SB12 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Phillip W. Williams

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Hunting, authorize the taking of whitetail deer or feral swine by means of bait, when baiting privilege license is purchased, Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zones authorized, Commissioner of Dept. of Consv. and Nat'l Res. to establish, Sec. 9-11-244 am'd.

Description

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.

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Subjects

Hunters and Hunting