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AL HB573
Bill
Status
3/5/2014
Primary Sponsor
Charles Newton
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AI Summary
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Removes the requirement that traps used for fur-bearing animals be identified with plastic tags, allowing only metal tags.
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Eliminates the requirement that trap tags contain the license number of the owner; tags need only display the owner's name and address.
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Applies these changes uniformly to all traps, including beaver traps, which previously had different identification requirements.
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Maintains existing violations and penalties for unlawful trapping, with fines ranging from $250 to $2,000 for each offense.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Trapping of fur-bearing animals, licensing, use of plastic tags on traps and the requirement that the license number of the owner of a trap be contained on any tag, deleted, Sec. 9-11-59 am'd.
Conservation and Natural Resources Department
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry
3/5/2014