H.B. 68 Enrolled

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HABITUAL WANTON DESTRUCTION OF
2 WILDLIFE
3 2010 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Curtis Oda
6 Senate Sponsor: Allen M. Christensen
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill elevates to a third degree felony a third violation of the crime of wanton
11 destruction of protected wildlife.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . makes a third violation of the crime of wanton destruction of protected wildlife a
15 new crime, called habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife; and
16 . makes the crime of habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife a third degree
17 felony.
18 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
19 None
20 Other Special Clauses:
21 None
22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 ENACTS:
24 23-20-4.7, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 23-20-4.7 is enacted to read:
28 23-20-4.7. Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Third degree
29 felony.

30 (1) A person is guilty of habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife if the
31 person:
32 (a) takes a big game animal in violation of Section 23-20-4 ; and
33 (b) within seven years of the day on which the violation described in Subsection (1)(a)
34 occurs, has twice been convicted of taking a big game animal in violation of Section 23-20-4 .
35 (2) "Convicted," for purposes of this section, includes a guilty adjudication, guilty
36 plea, no contest plea, and guilty or no contest plea entered in a plea in abeyance agreement
37 under Title 77, Chapter 2a, Pleas in Abeyance.
38 (3) Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife is a third degree felony.