La. Stat. tit. 14 § 93.2.4
Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 2,3, 6-535, and 580-647
Section 14:93.2.4 - Unlawful swimming in certain waterwaysA. It shall be unlawful for any parent or legal guardian who has care and control of a minor to permit a minor, either knowingly, wilfully, or through criminal negligence, to swim without wearing a Type I, Type II, Type III, or Type V personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard in the portion of any river beginning from a water-controlled structure through which that river flows to a point seventy miles downstream when that structure creates a reservoir used to generate hydroelectric power. The distance provided for in this Subsection shall be measured from the structure along a line drawn downstream in the middle of the river bed.B.(1) On a first conviction, the parent or legal guardian shall be issued a warning ticket, fined not more than twenty-five dollars, or both.(2) On a second conviction, the parent or legal guardian shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, imprisoned for not more than seven days, or both.(3) On a third or subsequent conviction, the parent or legal guardian shall be fined not more than seventy-five dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars, imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.Added by Acts 2023, No. 300,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2023.