REFERENCE TITLE: Mexican wolf; G&F approval; reporting

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature

Second Regular Session

2016

 

 

SB 1243

 

Introduced by

Senators Griffin, Donahue, Worsley: Allen S, Barto, Burges, Farnsworth D, Lesko, McGuire, Shooter, Smith, Yee

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 17, chapter 2, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 17‑253; relating to the arizona game and fish commission.

 

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

Section 1.  Title 17, chapter 2, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 17-253, to read:

START_STATUTE17-253.  Mexican gray wolf; commission approval; reporting

A.  Before a mexican gray wolf is released, translocated or cross‑fostered in this state, the commission must approve the release, translocation or cross‑fostering.

B.  The commission may not approve a mexican gray wolf release, translocation or cross‑fostering:

1.  within three miles of state trust land or private property.

2.  without a full DNA profile on each mexican gray wolf that is released, translocated or cross‑fostered.

C.  The department shall report to the commission at every commission meeting the following information:

1.  Any known death of a mexican gray wolf in this state and, if known, the reason for the death.

2.  the number of mexican gray wolves that are supplemented with feed in this state and the cost of the supplementation.

3.  The number of mexican gray wolves that are captured in this state by the department or a federal agency partnering with the department, the reason for the capture and the full DNA profile on each mexican gray wolf captured.

4.  The location of all collared mexican gray wolves in this state.

5.  All human and domestic animal incidents in this state that involve a mexican gray wolf.  END_STATUTE