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AL SB12
Bill
Status
3/5/2019
Primary Sponsor
Jack Williams
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AI Summary
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Allows hunting of whitetail deer or feral swine using bait on privately owned or leased lands when a person purchases a baiting privilege license from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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Sets baiting privilege license fees at $14 annually for residents plus $1 issuance fee, and $50 annually for nonresidents plus $1 issuance fee, subject to adjustment under existing law.
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Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to establish Chronic Wasting Disease management zones and disease management zones for other infectious or contagious diseases when such diseases are found within the state or within 25 miles of the state border.
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Prohibits the use of bait in any county containing any portion of a disease management zone, and allows the Commissioner to suspend baiting privilege licenses on a county, regional, or statewide basis to prevent disease spread by announcing the suspension in a news release.
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Persons exempt from purchasing hunting licenses are still required to purchase a baiting privilege license under this bill.
Legislative Description
Hunting, authorize the taking of whitetail deer or feral swine by means of bait, when baiting privilege license is purchased, Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zones authorized, Commissioner of Dept. of Consv. and Nat'l Res. to establish, Sec. 9-11-244 am'd.
Hunters and Hunting
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
3/5/2019