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AL SB61

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2018

Primary Sponsor

Gerald Dial

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2018

AI Summary

  • Amends Sections 9-11-244 and 9-11-245 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to allow baiting for whitetail deer and feral swine, exempting these species from the general prohibition on using bait to hunt protected birds and animals.

  • Permits landowners or persons authorized in writing by landowners to lawfully bait property for whitetail deer or feral swine.

  • Requires that bait must be placed in a container, tub, trough-type feeder, or timed mechanical feeder and may not be scattered on the ground.

  • Removes whitetail deer and feral swine from provisions in Section 9-11-245 that prohibit the use of baited fields, cages, traps, and other devices for hunting.

  • Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.

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

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry

1/9/2018

Committee Referrals

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry1/9/2018

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