SB12 Alabama 2019 Session

Under existing law and by rule of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as it relates to hunting deer on private lands, there is a rebuttable presumption that any bait or feed located beyond 100 yards from the hunter and not within the line of sight of the hunter is not a lure, attraction, or enticement to, on, or over the areas where the hunter is attempting to kill or take the deer

This bill would allow the taking of whitetail deer or feral swine by means of bait when a person purchases a baiting privilege license from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

This bill would also provide the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources with the authority to establish Chronic Wasting Disease management zones and disease management zones for other infectious or contagious diseases, would allow for the suspension of the use of a baiting privilege license in these disease management zones under certain conditions, and would prohibit the use of bait in any county containing a portion of a disease management zone

To amend Section 9-11-244 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to hunting; to allow the taking of whitetail deer or feral swine by means of bait when a person purchases a baiting privilege license from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; to provide for Chronic Wasting Disease management zones and disease management zones for other infectious or contagious diseases; to provide for the suspension of the use of a baiting privilege license in disease management zones; and to prohibit the use of bait in any county containing a portion of a disease management zone.