Bill Text: MS HB266 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Hunting; allow special youth season on open public lands.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB266 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-HB266-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
By: Representative Currie
House Bill 266
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION ON WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL YOUTH HUNTS FOR ALL NONMIGRATORY GAME BIRDS AND ANIMALS OUTSIDE OF THE OPEN SEASON, ON PUBLIC LANDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-7-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-7-39. (1) The commission shall establish a special hunting season for youth under the age of sixteen (16) and for handicapped persons in the Natchez State Park. The commission shall also establish a primitive weapon season in the Natchez State Park. The selection of participants in the primitive weapon season shall be by public drawing from all qualified applications. The commission shall set the number of permits to be issued and the length of the special seasons.
(2) The commission may also establish a special hunting season for youth and handicapped persons or a primitive weapon season as provided in this section in any other state park under the jurisdiction of the department but shall only do so upon the recommendation of the staff of the department as approved by the commission. The commission shall select participants and set the number of permits to be issued and the length of the special seasons.
(3) The commission may establish and regulate special youth hunts for all nonmigratory game birds and animals outside of the open season on wildlife management areas and on both private and public lands.
(4) The commission shall establish and regulate a special hunting season for youth under the age of sixteen (16) to run concurrently with the primitive weapons season on deer.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
