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5	5		By Representatives Sorrells, Kiel, Marques, Paramore, Smith,
6	6		Lipscomb, Hurst, Clouse, Brown, Rehm, Whitt, Easterbrook,
7	7		Fincher, Bolton, Blackshear, Lee, Oliver, Hammett, Brinyark,
8	8		Stringer, Lamb, Colvin, Kirkland, Hulsey, Standridge, Reynolds
9	9		RFD: Agriculture and Forestry
10	10		First Read: 03-Apr-25
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	19	+	9 FKP1JCD-1 03/31/2025 ZAK (L)ma 2025-848
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	22	+	SYNOPSIS:
	23	+	Under existing law, the Commissioner of
	24	+	Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to
	25	+	issue a game breeder license to certain persons to
	26	+	engage in the business of raising protected game
	27	+	animals and game birds, including certain cervids.
	28	+	This bill would prohibit state agencies from
	29	+	killing, testing, and prohibiting the transfer of these
	30	+	deer due to disease except under certain circumstances.
	31	+	This bill would establish that deer possessed by
	32	+	a licensee are the personal property of that licensee.
	33	+	This bill would also make nonsubstantive,
	34	+	technical revisions to update the existing code
	35	+	language to current style.
22	36		A BILL
23	37		TO BE ENTITLED
24	38		AN ACT
25	39		Relating to game breeder licensees; to amend Section
26	40		9-11-30, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit state agencies from
27	41		killing, testing, and prohibiting the transfer of cervids due
28	42		to disease, subject to exceptions; to provide that cervids
29	43		possessed by a licensee are the personal property of that
30		-	licensee; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to
31		-	update the existing code language to current style.
32		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
33		-	Section 1. Section 9-11-30, Code of Alabama 1975, is
34		-	amended to read as follows:
35		-	"§9-11-30
36		-	(a) For the purposes of this section, Section 9-11-31,
37		-	and Section 9-11-31.1, the term "protected game animals and
38		-	game birds" means any following terms have the following
39		-	meanings:
40		-	(1) CERVID. Any member of the family Cervidae possessed
41		-	by or under the care of a licensed game breeder pursuant to
42		-	this section, Section 9-11-31, and Section 9-11-31.1.
43		-	(2) PROTECTED GAME ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS. Any species
44		-	of bird or animal designated by the Commissioner of
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	73	+	possessed by a licensee are the personal property of that
	74	+	licensee; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to
	75	+	update the existing code language to current style.
	76	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	77	+	Section 1. Section 9-11-30, Code of Alabama 1975, is
	78	+	amended to read as follows:
	79	+	"§9-11-30
	80	+	(a) For the purposes of this section, Section 9-11-31,
	81	+	and Section 9-11-31.1, the term "protected game animals and
	82	+	game birds" means any following terms have the following
	83	+	meanings:
	84	+	(1) CERVID. Any member of the family Cervidae possessed
	85	+	by or under the care of a licensed game breeder pursuant to
	86	+	this section, Section 9-11-31, and Section 9-11-31.1.
	87	+	(2) PROTECTED GAME ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS. Any species
74	88		of bird or animal designated by the Commissioner of
75	89		Conservation and Natural Resources by regulation rule pursuant
76	90		to Section 9-2-7, species of the family Cervidae documented by
77	91		the department to exist in the wild in this state prior to May
78	92		1, 2006, which are whitetail deer, elk, and fallow deer, or
79	93		species of nonindigenous animals lawfully brought into this
80	94		state prior to May 1, 2006, and their offspring.
81	95		(b)(1) Pursuant to the requirements and restrictions of
82	96		subdivisions (2) and (3), the Commissioner of Conservation and
83	97		Natural Resources shall issue an annual game breeder's breeder
84	98		license to any properly accredited person , firm, corporation,
85	99		or association authorizing a game breeder to engage in the
86	100		business of raising protected game birds, game animals, or
87	101		fur-bearing animals, for propagating propagation purposes in
88		-	this state.
89		-	(2) Before a license is issued, the Commissioner of
90		-	Conservation and Natural Resources shall make or cause to be
91		-	made a thorough investigation and to determine the
92		-	qualifications, responsibility, and equipment of the applicant
93		-	for entering upon the business of breeding, raising, and
94		-	handling of game birds and game or fur-bearing animals.
95		-	(3) No license shall be issued or renewed for any
96		-	person, firm, corporation, or association or any principal
97		-	officer or partner in a firm, corporation, or association
98		-	which thereof that is convicted of violating subsection (c) of
99		-	Section 9-2-13(c) after May 1, 2006, or for the premises of
100		-	any person, firm, corporation, or association whose license
101		-	privileges are revoked after May 1, 2006.
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	131	+	fur-bearing animals, for propagating propagation purposes in
	132	+	this state.
	133	+	(2) Before a license is issued, the Commissioner of
	134	+	Conservation and Natural Resources shall make or cause to be
	135	+	made a thorough investigation and to determine the
	136	+	qualifications, responsibility, and equipment of the applicant
	137	+	for entering upon the business of breeding, raising, and
	138	+	handling of game birds and game or fur-bearing animals.
	139	+	(3) No license shall be issued or renewed for any
	140	+	person, firm, corporation, or association or any principal
	141	+	officer or partner in a firm, corporation, or association
	142	+	which thereof that is convicted of violating subsection (c) of
	143	+	Section 9-2-13(c) after May 1, 2006, or for the premises of
	144	+	any person, firm, corporation, or association whose license
	145	+	privileges are revoked after May 1, 2006.
132	146		(4) A game breeder's breeder license shall expire on
133	147		September 30 of the year in which issued, unless renewed,
134	148		except that any license issued pursuant to this section
135	149		between May 1, 2006, and September 30, 2006, shall expire on
136	150		September 30, 2006.
137	151		(5) The commissioner shall promulgate adopt rules for
138	152		engaging in the business of breeding, raising, producing, and
139	153		handling of protected game birds and game animals or
140	154		fur-bearing animals or their eggs, embryos, or semen.
141	155		(c)(1) The fees for issuance of licenses pursuant to
142	156		this section shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for all
143	157		species, except members of the family Cervidae.
144	158		(2) The license fee for breeding members of the family
145	159		Cervidae shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the
146		-	first 50 animals, five hundred dollars ($500) for 51 to 100
147		-	animals, and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any number of
148		-	animals in excess of more than 100 animals.
149		-	(3) License fees under this section shall be based on
150		-	the number of animals on hand as of the immediately preceding
151		-	April 1 of each year.
152		-	(d) The department and any other agency of this state
153		-	may not do any of the following unless: (i) the specific
154		-	disease has been detected in another cervid possessed by or
155		-	under the care of the licensee; or (ii) the cervid has been
156		-	transferred to the licensee from another licensee and is
157		-	epidemiologically linked to a diseased cervid possessed by or
158		-	under the care of the transferring licensee:
159		-	(1) Require the killing of a cervid due to a disease.
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	189	+	Cervidae shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the
	190	+	first 50 animals, five hundred dollars ($500) for 51 to 100
	191	+	animals, and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any number of
	192	+	animals in excess of more than 100 animals.
	193	+	(3) License fees under this section shall be based on
	194	+	the number of animals on hand as of the immediately preceding
	195	+	April 1 of each year.
	196	+	(d) The department and any other agency of this state
	197	+	may not do any of the following unless: (i) the specific
	198	+	disease has been detected in another cervid possessed by or
	199	+	under the care of the licensee; or (ii) the cervid has been
	200	+	transferred to the licensee from another licensee and is
	201	+	epidemiologically linked to a diseased cervid possessed by or
	202	+	under the care of the transferring licensee:
	203	+	(1) Require the killing of a cervid due to a disease.
190	204		(2) Require the antemortem disease testing of a cervid.
191	205		(3) Prohibit or restrict the transfer of a cervid from
192		-	the premises of a licensee to another person due to a disease
193		-	if any of the following are satisfied:
194		-	a. The cervid has tested negative for the disease
195		-	pursuant to an antemortem test approved by the State
196		-	Veterinarian prior to transferring.
197		-	b. The cervid has a genomically estimated breeding
198		-	value that meets or surpasses the minimum value established by
199		-	the State Veterinarian, which shall include the SS allele
200		-	being at codon 96.
201		-	c. The premises from which the cervid is transferred is
202		-	double fenced.
	206	+	the premises of a licensee to another person due to disease.
203	207		(e) All cervids possessed by or under the care of a
204	208		licensee on October 1, 2025, and their offspring, are the
205	209		personal property of the licensee and are not the property of
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229		-	to the House of Representatives
230		-	committee on Agriculture and
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