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IN SB0007
Bill
AI Summary
Senate Bill No. 7 Summary
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Makes it a Class C misdemeanor to engage in computer-assisted remote hunting or operate a computer-assisted remote hunting facility that remotely controls the aiming and discharge of bows, crossbows, or firearms.
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Prohibits use of unmanned aerial vehicles to search for, scout, locate, or detect wildlife as an aid to hunting, with exceptions for government employees, educational/research institutions, and veterinary care.
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Makes it illegal to release wild mammals from confinement for hunting purposes or offer for sale the hunting of wild mammals kept or confined on private property.
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Removes exotic mammals from the list of animals that may be propagated and offered for hunting at licensed shooting preserves, limiting preserves to game birds only.
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Takes effect upon passage with an emergency declaration.
Legislative Description
Hunting wildlife. Removes exotic mammals from the animals that may be propagated or offered for hunting at a shooting preserve. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor to: (1) engage in computer assisted remote hunting or provide or operate a computer assisted remote hunting facility; (2) use an unmanned aerial vehicle to search for, scout, locate, or detect wildlife as an aid to hunt or take wildlife; (3) release from confinement a wild mammal for the purpose of taking the wild mammal; or (4) offer for sale the taking of a wild mammal that is kept or confined on private property.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
1/5/2016