REFERENCE TITLE: wildlife; taking; landowner permits; rules

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

HB 2588

Introduced by

Representative Griffin

AN ACT

Amending title 17, chapter 3, ARTICLE 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 17-321; RELATING to the taking of wildlife.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 17, chapter 3, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 17-321, to read:

START_STATUTE17-321. Private lands; taking wildlife; landowner permits; rules

A. The department shall issue a landowner permit for the taking of elk, antelope, oryx and deer on private lands.

b. The department may adopt rules to expand the use of landowner permits to other SPECIES of wildlife.

C. The department shall issue a landowner permit if the COMMISSION DETERMINES that the permit is necessary to reduce CONFLICTS between humans and wildlife and to provide sport HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES CONSISTENT with rules adopted by the department. END_STATUTE