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ID S1027
Bill
Status
3/16/2017
Primary Sponsor
Resources and Environment Committee
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AI Summary
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Amends Idaho fish and game definitions and license classes, including revisions to Class 6 nonresident licenses to include "Disabled Hunting License for American Veteran Participating in a Hunt in Association with a Qualified Organization."
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Adds grizzly bear as a game animal that residents and nonresidents may hunt with appropriate tags and permits, with specific provisions for grizzly bear tags and disabled American veteran tags.
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Requires taxidermist and fur buyer's licenses for persons engaging in the business of buying raw black bear or grizzly bear skins and parts, and requires two-year record retention of such purchases.
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Establishes reporting requirements for grizzly bears killed in depredation control (within 72 hours) and allows livestock owners and animal damage control personnel to dispose of grizzly bears molesting or attacking livestock without permits.
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Creates reimbursement penalties of $1,500 for illegal killing, possession, or waste of grizzly bears, and $10,000 for trophy grizzly bears, with penalties doubling for multiple violations within a 12-month period.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to revise certain license, tag and permit provisions; to provide for grizzly bear tags; to require taxidermist and fur buyer's licenses for those that engage in the business of buying certain skins and parts of specified animals; to require the retention of records for those who purchase certain skins and parts of specified animals; to revise reporting requirements regarding the taking of certain wolves and to provide for the control of depredation of grizzly bear; to provide an exception for grizzly bear to prohibitions of waste and destruction of wildlife; and to provide for reimbursement to the state for grizzly bear killed, possessed or wasted.
FISH AND GAME
Last Action
Session Law Chapter 61 Effective: 07/01/2017
3/16/2017