Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 497

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: a higher wild animal protection surcharge for certain animals of a larger size. (FE)

Animal Court — Fee Hunting Identification cards Natural resources, department of — Environmental protection Natural resources, department of — Hunting and fishing

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Assembly, not reached
Passes Senate, not reached
Governor signs, not reached
Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, if a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for the unlawful killing,

wounding, catching, taking, trapping, or possession of certain wild animals, the

court may impose a wild animal protection surcharge. The statute specifies the

amount of the surcharge allowed for each type of wild animal.

This bill allows a court to impose a higher wild animal protection surcharge

when it imposes a fine or forfeiture for the unlawful killing, wounding, catching,

taking, trapping, or possession of a deer, elk, or bear that has a certain size of antlers

or skull. The bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to establish a

method for measuring the antler or skull size, and specifies the amount of the

surcharge allowed for each animal. If both a regular and a higher wild animal

protection surcharge are allowed, the bill requires a court to impose the higher

surcharge.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Fiscal Estimate From DNR

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Mar 7, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 13, Noes 0