Bill Text: AZ SB1077 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Trespass on state land

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-01-23 - Senate NRT Committee action: Held [SB1077 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2012-SB1077-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: trespass on state land

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fiftieth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2012

 

 

SB 1077

 

Introduced by

Senator Allen; Representatives Crandell, Gowan: Harper

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 37-501, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to trespass on state lands.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 37-501, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE37-501.  Trespass on state lands; classification

A.  A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor who:

1.  Knowingly commits a trespass upon state lands, either by cutting down or destroying timber or wood standing or growing thereon, by carrying away timber or wood therefrom, by mowing, cutting, or removing hay or grass thereon or therefrom, or by grazing livestock thereon, unless he has a lease or sublease approved by the department for the area being grazed.

2.  Knowingly extracts or removes oil, gas, coal, mineral, earth, rock, fertilizer or fossils of any kind or description therefrom.

3.  Knowingly without right injures or removes any building, fence or improvements on state lands, or unlawfully occupies, plows or cultivates any of the lands.

4.  With criminal negligence exposes growing trees, shrubs or undergrowth standing on state lands to danger or destruction by fire.

B.  This section does not prohibit the lawful possession or discharge of a firearm while hunting, while target shooting, in self‑defense or in defense of another. END_STATUTE