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ID S1220

Bill

Status

Engrossed

1/30/2014

Primary Sponsor

Resources and Environment Committee

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands reimbursement requirements for illegal killing, possession, or waste of protected wildlife to include any species classified by the Fish and Game Commission, not just those specifically listed.

  • Establishes specific reimbursement amounts for various wildlife categories: elk ($750), caribou/bighorn sheep/mountain goat/moose ($1,500), other big game ($400), wild turkey/swan ($250), sturgeon/wild chinook salmon/wild steelhead ($250), bull trout ($150), and other protected wildlife ($50).

  • Creates enhanced penalties for flagrant violations involving trophy big game animals, ranging from $2,000 per animal for trophy mule deer and white-tailed deer up to $10,000 for trophy bighorn sheep, moose, mountain goat, and caribou.

  • Implements a doubling penalty structure for multiple animals of the same category killed within a 12-month period, with an example showing three illegally killed elk would total $5,250 in reimbursement.

  • Clarifies that courts may allow payment in installments over no more than two years, with authority to revoke hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges for defendants 90 or more days in arrears.

Legislative Description

Amends existing law to require reimbursement to the state relating to the illegal killing, possession or waste of protected wildlife classified by the Fish and Game Commission, to clarify reimbursement provisions relating to wild chinook salmon and to provide for reimbursement for any other protected wildlife classified by the Fish and Game Commission in addition to those specifically identified.

FISH AND GAME

Last Action

Read First Time, Referred to Resources & Conservation

1/31/2014

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Rules1/21/2014

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