SB76 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code to regulate commercial bird hunting preserves, allowing operators to obtain licenses to hunt artificially propagated birds including bob-white quail, pheasants, and chukar partridge.

• Establishes two license options for preserve operators: standard license at $25 per year for first 100 acres plus $5 per additional 100 acres, or alternative $500 license that exempts patrons from hunting license requirements.

• Permits hunters to purchase seven-day commercial bird hunting preserve licenses for $8 (plus $2 issuance fee) as alternative to regular hunting licenses, valid for seven consecutive days.

• Sets hunting season for pen-raised birds on preserves from October 1 through March 31 with no daily commercial limit on birds taken.

• Requires preserve operators to serve as agent vendors for all non-resident and resident hunting licenses, with issuance fees collected remitted to the county judge of probate.