Bill Text: MS SB2369 | 2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Hunting; revise squirrel season.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-03-17 - Approved by Governor [SB2369 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2369-Enrolled.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2014 Regular Session

To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

By: Senator(s) Ward, Gandy

Senate Bill 2369

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-31.3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT SQUIRREL SEASON SHALL OPEN ON OCTOBER 1 AND RUN THROUGH FEBRUARY 28 NEXT FOLLOWING THROUGHOUT THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION ON WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS MAY SET AN ADDITIONAL SQUIRREL SEASON THAT SHALL OPEN NOT EARLIER THAN MAY 15 AND RUN NOT LATER THAN JUNE 1 NEXT FOLLOWING; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 49-7-31.3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     49-7-31.3.  The open season on game animals except deer shall be as follows:

          (a)  On squirrel: * * *(i)  Zone 1:  For areas north of Highway 82 plus those portions of Sunflower County and Washington County south of Highway 82  The season shall open on * * * the Saturday nearest October 1 and run through February 28 next following.  In addition, the commission is authorized to set a season that shall open not earlier than May 15 and run not later than June 1 next following.

 * * *(ii)  Zone 2:  For areas between Highway 82 and Highway 84, plus such portions of the state south of Highway 84 and west of Interstate 55, the season shall open on the Saturday nearest October 15 and run through February 28.

(iii)  Zone 3:  For areas south of Highway 84 and east of Interstate 55 the season shall open on the last Saturday in October and run through February 28.

          (b)  On rabbits:  The season shall open on the Saturday nearest October 15 and run through February 28 next following, and when rabbits are depredating or destroying crops, the owner of the crops or his tenants may shoot the rabbits with guns.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.

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