SEC. 49-7-47. Restrictions on hunting or catching alligators or alligator turtles.

(1) The commission * * * may control, regulate and manage the taking of all alligators and alligator turtles.

(2) * * * Residents and nonresidents shall be required to purchase a combination hunting and fishing license to hunt, kill or catch any alligator or alligator turtle for sporting purposes.

(3) * * * Residents and nonresidents shall be required to obtain a special permit to hunt, kill, catch or possess any alligator or alligator turtle for commercial purposes. The commission * * * may establish a reasonable fee for an annual special sporting permit, not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), and may prescribe regulations governing commercial trade in alligators and alligator turtles. Any reasonable fee established for an annual special commercial permit shall not exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Such permit shall be good from the date of its issuance to June 30 following its date.

(4) Any person violating this section is guilty, upon conviction, of a Class I offense and is punishable as provided in Section 49-7-141.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5883.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 186, Secs. 1-4; 1985, ch. 452, Sec. 13; 1987, ch. 430; 1989, ch. 359, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 516, Sec. 68, HB666, eff. from and after passage (approved April 30, 2000).

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2000