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AR SB534

Bill

Status

Passed

3/28/2017

Primary Sponsor

Terry Rice

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly (2017 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Exempts landowners and lessees from the requirement to immediately kill feral hogs captured on private property if the hogs are not moved from the property.

  • Allows feral hogs to be permanently identified with an eartag approved by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and transported to a certified terminal facility as an alternative to immediate killing.

  • Requires terminal facilities to maintain records including seller name, purchase date, number of hogs purchased, and eartag numbers for each feral hog.

  • Defines "terminal facility" as a facility for containment of domestic and feral hogs that requires hogs to be killed before leaving the facility.

  • Prohibits feral hogs from being released into the wild under any circumstances.

Legislative Description

To Protect Private Property Owners And Lessees Who Capture A Feral Hog On Private Property.

Last Action

Notification that SB534 is now Act 697

3/28/2017

Committee Referrals

Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development3/8/2017
Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development3/2/2017

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