SB 233 Summary

• Adds a new duty to the Commissioner of Fish and Game to remove game carcasses when notified that game has been taken by a municipality's police department under specified circumstances.

• Establishes that taking of game resources to ensure public safety has priority over other management purposes in municipalities with populations exceeding 100,000.

• Authorizes the Board of Game to permit municipal police departments to take game when necessary to protect human life from immediate harm posed by the game.

• Maintains existing preference for residents over nonresidents in taking moose, deer, elk, and caribou for personal or family consumption.