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Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: HF1591

hf1591 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Aquatic restoration grants authorized, shooting range
operation provided, predator management proposal required; and turtle licensing,
small game, deer tagging and certain angling provisions modified. Section 1:
Aquatic restoration grants permitted. Sec. 2: "Person," "shooting range,"
"generally accepted operation practices," and "unit of government" defined. Sec.
3: Local ordinances for shooting ranges and existing shooting range operations
applicability regulations specified. Sec. 4: Closing or relocating shooting
ranges criteria and procedures established. Sec. 5: Shooting range nuisance
liability defined. Sec. 6: Noise standards for shooting ranges established. Sec.
7: Shooting ranges exempted from nuisance actions. Sec. 8: Decoys added to
provisions relating to wild animals. Sec. 9: Federal aid reimbursements to the
game and fish fund procedures established. Sec. 10: Federal Aid in Wildlife
Restoration Act compliance initiated, restrictions on license revenue
established. Sec. 11: Predator management program established. Sec. 12: Turtle
license fees established. Sec. 13: Deer tags required. Sec. 14: Regulations
concerning taking small game as a party established. Sec. 15: Open season on
mourning doves allowed. Sec. 16: Registration and tagging of fur-bearing animals
regulations provided. Sec. 17: Snare regulations specified. Sec. 18: Angler
regulations for using more than one line modified. Sec. 19: Regulations relating
to turtle licensing, selling, taking, and prohibited methods established. Sec.
20: Limits on snapping turtles established. Sec. 21: Limits on western painted
turtles established. Sec. 22: Coyote conflict management option established.
Sec. 23: Effective dates established.AE