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HB 517 Warrantless arrest; certain cases.

Introduced by: R. Steven Landes | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Warrantless arrest; certain cases. Allows a law-enforcement officer to make warrantless arrests for misdemeanors not committed in the officer's presence involving (i) reckless handling of a firearm; (ii) trespass on property where hunting, trapping, or fishing has been prohibited; or (iii) killing deer by use of certain lights when any such arrest is based on probable cause upon personal investigation.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Warrantless arrest; conservation police officers and conservation officers. Allows a conservation police officer of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and a conservation officer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation to make warrantless arrests for misdemeanors not committed in the officer's presence involving hunting, trapping, inland fish, and boating laws when such arrest is based on probable cause upon personal investigation.