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WILDLIFE TAGGING AMENDMENTS

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2020 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: A. Cory Maloy

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Senate Sponsor: Jacob L. Anderegg

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends provisions related to tagging wildlife.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     authorizes the Wildlife Board to clarify rules about tagging certain species at the site
13     of the kill.
14     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15          None
16     Other Special Clauses:
17          None
18     Utah Code Sections Affected:
19     AMENDS:
20          23-20-30, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 125
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22     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23          Section 1. Section 23-20-30 is amended to read:
24          23-20-30. Tagging requirements.
25          (1) The Wildlife Board may make rules that require the carcass of certain species of
26     protected wildlife to be tagged.
27          (2) [The] Except as provided by the Wildlife Board by rules made in accordance with

28     Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the carcass of any species of
29     protected wildlife required to be tagged shall be tagged before the carcass is moved from or the
30     hunter leaves the site of kill.
31          (3) To tag a carcass, a person shall:
32          (a) (i) completely detach the tag from the license or permit;
33          (ii) completely remove the appropriate notches to correspond with:
34          (A) the date the animal was taken; and
35          (B) the sex of the animal; and
36          (iii) attach the tag to the carcass so that the tag remains securely fastened and visible;
37     or
38          (b) complete an electronic tagging certification according to standards approved by the
39     Wildlife Board by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
40     Rulemaking Act.
41          (4) A person may not:
42          (a) remove more than one notch indicating date or sex; or
43          (b) tag more than one carcass using the same tag.