As Amended
SEC. 49-7-47. Restrictions on hunting or catching alligators or common snapping turtles.
(1) The commission may control, regulate and manage the taking of all alligators and common snapping turtles.
(2) Residents and nonresidents shall be required to purchase a combination hunting and fishing license to hunt, kill or catch any alligator or common snapping 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 common snapping 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 common snapping 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; Laws, 2004, ch. 341, § 1, SB 2886, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 19, 2004.).
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