Kentucky Statutes 150.603 – Migratory bird/waterfowl permit required — Exceptions — Use of revenue generated by sale of migratory bird/waterfowl permit
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(1) Any person required to possess a hunting license under the provisions of KRS
150.170, except children under sixteen (16) years of age, taking or attempting to take waterfowl within the state shall, in addition to the appropriate hunting license, possess a current migratory bird/waterfowl permit. The permit shall be carried while hunting waterfowl.
(2) Any person required to possess a hunting license under the provisions of KRS
150.170, except children under sixteen (16) years of age, taking or attempting to take migratory shore or upland game birds within the state shall, in addition to the appropriate hunting license, possess a current migratory bird/waterfowl permit. The permit shall be carried while hunting migratory shore or upland game birds.
(3) The Fish and Wildlife Commission shall administer all revenues generated by the sale of the permits. The revenue from the sale of current migratory bird/waterfowl permits shall be expended for waterfowl projects for the purpose of protecting and propagating migratory waterfowl and for the development, restoration, maintenance, and preservation of wetlands within the state. The intent of this section is to expand waterfowl research and management and increase waterfowl populations in the state without detracting from other programs. The expenditures of funds generated under the provisions of this section shall be included in the annual report provided for in KRS § 150.061.
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 9, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
2013 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2013. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch.
268, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1994. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 25, effective July
15, 1986. — Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1985.
150.170, except children under sixteen (16) years of age, taking or attempting to take waterfowl within the state shall, in addition to the appropriate hunting license, possess a current migratory bird/waterfowl permit. The permit shall be carried while hunting waterfowl.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 150.603
- Commission: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Hunting: means to take or attempt to take in any manner, whether the hunter has game in possession or not. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- License: means any document issued by the department authorizing its holder to perform acts authorized by the license and includes any other form of authorization
in addition to or in lieu of an actual document which may be authorized by the department by administrative regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010 - Migratory shore or upland game birds: means all species of migratory game birds except waterfowl. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Permit: means any document issued by the department authorizing its holder to perform acts authorized by the permit and includes tags or devices as evidence of holding a permit and includes any other form of authorization in addition to or in lieu of an actual document authorized by the department by administrative regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Possess: means the act of having or taking into control. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Take: includes pursue, shoot, hunt, wound, catch, kill, trap, snare, or capture wildlife in any way and any lesser act designed to lure, attract, or entice for these purposes. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Waterfowl: means all species of wild ducks, geese, swans, mergansers, and coots. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Wildlife: means any normally undomesticated animal, alive or dead, including without limitations any wild mammal, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, or other terrestrial or aquatic life, whether or not possessed in controlled environment, bred, hatched, or born in captivity and including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, protected or unprotected by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
(2) Any person required to possess a hunting license under the provisions of KRS
150.170, except children under sixteen (16) years of age, taking or attempting to take migratory shore or upland game birds within the state shall, in addition to the appropriate hunting license, possess a current migratory bird/waterfowl permit. The permit shall be carried while hunting migratory shore or upland game birds.
(3) The Fish and Wildlife Commission shall administer all revenues generated by the sale of the permits. The revenue from the sale of current migratory bird/waterfowl permits shall be expended for waterfowl projects for the purpose of protecting and propagating migratory waterfowl and for the development, restoration, maintenance, and preservation of wetlands within the state. The intent of this section is to expand waterfowl research and management and increase waterfowl populations in the state without detracting from other programs. The expenditures of funds generated under the provisions of this section shall be included in the annual report provided for in KRS § 150.061.
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 9, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
2013 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2013. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch.
268, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1994. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 25, effective July
15, 1986. — Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1985.