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Relating to entering private property by persons using dogs while fur harvesting or training dogs on fur-bearing animals, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to entering private property when using a dog while fur harvesting or training a dog on a fur-bearing animal. Under current law, a person with a valid fur harvester license may train certain dogs on any fur-bearing animals at any time of the year. A person with a valid hunting or fur harvester license may also train a dog on coyotes or groundhogs. Under the bill, a person who uses a dog while fur harvesting or training a dog on a fur-bearing animal shall not allow the dog to enter the property of another without first receiving the property owner’s permission.
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A person who violates the provisions of the bill commits a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days or a fine of at least $65 but no more than $625 or by both. In addition, a person who violates the provisions of the bill is subject to existing civil damages in Code chapter 481A relating to unlawfully taking an animal. A fur-bearing animal taken by a person while the person is violating the provisions of the bill is subject to seizure by the director of the department of natural resources or a peace officer.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2020. On February 4, 2020 it recommended passage.
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