Bill Text: MS SB2919 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Wild hogs; prohibit transportation of live wild hogs within the state.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-14 - Approved by Governor [SB2919 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2919-Enrolled.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

By: Senator(s) Gollott, Stone

Senate Bill 2919

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-140, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE WILD HOGS WITHIN THE STATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 49-7-140, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     49-7-140.  (1)  No person may import into the state or release into the wild, any live feral hog, wild swine or Russian Boar.

     (2)  No person may transport or relocate within the state any live feral hog, wild swine or Russian Boar and release the hog into the wild. * * *

     (3)  For the purposes of this section, "feral hogs, wild swine or Russian Boar" are defined as any hog that is not a domesticated pet or livestock; and "released into the wild" is defined as being able to move about freely to adjoining land.

     (4)  A violation of * * * this section is a Class I violation punishable as provided in Section 49-7-141. * * *

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.

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