Bill Text: MS SB2073 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Wild hogs; require metallic tags to be affixed to the ear of one that is being transported.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2073 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2021-SB2073-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
By: Senator(s) Seymour, Younger
Senate Bill 2073
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-140, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE SIZE LIMITATION ON THE ENCLOSURE THAT A WILD HOG MAY BE RELEASED INTO FOR PURPOSE OF SLAUGHTER; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS TO ISSUE METALLIC TAGS THAT MUST BE AFFIXED TO THE EAR OF EACH WILD HOG BEING TRANSPORTED WITHIN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-7-140, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-7-140. (1) No person
may import into the state or release into the wild, any live * * * wild
hog.
(2) No person may transport
on public roads or off of the property of record where captured or relocate
within the state any live * * * feral hog, wild swine or Russian Boar wild hog, except
as * * * authorized in this section.
(3) For the purposes of
this section, "wild hog" means any "feral * * * hog, wild swine * * * and Russian Boar" * * * and any other hog
that is not a domesticated pet or livestock.
(4) A violation of this section is a Class I violation punishable as provided in Section 49-7-141.
(5) (a) Wild hogs may be
caught or trapped and transported within the State of Mississippi, with a
permit, issued by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Wild hogs may not be released or removed alive from any mobile device or
vehicle, except that wild hogs may be released alive for the purpose of
slaughter into an enclosure * * *
constructed in a manner that prevents the escape of any wild hog, or to a
facility where the hog may be immediately prepared for slaughter. The
department shall issue metallic tags to each permittee that must be affixed to
an ear of each wild hog being transported. The commission shall promulgate
rules and regulations for the issuance of * * * hog transportation permits and tags
consistent with this subsection * * *. The * * * department shall not issue * * * a permit * * *
or any tags unless the department determines at the time * * * the permit is
requested that the individual requesting the permit:
(i) Does not have a history of repeat hunting offenses; or
(ii) Has not had his or her hunting privileges revoked.
(b) Any person
transporting a live wild hog within the State of Mississippi must first obtain
from the * * *
department * * * a live wild hog transportation permit
and tags, as provided * * * in this subsection. Each
wild hog being transported shall have a tag attached to one (1) ear which
shall remain in the ear of the hog until it is slaughtered.
(c) A violation of any regulation of the commission promulgated under the authority provided in this section shall be a Class I violation and punishable as provided in Section 49-7-141. In addition to the penalties provided therein, upon conviction, the violator shall forfeit all hunting, trapping and fishing privileges for a period of one (1) year from the date of conviction.
(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the lawful transport of domestic swine for customary and ordinary purposes of intrastate or interstate commerce, or agricultural practices.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.
