish Preserve (Act No. 39 of the 1940 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            (e) Cheniere Brake Fish Preserve (Act No. 88 of the 1940 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended).

            C. The following agencies are placed within the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:901 et seq.:

            (1) Lake Fausse Point, Lake Dauterive, and Grande Avoille Cove Advisory Board (R.S. 56:796), except that the board may solicit, receive, and expend funds as authorized by law.

            (2) Hunting and Fishing Advisory Education Council (R.S. 56:699.21 et seq.).

            (3) Louisiana Artificial Reef Development Council (R.S. 56:639.1 et seq.).

            (4) Louisiana Fur Advisory Council (R.S. 56:266).

            (5) Louisiana Alligator Advisory Council (R.S. 56:278 and 279).

            D. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 623, §9, eff. July 1, 2022.

            E. Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 228, §3, eff. July 1, 2013.

            F-I. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 623, §9, eff. July 1, 2022.

            J. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §6, eff. June 30, 2019.

            K. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 203, §2.

            L. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 623, §9, eff. July 1, 2022.

            M. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 832, §5.

            N. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 623, §9, eff. July 1, 2022.

            Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1981, No. 422, §1; Acts 1981, No. 490, §2; Acts 1981, No. 858, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1981, No. 890, §2; Acts 1984, No. 883, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1985; Acts 1984, No. 911, §1; Acts 1986, No. 100, §2, eff. June 23, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 120, §1; Acts 1986, No. 455, §2, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 562, §1; Acts 1995, No. 116, §2; Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1; Acts 1999, No. 439, §1; Acts 2001, No. 57, §1, eff. May 24, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 116, §1, eff. May 25, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 185, §1, eff. June 10, 2004; Acts 2004, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2005, No. 428, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 272, §1; Acts 2008, No. 544, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 548, §1; Acts 2008, No. 922, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 361, §2; Acts 2010, No. 606, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §17; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 184, §§12, 14(B); Acts 2013, No. 228, §3, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 208, §1; Acts 2014, No. 832, §5; Acts 2016, No. 203, §2; Acts 2019, No. 238, §3; Acts 2019, No. 434, §6, eff. June 30, 2019; Acts 2022, No. 623, §§4, 9, 11C, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 714, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.