AB 234

Current statutes generally prohibit a local governmental unit from enacting

any ordinance or adopting any regulation, resolution, or other restriction (local law)

that regulates hunting, fishing, trapping, or management of wild animals except on

land that the local governmental unit owns or leases or unless state law specifically

authorizes the local governmental unit to enact or adopt such a local law. Current

statutes also specify that a local governmental unit may enact or adopt a local law

that has an incidental effect on hunting, fishing, or trapping, but only if the primary

purpose is to further public health or safety.

This bill provides, with an exception, that a local governmental unit may not

enact or enforce a local law that prohibits hunting with a bow and arrow within the

jurisdiction of that local governmental unit. Under the exception provided in the bill,

a local governmental unit may prohibit hunting with a bow and arrow within 150

yards of an occupied building.