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IN HB1407
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Shane Lindauer
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AI Summary
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Establishes a bobcat hunting and trapping season beginning after June 30, 2019, in counties where the Department of Natural Resources received more than 30 bobcat sighting reports in two consecutive calendar years between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2018
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Requires the DNR director to implement a program allowing licensed hunters and trappers (or those exempt from licensing under IC 14-22-11-1) to take bobcats in eligible counties
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Mandates the program include season duration, individual take limits, overall quota, harvest reporting procedures, and criteria for adding or removing counties from eligibility
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Grants the director authority to decline opening or shorten the season based on public safety, wildlife management, conservation best practices, or other determining factors
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Effective date of July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Hunting and trapping of bobcats. Establishes a bobcat hunting and trapping season in an eligible county. Requires the director of the department of natural resources (director) to establish and implement a program under which a bobcat may be taken in an eligible county. Establishes the requirements of the program, including the director's authority not to open a bobcat hunting and trapping season in an eligible county.
Last Action
Representative Goodin added as coauthor
2/4/2019