127th General Assembly
(As Reported by H. Agriculture & Natural Resources)
Reps. Latta, Setzer, Flowers, Combs, J. McGregor, Evans, Ujvagi, Bacon, Seitz, Okey, Gibbs, Stebelton, Yuko, Aslanides, Wagner, Core, Distel, Domenick, Goodwin, Harwood, Hite, Huffman, Luckie, Reinhard, Sayre, Zehringer
BILL SUMMARY
· Authorizes the Chief of the Division of Wildlife in the Department of Natural Resources to enter into a memorandum of understanding, agreement, or mutual aid compact with an entity of another state, a federal entity, or a foreign entity that employs a law enforcement officer to enable wildlife officers and the specified law enforcement officers to assist each other.
· Specifies that employees of the Division of Wildlife who are serving under the terms of such a document must be considered as performing services within their regular employment for purposes of employment rights and benefits and retain personal immunity from civil liability together with all rights of indemnification and representation incident to regular employment.
· Requires the Chief to adopt rules to enter into a reciprocal agreement called the Wildlife Violators Compact with participating states for the enhancement of compliance with hunting, fishing, and other wildlife laws.
CONTENT AND OPERATION
The bill requires the Chief to adopt rules to enter into a reciprocal agreement with participating states for the enhancement of compliance with hunting, fishing, and other wildlife laws. The agreement is named the Wildlife Violators Compact. The agreement and the rules must provide for the fair and impartial treatment of wildlife violators operating within participating states in recognition of the violators' due process rights. (Sec. 1531.133(B).)
HISTORY
ACTION |
DATE |
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Introduced |
04-17-07 |
Reported, H. Agriculture & Natural Resources |
05-24-07 |
H0153-RH-127.doc/jc