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2020 SESSION

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SB 774 Big game hunting; guaranteed kills prohibited, penalty.

Introduced by: A. Benton "Ben" Chafin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Big game hunting; guaranteed kills prohibited; penalty. Prohibits offering for sale, selling, offering to purchase, or purchasing a hunt guaranteeing the killing of a deer, bear, or wild turkey. The bill does not prevent a landowner from leasing land for hunting. A violation is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor; when the aggregate of such sales or purchases, or any combination thereof, by any person totals $500 or more during any 90-day period, such violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Big game hunting; guaranteed kills prohibited; penalty. Prohibits offering for sale, selling, offering to purchase, purchasing, or guaranteeing a kill of, or charging a fee for killing, a deer, bear, or wild turkey. Such prohibition does not apply to killing small game or migratory birds. The bill does not prevent a landowner from leasing land for hunting, except that a lease of land for hunting deer, bear, or wild turkey shall not be for a duration of less than three days. A violation is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor; when the aggregate of such sales or purchases, or any combination thereof, by any person totals $500 or more during any 90-day period, such violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony.