Louisiana § RS 56:1694 - Exemption from entrance fees; certain veterans
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§ RS 56:1694. Exemption from entrance fees; certain veterans
A. Any Louisiana resident who is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, who has suffered the amputation of a limb, who has at any time been awarded by the government of the United States an allowance toward the purchase of an automobile, or any Louisiana resident who is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States having a disability classification by the Social Security Administration or the Veterans' Administration as totally and permanently disabled or classified as having a fifty percent or greater disability, shall be exempt from paying the day use entrance fee to any Louisiana state park.
B. Application by eligible veterans shall be made to the assistant secretary, office of state parks, for an entrance permit, which will be issued by the agency upon verification of eligibility by the Department of Veterans' Affairs of Louisiana. Any person accompanying a veteran having a valid entrance permit in the same single, private, non-commercial vehicle shall be exempt from paying the day use entrance fee to any Louisiana state park.
C. Persons exempt from the day use entrance fee as provided in Subsection A shall also be entitled to purchase a "Golden Pelican Permit" through the office of state parks as provided in R.S. 56:1692(B).
Acts 1980, No. 827, §1; Acts 1991, No. 372, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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