HB427 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Sorrells Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Deer hunting, commercial deer hunting operation licensing program, established, licenses and licensing fees, special hunting seasons, Conservation and Natural Resources Dept. to enforce and adopt rules, criminal penalties for violations

Description

This bill would establish a commercial deer hunting preserve licensing program for artificially propagated deer on area bound by enclosures which effectively restrict the ingress and egress of deer, and impose a licensing fee.

This bill would do all of the following for commercial deer hunting preserve: Extend the hunting season; allow for deer to be hunted by any weapon lawfully used for any deer hunting; and exempt from a person's bag limit deer harvested from a commercial deer hunting preserve.

This bill would require any person hunting on a commercial deer hunting preserve to have the proper hunting licenses.

This bill would also authorize certain public officers to enter the property, to enforce game and fish laws, and revoke a commercial hunting preserve license for violations, and authorize the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to adopt rules.

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Subjects

Hunters and HuntingGame and Fish