HB0024 • 2009

Game and fish violations-penalties.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; providing felony penalties for second or subsequent convictions of taking specified big game animals without a license and for wanton destruction of big game animals; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Travel
Last action: 2009-02-12
Official status: inactive
Effective date: Not listed

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HB0024SW001

Committee of the Whole • JENNINGS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by JENNINGS

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Bill History

2009-02-12 Senate
S Failed CoW; Indef Postponed
2009-02-12 Senate
S Amendments Adopted
2009-02-12 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2009-01-27 Senate
S Placed on General File
2009-01-27 Senate
S06 Recommended Do Pass
2009-01-26 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S06
2009-01-22 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2009-01-22 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2009-01-21 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2009-01-20 House
H Passed CoW
2009-01-19 House
H Placed on General File
2009-01-19 House
H06 Recommended Do Pass
2009-01-13 House
H Introduced and Referred to H06
2009-01-13 House
H Received for Introduction
2008-12-03 LSO
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WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0104

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0024

Game and fish violations-penalties.

Sponsored by:
Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
game and fish; providing felony penalties for second or subsequent convictions of taking specified big game animals without a license and
for
wanton destruction of big game animals;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 23
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3
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102(d) and 23
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3
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107(d) are amended to read:

23
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102.

Taking certain game animals without license or during a closed season prohibited.

(d)

Any person who knowingly takes any antlered elk, antlered deer, antlered moose, horned antelope, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, mountain lion, grizzly bear or black bear without the proper license or during a closed season except as otherwise permitted by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
A second or subsequent conviction within ten (10) years for a violatio
n of this subsection may constitute
a felony punishable by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or both.

23
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3
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107.

Wanton destruction of big game animal; reward.

(d)

Violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23
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202(a)(ii).

A second or subsequent conviction within ten (10) years for a viola
tion of this section may constitute
a felony punishable by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or both.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2009.

(END)

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