ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

House: LARA DPA 5-2-0-2

HB 2552: dogs; hunting; rules; prohibition

Sponsor: Representative Diaz, LD 19

House Engrossed

Overview

Allows the use of dogs for hunting wildlife.

History

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission (Commission) is responsible for establishing the rules and regulations for managing, conserving and protecting wildlife. The Commission is comprised of five members appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation, who serve five-year terms. The Arizona Game and Fish Department (Department) administers the rules and regulations as set by the Commission (A.R.S. §§ 17-201, 17-231 and 38-211).

A person may take wildlife only during daylight hours and by means of:

1) firearms, fishing equipment, archery equipment or other implements in hand as regulated by the Commission, including hunting or fishing license;

2) snares, traps not designed to kill or nets to take wildlife for scientific research projects, sport falconry or relocation of the wildlife;

3) poisons or nets by the Department to take and manage aquatic wildlife; or

4) traps or poison to control wild and domestic rodents (A.R.S. § 17-301).

Provisions

1. Allows a person to take small game, predatory and fur-bearing animals with the aid of dogs at all times during which the taking of such wildlife is authorized by the Commission. (Sec. 1)

2. States a person can take bear or mountain lion with the aid of dogs during an open season for bear and mountain lion. (Sec. 1)

3. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)

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