Bill Text: MS SB2146 | 2014 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Deer bag limit; grant the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks plenary power to set.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-03-12 - Died On Calendar [SB2146 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2146-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
By: Senator(s) Ward
Senate Bill 2146
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO GRANT THE COMMISSION ON WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS PLENARY AUTHORITY TO SET THE BAG LIMITS FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER AND PROMULGATE ANY REGULATIONS NECESSARY THEREFOR, CONSISTENT WITH BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, SCIENTIFIC DATA AND SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE EXISTING LAW, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THIS STATE OR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-7-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-7-41. (1) The commission may set the bag limits for game animals, birds and fish, unless the bag limits are established by the Legislature by statute.
(2) * * *
The commission shall have plenary authority to
set the bag limits for white-tailed deer and promulgate any regulations
necessary therefor, consistent with best management practices, scientific data
and subject to applicable existing law, rules and regulations of this state or
the United States of America.
( * * *2) * * * Any bag limit on antlerless white-tailed
deer set by the commission pursuant to this section shall not apply to
private lands under the deer management assistance program or the fee-based
antlerless program as approved by the department.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.