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AL HB599
Bill
Status
4/6/2021
Primary Sponsor
Brett Easterbrook
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AI Summary
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Removes the word "transportation" from Section 9-11-72, so violations involving only transportation of live feral swine are no longer subject to the Class B misdemeanor penalty with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,500.
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Specifies that the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may not prohibit the transportation of live feral swine.
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Establishes that transportation of live feral swine shall not be a criminal offense.
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Retains criminal penalties for violations involving the release of live feral swine.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and gubernatorial approval.
Legislative Description
Conservation and Natural Resources Dept., feral swine, rules re transportation and release, penalties, specified penalty for transportation deleted, transportation of feral swine not a criminal offense, Sec. 9-11-72 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
4/6/2021