Bill Text: MS SB2921 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: White-tailed deer enclosures; require owners to apply to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks for a permit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-08 - Died On Calendar [SB2921 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-SB2921-Comm_Sub.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
By: Senator(s) Hill
Senate Bill 2921
(COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-58.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT OWNERS OF ANY ENCLOSURE CONTAINING WHITE-TAILED DEER THAT PREVENTS THE FREE EGRESS OF WHITE-TAILED DEER FROM THE ENCLOSED AREA SHALL APPLY TO, AND BE PERMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS FOR A PERMIT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-7-58.1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-7-58.1. (1) The owner
of any enclosure containing white-tailed deer that prevents the free egress of
white-tailed deer from the enclosed area shall * * * apply to, and
be permitted by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. The
person shall give his name, the location of the enclosure, the acreage within
the enclosure, and whether any deer have been imported into the state and
placed in the enclosure, and any other information required by the Commissioner
on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
* * *
( * * *2) The owner of such an enclosure
shall comply with any testing of white-tailed deer harvested within the
enclosure as may be required by the department. If chronic wasting disease is
diagnosed within five (5) miles of the enclosure, the owner of such enclosure
shall allow department personnel to enter the enclosure to utilize lethal
collection methods to obtain tissue samples for testing. If chronic wasting
disease is diagnosed within the enclosure, the owner shall allow department
personnel to enter the enclosure and depopulate the white-tailed deer within
the enclosure.
( * * *3) A violation of this section is a
Class I violation and is punishable as provided in Section 49-7-141.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.