Possession of certain animals killed by vehicles

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is authorized to issue hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses, permits, tags, and other approvals (approvals) and to otherwise establish and maintain conditions regulating hunting, fishing, and trapping. Generally, current law requires a person to have a valid approval to hunt a deer and to take possession of the deer carcass.

Current law authorizes a person who accidentally kills a deer while operating a motor vehicle on a highway to take possession of the deer carcass and to remove it from the scene of the accident if the person has the carcass tagged by a law enforcement officer or gives the law enforcement officer certain identifying information and has the carcass tagged at a later time as instructed by the law enforcement officer. Current law prohibits DNR from charging a fee to issue a tag for this purpose. Under this bill, the law regulating the possession of the carcass of a deer killed by a vehicle also applies to bear and wild turkey.

Who's behind it

2 lawmakers are its authors⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.