Section 9-12-200 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings described herein, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) ALLIGATOR FARM. An enclosed area not located on public lands or waters, constructed so as to prevent the ingress and egress of alligators from surrounding public or private lands or waters […]
Section 9-12-201 Who may engage in business of propagating alligators. Any person, firm, or corporation may engage in the business of propagating alligators on an alligator farm for restocking, propagation, and other commercial purposes by complying with the provisions of this article, and may thereafter sell either live alligators to other licensed alligator farmers only, […]
Section 9-12-202 License; fee. Whoever desires to engage in the business of raising, exhibiting, and selling alligators on alligator farms shall apply to the department for a license to do so. If it appears that the application is made in good faith, upon payment of $1,000.00, an alligator farmer license may be issued permitting the […]
Section 9-12-203 Expiration and renewal of license; fee. Alligator farmer licenses shall expire on the thirtieth day of September of each year. On or before the first day of October of the following year, every licensee shall apply for a renewal of his license. In conjunction with this application, the licensee shall provide a report […]
Section 9-12-204 Marketing or taking of alligators; rules and regulations; tagging; affidavit; transportation of carcass. Alligators raised on such licensed breeding farms may be sold alive to other licensed alligator farmers only, or taken for their skins or for food, according to such rules and regulations as the department may promulgate. All skins shall be […]
Section 9-12-205 Property rights. Whoever under the authority of this article has in his lawful possession any such alligators or parts thereof on such posted or fenced alligator farm shall have a property right therein and shall be the owner thereof. Whoever enters the alligator farm and catches, takes, or attempts to catch or take […]
Section 9-12-206 Alligator parts dealer license; retail and restaurant license; fees. (a) Each alligator parts dealer shall secure an alligator parts dealer license from the department before commencing business. The license shall be secured annually and shall be furnished upon the payment of $100.00. (b) Each retailer selling canned alligator parts or purchasing alligator parts, […]
Section 9-12-207 Alligator parts transaction forms; bills of sale; inspection; records. (a) Any licensed alligator farmer may sell alligator carcasses or parts, provided he completes an official alligator parts transaction form, furnished by the department, for every alligator parts transaction. These forms shall be submitted to the department at 30-day intervals until all parts are […]
Section 9-12-208 Alligator parts tag. Each alligator farmer shall tag with an official alligator parts tag, furnished by the department, all carcasses, meat, or nonedible alligator parts prior to sale and upon dissection from the carcass. This tag shall be completed in full and remain attached to the carcass or part until final disposition by […]
Section 9-12-209 Shipment of alligator skins; tags. All raw alligator skins shipped within this state shall be tagged so as to show the number and kinds of skins in the shipment, the consignor, shipping point, consignee, and destination. The department shall supply suitable tags to all shippers requiring them for actual shipments. No alligator skin […]
Section 9-12-210 Severance tax on alligator skins; penalty. There is hereby levied a severance tax on each alligator skin taken from any alligator within this state, payable to the state through the department by the alligator farmer selling or shipping his skins within or without the state or taking his own catch out of state, […]
Section 9-12-211 Taking or possession of alligators, eggs, parts or skins prohibited except as provided; applicability of section; penalty. No person shall take or possess the eggs of alligators, alligators, or their parts or skins in any county of this state except as provided for in this article, and the provisions of this section shall […]
Section 9-12-212 Disbursement of license fees and taxes. All license fees and taxes resulting from the provisions of this article shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §13.)
Section 9-12-213 Effect of federal endangered species status. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event the federal government places the alligator in an endangered species status, all licenses issued pursuant to this article shall be null and void upon the earlier of the following dates: (1) the expiration date of said licenses or […]
Section 9-12-214 Violations; forfeiture of property and license; eligibility for new license. Any person licensed as an alligator farmer under Section 9-12-202 convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article shall have his license cancelled and all alligators, alligator parts, and alligator skins in his possession shall be forfeited to the Department of […]
