HB420 Alabama 2014 Session

Under existing law, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may issue an annual permit to a person at a cost of $25 authorizing the person to possess wildlife for public exhibition purposes

This bill would allow the commissioner to also establish reasonable and necessary fees in amounts sufficient to cover the costs of administering and enforcing the wildlife public exhibition regulations

This bill would also delete the provision that the wildlife public exhibition regulations do not apply to privately owned traveling zoos and would provide that the regulations do not apply to four-year universities, provided that the guidelines of the institutions' Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee are followed

To amend Sections 9-11-324 and 9-11-328, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to establish reasonable and necessary fees in certain amounts for the administration and enforcement of the wildlife public exhibition regulations; to delete the provision that the wildlife public exhibition regulations do not apply to privately owned traveling zoos; and to exempt four-year colleges in compliance with certain guidelines from the wildlife public exhibition regulations.