Mountain lion trapping.

2016
State of Wyoming
16LSO-0219
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0012

Mountain lion trapping.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Allen and Hunt and Senator(s) Bebout and Hicks

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing the taking of mountain lions by traps and snares as specified; requiring rulemaking as specified; 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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2
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303 by creating a new subsection (h)
is
amended to read:

23
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2
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303
.

Trapping licenses; tagging; traps and snares; penalty; confiscation; inspection; interference with trapping.

(h)

Any person holding a valid mountain lion license may
take a mountain lion by use of
a
trap or snare
. T
he commission shall promulgate rules and regulations setting forth the specifications for traps and snares used for the taking of mountain lions and the time period for checking
the
traps and snares.
Except as otherwise provided by commission rule
promulgated in accordance with this subsection
, the provisions in this section regulating the trapping of furbearing and predatory animals shall apply to the trapping of mountain lions.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
6
.

(END)

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