Bill Text: IN SB0243 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Silencers when hunting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-20 - Representative Eberhart added as cosponsor [SB0243 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0243-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 14-22.
Synopsis: Silencers when hunting. Repeals the law that prohibits the
possession or use of a silencer while in the act of hunting. Provides that
a person who takes or possesses a deer or wild turkey: (1) unlawfully;
(2) by illegal methods; or (3) with illegal devices; while using or
possessing a silencer commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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(1) unlawfully takes or possesses a deer or wild turkey;
(2) takes or possesses a deer or wild turkey by illegal methods or
with illegal devices; or
(3) except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), sells, offers to
sell, purchases, or offers to purchase a deer or wild turkey or a
part of a deer or wild turkey;
shall reimburse the state five hundred dollars ($500) for the first
violation and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent
violation.
(b) The money shall be deposited in the conservation officers fish
and wildlife fund. This penalty is in addition to any other penalty under
the law.
(c) Notwithstanding section 6 of this chapter, if a properly tagged
deer is brought to a meat processing facility and the owner of the deer:
(1) fails to pick up the processed deer within a reasonable time;
or
(2) notifies the meat processing facility that the owner does not
want the processed deer;
the deer meat may be given away by the meat processing facility to
another person. The meat processing facility may charge the person
receiving the deer meat a reasonable and customary processing fee.
(d) Notwithstanding section 6 of this chapter, deer meat and
products from farm raised deer that meet the requirements under
IC 15-17 may be sold to the public.
(e) In addition to the reimbursement required under subsection
(a), a person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally violates
subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) while using or possessing:
(1) an apparatus designed for use with or on a firearm
commonly called a silencer; or
(2) a device used as a silencer;
commits a Class C misdemeanor.