HB 2588
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
House: LARA DPA 5-3-0-1
HB 2588: wildlife; taking; landowner permits; rules
Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19
House Engrossed
Overview
Requires the Arizona Game and Fish Department (Department) to issue a landowner permit
to take specified wildlife on private lands.
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 Department administers the rules and regulations as set by the
Commission (A.R.S. §§ 17-201, 17-231 and 38-211).
The Commission is required to prescribe rules for license classifications that are valid for
taking or handling of wildlife, fees for licenses, permits, tags and stamps and application fees.
The Commission may temporarily reduce or waive fees prescribed by rule, on the
recommendation of the Department Director. The Commission is required to submit an
annual report on license classifications, fees for licenses, permits, tags and stamps and any
other fees prescribed by rule to the Legislature by December 31 of each year. The Joint
Legislative Audit Committee may assign a committee of reference to hold a public hearing
and review of the annual reports submitted by the Commission (A.R.S. § 17-333).
Wildlife means all wild mammals, wild birds and the nests or eggs thereof, reptiles,
amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans and fish, including their eggs or spawn (A.R.S. § 17-101).
Provisions
1. Instructs the Department to issue a landowner permit for taking of elk, antelope, oryx
and deer on private lands. (Sec. 1)
2. Allows the Department to adopt rules to expand the use of landowner permits to other
species of wildlife. (Sec. 1)
3. Requires the Department, if the Commission determines necessary, to issue a landowner
permit to reduce conflict between humans and wildlife and to provide sport hunting
opportunities consistent with the rules adopted. (Sec. 1)
4. Restricts the Department from issuing landowner permits for a species if the total
number of permits issued for that species exceeds 10% of the total number of tags issued
for that species through the general lottery draw during the calendar year. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note