HB573 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Charles O. Newton

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Trapping of fur-bearing animals, licensing, use of plastic tags on traps and the requirement that the license number of the owner of a trap be contained on any tag, deleted, Sec. 9-11-59 am'd.

Summary

This bill would change trap tagging by removing plastic tags and eliminating the requirement to display the owner's license number on trap tags.

What This Bill Does

It would eliminate the use of plastic tags for traps and remove the requirement that the owner's license number appears on any trap tag. For beaver traps, identification would be similar but the tag would show only the owner's name and address. The bill keeps the existing trapping licensing system with its fees and seasonal validity, unchanged in substance.

Who It Affects

• Trappers who own fur-bearing traps (changes to tag requirements and what information is displayed).
• Beaver trap operators (tags would include only the owner's name and address).

Key Provisions

• Deletes the use of plastic tags on traps.
• Deletes the requirement that the license number of the trap owner be contained on trap tags.
• Beaver traps must be identified in a like manner, but the tag shall bear only the name and address of the owner.
• Maintains the existing trapping license framework (resident and nonresident fees and seasonal validity).

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Subjects

Conservation and Natural Resources Department