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MS HB1260
Bill
Status
3/25/2013
Primary Sponsor
Scott Bounds
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AI Summary
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Expands the existing beaver control program to include wild hog control and eradication on private and public lands (excluding federally owned lands).
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Requires state funds for wild hog control to be authorized only through specific line-item appropriations by the Legislature.
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Renames the "Beaver Control Advisory Board" to the "Beaver and Wild Hog Control Advisory Board" and adds the Chairmen of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees as nonvoting members.
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Maintains the board's composition of administrative heads from relevant state agencies and organizations, with nonvoting members including legislators from Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and Agriculture Committees.
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Takes effect July 1, 2013.
Legislative Description
Wild hog control; add to the beaver control program and revise composition and change nomenclature of the advisory board.
Last Action
Approved by Governor
3/25/2013