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AL HB43

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/18/2016

Primary Sponsor

Alan Boothe

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2016

AI Summary

  • Amends Alabama Code Sections 9-11-244 and 9-11-245 to exempt whitetail deer and feral swine from the general prohibition on using bait to take protected birds and animals.

  • Allows landowners or their authorized agents to lawfully bait property for whitetail deer and feral swine, with the requirement that bait must be placed in a container, tub, trough-type feeder, or timed mechanical feeder (not on the ground).

  • Removes whitetail deer and feral swine from the prohibition on using baited fields and other hunting methods specified in Section 9-11-245.

  • Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or upon becoming law.

  • Passed the House on February 18, 2016 with a vote of 62 Yeas, 35 Nays, and 2 Abstains.

Legislative Description

Hunting, authorize the taking of whitetail deer or feral swine by means of bait, Secs. 9-11-244, 9-11-245 am'd.

Hunters and Hunting

Last Action

Pending third reading on day 15 Favorable from Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry with 1 substitute

3/10/2016

Committee Referrals

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry3/1/2016
Agriculture and Forestry2/2/2016

Full Bill Text

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