Bill Text: AZ HB2396 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Wildlife; guides; firearms

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-30 - Chapter 122 [HB2396 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2015-HB2396-Chaptered.html

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House Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

 

CHAPTER 122

 

HOUSE BILL 2396

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 17-362, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the taking and handling of wildlife.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 17-362, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE17-362.  Guide license; violations; annual report

A.  No A person shall Not act as a guide without first satisfying the director of the person's qualifications and without having procured a guide license.  No A person who is under eighteen years of age shall not be issued a guide license.

B.  If a licensed guide fails to comply with this title or is convicted of violating any provision of this title, in addition to any other penalty prescribed by this title:

1.  For a first offense, the commission, after a public hearing, may revoke or suspend the guide license and deny the person the right to secure another license for a period of up to five years.

2.  For a second offense, the commission, after a public hearing, may revoke or suspend the guide license and deny the person the right to secure another license for a period of up to ten years.

3.  For a third offense, the commission, after a public hearing, may revoke or suspend the guide license and permanently deny the person the right to secure another license.

C.  By January 10 of each year, or at the request of the commission, guides shall report to the department, on forms provided by the department, the name and address of each person guided, the number of days so employed and the number and species of game animals taken.  No A guide license shall not be issued to any person who has failed to deliver the report to the department for the preceding license year, or until meeting such requirements as the commission may prescribe.

D.  No person acting as guide shall carry firearms other than a revolver or pistol. END_STATUTE

 

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MARCH 30, 2015.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 31, 2015.