BATON ROUGE — The House and Governmental Affairs Committee moved legislation forward Wednesday that would splinter the funding of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board and transfer its oversight to the lieutenant governor.
Testifying for the first time on the issue, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne told the committee he viewed the bill as acceptable and something his Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism could “live with” in the future.
Senate Bill 167 by Sen. Norby Chabert, R-Houma, would move the seafood board from under the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
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