MILD
HB 426
NM WILDLIFE PROTECTION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT
- Legislative URL:
- HB 426 on nmlegis.gov
- Emergency Clause:
- No
- Germane:
- N/A
- Location:
- HAWC
- Action:
- [10] HAWC/HSCAC/HJC-HAWC API.
- Issue(s):
- Animals & Wildlife
Related Legislators
- Bill Sponsor:
- Roberto “Bobby” Gonzales
Related Documents
- Downloads:
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Introduced
Fiscal Impact Report
Summary
This bill enacts the New Mexico Wildlife Protection and Public Safety Act prohibiting:
- setting, using or attempting to set or use, a trap to kill or capture wildlife on public land;
- setting, using or attempting to set or use, a body-gripping trap to kill or capture any feral or domestic animal on public land;
- applying, using or attempting to apply or use, any poison to kill or injure wildlife or a feral animal on public land; or
- buying, selling, bartering or otherwise exchanging for profit or offering to buy, sell, barter or otherwise exchange for profit the raw fur of any protected or unprotected fur-bearing animal taken by a trap or poison.
The bill lists specific exhibitions to the prohibitions and details the specific conditions under which each exception applies.
A violation of the act is a misdemeanor for a first offense and a fourth degree felony for a second or subsequent conviction.
A potential benefit of this bill might be a reduction in unnecessary and indiscriminate trapping, poisoning, killing and injuring wildlife and other animals on public land, including the trapping and poisoning of fur-bearing animals for profit.