Louisiana § RS 56:70.4 - Rewards; payments
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§ RS 56:70.4. Rewards; payments
A.(1) The secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, or his designee, shall determine which informers are to be granted rewards, specify the amount of each reward, and direct the payment of the rewards from the Conservation Fund.
(2) No reward may be less than two hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars. No amount in excess of that available in the Conservation Fund shall be payable as a reward under this Subpart.
B. No reward may be granted to a person or an immediate family member of a person who is a peace officer, game warden, prosecutor, employee of the department, or member of the judiciary.
Acts 1995, No. 77, §1; Acts 2018, No. 612, §18, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 404, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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