Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 49-7-58.4 - Regulation of commercial and noncommercial wild animal enclosures and facilities preventing free ingress and egress of native and nonnative cervids(1) The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall have plenary power to regulate all commercial and noncommercial wild animal enclosures in order to conserve and protect native wildlife for all citizens to enjoy and to protect our recreational economy dependent on native wildlife resources.(2) The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall regulate any facility that prevents the free ingress and egress of native or nonnative cervids as the same are defined by the commission. The commission may promulgate rules and regulations requiring the issuance of permits and the payment of a reasonable fee therefor. Regulations promulgated under this authority must have a majority vote of the commission to be adopted. Laws, 2006, ch. 601, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 523, § 2; Laws, 2012, ch. 326, § 2, eff. 7/1/2012.Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 305, HB 391, 2, eff. 7/1/2014.