32-1041. Forfeiture or suspension of license, permit, stamp or other issue. (a) (1) Upon the first conviction of violating any provision of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary, and in addition to any authorized sentence imposed by the convicting court, such court may: (A) Order […]
32-1047. Seizure of wildlife, devices, equipment and firearms; disposition. (a) Subject to the provisions in subsection (b), the department is hereby empowered and directed to seize and possess any wildlife which is taken, possessed, sold or transported unlawfully, and any steel trap, snare or other device or equipment used in taking or transporting wildlife unlawfully […]
32-1048. Conservation officers and employees; arrest powers. Any officer or other employee of the department who meets the criteria specified in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 32-808, and amendments thereto, and any other Kansas law enforcement officer authorized to enforce the laws of this state shall have the power to arrest pursuant to the authority granted […]
32-1049. Citation; notice. (a) Whenever a person is charged for any violation of any of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state or the provisions of article 11 of chapter 32 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or rules and regulations adopted thereunder, punishable as a misdemeanor and is not immediately […]
32-1049a. Failure to comply with a wildlife, parks and tourism citation; penalties; reinstatement fee for license or permit suspension; waiver, military personnel; fee authorized only by legislative enactment. (a) Failure to comply with a wildlife, parks and tourism citation means failure to: (1) Appear before any district court in response to a wildlife, parks and […]
32-1050. Appearance bond. (a) Whenever any person is issued a citation by a conservation officer or deputy conservation officer of the wildlife and parks conservation service or by any law enforcement officer for any of the violations described in subsection (b), the officer may require such person to give bond in the amount specified in […]
32-1051. Law enforcement officers’ duties. (a) It shall be the duty of all conservation officers and deputy conservation officers of the wildlife, parks and tourism conservation service and all law enforcement officers authorized to enforce the laws of this state to diligently inquire into and prosecute all violations of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws […]
32-1052. Complaint and proof. In a prosecution of any person or persons for a violation of any of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary, it shall not be necessary to: (a) State in the complaint the true or scientific name of the wildlife involved in […]
32-1053. County or district attorneys’ duties; prosecution fee. It shall be the duty of each county or district attorney to prosecute any person or persons charged with a violation of any of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary. The attorney so prosecuting shall receive the […]
32-1054. Report of prosecutions. It shall be the duty of every judge or clerk of the court before whom any prosecution for a violation of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary is commenced or goes on appeal, within 20 days after disposition thereof or the […]
32-1061. Wildlife violator compact; enactment of compact. The wildlife violator compact is enacted into law and entered into by the State of Kansas with any and all jurisdictions legally joining therein in accordance with its terms. The compact is substantially as follows: ARTICLE I FINDINGS, DECLARATION OF POLICY, AND PURPOSE (a) The party states find […]
32-1062. Same; rules and regulations. The secretary of the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism shall make and publish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of the wildlife violator compact. History: L. 2005, ch. 70, § 2; L. 2012, ch. 47, § 70; July […]
32-1063. Same; suspension or revocation of license or privileges pursuant to compact; subsequent acts prohibited; penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person whose license, privilege, or right to hunt, fish, trap, possess, or transport wildlife, having been suspended or revoked pursuant to the wildlife violator compact, to exercise that right or privilege within this […]
32-1064. Same; licensing authority; duties. As used in the compact, the term “licensing authority,” with reference to this state, means the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism. The secretary of wildlife, parks and tourism shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of party states any information or documents reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of […]
32-1065. Same; compact administrator, compensation and expenses. The compact administrator provided for in article VII of the wildlife violator compact shall not be entitled to any additional compensation for service as the administrator but shall be entitled to expenses incurred in connection with the duties and responsibilities of the administrator in the same manner as […]
32-1066. Same; board of compact administrators; appointment of state administrator. The secretary of the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism shall appoint the director or head administrator of the department’s law enforcement division or section to serve on the board of compact administrators as the compact administrator for this state as required by section […]
32-1071. State sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife act; citation of act. K.S.A. 32-1071 through 32-1078, and amendments thereto, may be cited as the state sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife act. History: L. 2014, ch. 103, § 1; May 22.
32-1072. Same; authority. The legislature declares that the authority for the state sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife act is the following: (a) The tenth amendment to the constitution of the United States guarantees to the states and their people all powers not granted to the federal government elsewhere in the constitution and reserves to the state […]
32-1073. Same; definitions. As used in the state sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife act: (a) “Borders of Kansas” means the boundaries of Kansas described in the act for admission of Kansas into the union, 12 stat. 126, ch. 20, § 1. (b) “Lesser prairie chicken” means the species tympanuchus pallidicinctus. (c) “Greater prairie chicken” means the […]
32-1074. Same; non-migratory nature of lesser and greater prairie chickens. (a) The lesser prairie chicken and the greater prairie chicken are non-migratory species that are native to the grasslands of Kansas. (b) The lesser prairie chicken and the greater prairie chicken do not inhabit or swim in any static bodies of water, navigable waterways or […]
