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AL HB43
Bill
Status
2/18/2016
Primary Sponsor
Alan Boothe
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AI Summary
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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.
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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).
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Removes whitetail deer and feral swine from the prohibition on using baited fields and other hunting methods specified in Section 9-11-245.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or upon becoming law.
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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