SB425 By Senator Albritton RFD Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Rd 1 30-APR-15

SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has adopted a rule which prohibits the illegal transportation and release of live feral swine.

Under existing law, a violation of this rule is a Class C misdemeanor. The punishment for a Class C misdemeanor includes a fine that may not exceed $500.

This bill would make a violation of the department's rule prohibiting the illegal transportation and release of live feral swine a Class B misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum fine of not less than $2,500.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT

To add Section 9-11-72 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to establish a Class B misdemeanor for a violation of any rule of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources prohibiting the transportation and release of live feral swine and to provide for a mandatory minimum fine.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:

Section 1. Section 9-11-72 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows:

§9-11-72.

A violation of any rule of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources prohibiting the transportation and release of live feral swine shall be a Class B misdemeanor punishable as provided by law, except the defendant shall be subject to a mandatory minimum fine of not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Conservation and Natural Resources Department

Game and Fish

Crimes and Offenses

Criminal Law and Procedure

Feral Swine

Agriculture

Code Added