Idaho H 549: FISH AND GAME – Adds to existing law to provide for the salvage of certain animals unintentionally struck and killed by a vehicle on a roadway, to provide that certain severely injured animals may be dispatched, to provide reporting requirements and to provide exceptions to applicability.

Bill Text

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sixty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2018
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 549
BY RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
AN ACT1
RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; AMENDING CHAPTER 5, TITLE 36, IDAHO CODE, BY THE2
ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 36-506, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALVAGE3
OF CERTAIN ANIMALS UNINTENTIONALLY STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE ON A4
ROADWAY, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN SEVERELY INJURED ANIMALS MAY BE DIS-5
PATCHED, TO PROVIDE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO6
APPLICABILITY.7
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:8
SECTION 1. That Chapter 5, Title 36, Idaho Code, be, and the same is9
hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-10
ignated as Section 36-506, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:11
36-506. WILDLIFE STRUCK WITH VEHICLE -- DISPATCH -- SALVAGE. (1) In12
the event a person unintentionally strikes and kills a big game animal, up-13
land game animal, upland game bird, furbearing animal, predatory wildlife or14
unprotected wildlife on a roadway with a vehicle, a person may salvage the15
animal.16
(2) In the event a person unintentionally strikes a big game animal, up-17
land game animal, upland game bird, furbearing animal, predatory wildlife18
or unprotected wildlife on a roadway with a vehicle, leaving the animal se-19
verely injured, a person may immediately thereafter, in a safe and humane20
manner, dispatch the severely injured animal and may salvage the animal.21
(3) Within twenty-four (24) hours of the incident in either subsection22
(1) or (2) of this section, the person shall report the incident to the de-23
partment of fish and game and, within seventy-two (72) hours of the incident,24
shall obtain a salvage permit from the department at no cost. The follow-25
ing wildlife must also be presented to the nearest fish and game office to26
satisfy mandatory check and reporting requirements: Moose, mountain goat,27
bighorn sheep, mountain lion, black bear, wolf, bobcat and river otter.28
(4) The provisions of this section do not apply to protected nongame29
wildlife, threatened or endangered species, migratory birds including wa-30
terfowl, and other wildlife species not lawfully hunted or trapped.31