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2005 SESSION

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SB 1150 Hunting; reporting of accidents, penalty.

Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Hunting incidents causing severe physical injury; reporting.  Requires any law-enforcement agency or emergency medical service provider that receives a report that a person engaged in hunting has suffered serious bodily injury or death to give notice to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Hunting incidents causing severe physical injury; assistance, reporting; penalties.  Requires a hunter to render assistance to persons affected by a hunting incident in which a hunter severely injures himself or another and causes significant physical impairment or death.   A person who knowingly and willfully fails to render such assistance is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and a Class 6 felony if the hunting incident results in severe injury, significant physical impairment, or the death of a person.  The penalty for not immediately reporting (and for failing to file a full report within five days) such an occurrence to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is a Class 4 misdemeanor.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Reporting of hunting accident; penalty.  Requires hunters to report hunting accidents when a person (i) dies, (ii) is unable to perform normal or usual activities, (iii) requires medical attention beyond routine first aid, or (iv) a person disappears under circumstances that indicate probable death or injury. The penalty for not reporting such an occurrence is a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill also requires a person to render assistance in the case of a hunting accident. A person who knowingly and willfully fails to render such assistance when the hunting accident results in serious bodily injury to, or the death of, a person, is subject to a Class 6 felony.