SB 254: MAJOR GAME & FISH VIOLATION PENALTIES

An Act Relating To Game And Fish; Amending Sections Of Chapter 17 Nmsa 1978 To Provide Stricter Penalties For Major Violations.

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MAJOR GAME & FISH VIOLATION PENALTIES

Legislative URL:

SB 254 on nmlegis.gov

Emergency Clause:

No

Germane:

N/A

Location:

SIAC

Action:

[3] SCONC/SJC-SCONC [5] DNP-CS/DP-SJC API.

Issue(s):

Animals & Wildlife

Related Legislators

Bill Sponsor:

Clemente Sanchez

Related Documents

Downloads:

Introduced
SCONC Committee Report
SCONC Committee Substitute
Fiscal Impact Report

Summary

This bill provides stricter penalties for major hunting and fishing violations. It makes the taking or killing of a bighorn sheep, ibex, oryx, Barbary sheep, elk, deer or pronghorn antelope outside of the legal season or without a valid license, which results in waste of the animal, a fourth degree felony. Waste of the animal consists of removing from the animal only the head, antlers or horns or leaving any of the four quarters, backstraps or tenderloins of the carcass to waste.

A person who hunts or fishes and takes any protected species, including game mammals, birds or fish, and fails to save the edible portions of the meat for human consumption; or who wounds a game mammal and fails to make a reasonable attempt to track the mammal and reduce it to possession, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

A possible benefit of this bill might be some additional protection of game animals from wasteful predation by irresponsible hunters.