Mississippi House Bill 768 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish Procedures To Limit The Spread Of Chronic Wasting Disease; To Prohibit The Taking Of Deer With The Use Of Supplemental Feed, Natural Deer Urine, Or Mineral Licks; To Prohibit The Dumping Of Deer Carcasses On The Roads And Highways Of The State, Or Within The Limits Of The Rights-of-way Of Such Roads And Highways, Or On Any Public Or Private Property; To Provide The Requirements For Deer Carcass Dumping; To Require The Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks, The Board Of Animal Health And The Commissioner Of Agriculture And Commerce To Enforce The Provisions Of Section 1 Of This Act; To Provide Penalties For First And Subsequent Violations; To Authorize The Department To Issue A Permit To Private Landowners To Harvest Deer That May Be Infected With Chronic Wasting Disease At Any Time; To Authorize The Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Promulgate Rules And Regulations For The Issuance Of Chronic Wasting Disease Harvesting Permits; To Require The Department To Develop And Implement A Program For Transmitting Game Camera Images Of Possible Infected Deer To The Department For Evaluation; To Amend Sections 49-7-3, 49-7-8, 49-7-13, 49-7-27, 49-7-33, 69-1-13 And 69-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 49-7-54, 49-7-58, 49-7-58.1 And 49-7-58.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To Chronic Wasting Disease; To Repeal Section 49-7-33.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Supplemental Feeding Of Deer; And For Related Purposes.

Chronic wasting disease; establish procedures to limit the spread of.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-17	House	Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0768.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0768IN.htm