SEC. 49-11-25. Records of operators; patrolling of preserve.
Each shooting preserve operator shall maintain a registration book listing the names and hunting license numbers of all shooters and the date on which they hunted. An accurate record likewise must be maintained of the total number, by species, of game released and harvested each day the preserve is hunted. The shooting preserve operator shall submit this information in an annual report of operations each year to the game and fish commission not later than May 1 following. These records shall be open to inspection by a delegated representative of the game and fish commission at any reasonable time. Any person, partnership, association or corporation licensed hereunder consents to the patrolling of such shooting preserve areas by duly authorized representatives of the game and fish commission, without warrant, to determine if any of the game laws or regulations are being violated.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5899-09; Laws, 1962, ch. 182, Sec. 9; 1979, ch. 375, Sec. 8, eff from and after July 1, 1979.
1997 Amendment:
SECTION 12. Section 49-11-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-11-25. Each * * * operator shall maintain a registration book listing the names and hunting license numbers of all hunters and the date on which they hunted. An accurate record * * * must be maintained of the total number, by species, of game released and harvested each day the preserve or enclosure is hunted. The * * * operator shall submit this information in an annual report of operations each year to the department not later than June 1 following. These records shall be open to inspection by * * * the department at any reasonable time. Any person, partnership, association or corporation licensed hereunder consents to the patrolling of the shooting preserve or commercial wildlife enclosure areas by * * * the department, without warrant, to determine if any of the game laws or regulations are being violated.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 546, Sec. 12, SB2699, Effective July 1, 1997.