As Amended
SEC. 49-4-31. Hunter safety officers to investigate hunting accidents.
Upon notification by a duly authorized law enforcement officer of a death or injury that occurred by use of a weapon by any person engaged in hunting, a hunter safety officer of the department shall immediately initiate an investigation of the incident and shall submit a report to the executive director of the department. The executive director shall submit the report to the commission. If the commission determines there is probable cause to believe that the accident occurred as a result of culpable negligence on the part of the person causing the death or injury, the commission shall notify the district attorney of the circuit court district in which the incident occurred.
SOURCES: Laws, 1989, ch. 546, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1989. Laws, 1995, ch. 409, Sec. 4, eff from and after passage (approved March 15, 1995)