Section 104 – Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board created — Composition — Appointment — Terms — Vacancies — Compensation.

Affected by 63I-1-204 on 7/1/2024 Effective 7/1/2017 4-23-104. Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board created — Composition — Appointment — Terms — Vacancies — Compensation. (1) There is created an Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board composed of the commissioner and the director of the Division of Wildlife Resources who shall serve, respectively, as the […]

Section 105 – Board responsibilities — Damage prevention policy — Rules — Methods to control predators and depredating birds and animals.

Affected by 63I-1-204 on 7/1/2024 Effective 7/1/2017 4-23-105. Board responsibilities — Damage prevention policy — Rules — Methods to control predators and depredating birds and animals. (1) The board is responsible for the formulation of the agricultural and wildlife damage prevention policy of the state and may, consistent with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative […]

Section 106 – Department to issue licenses and permits — Department to issue aircraft use permits — Aerial hunting.

Effective 5/12/2020 4-23-106. Department to issue licenses and permits — Department to issue aircraft use permits — Aerial hunting. (1) The department is responsible for the issuance of permits and licenses for the purposes of the federal Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956. (2) A private person may not use an aircraft for the prevention […]

Section 107 – Annual fees on sheep, goats, cattle, and turkeys — Determination by board — Collection methods.

Effective 7/1/2017 4-23-107. Annual fees on sheep, goats, cattle, and turkeys — Determination by board — Collection methods. (1) To assist the department in meeting the annual expense of administering this chapter, the following annual predator control fees are imposed upon animals owned by persons whose interests this chapter is designed to protect:Sheep and goats […]

Section 108 – Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account.

Effective 7/1/2017 4-23-108. Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account. (1) There is created in the General Fund a restricted account known as the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account. (2) Money received under Section 4-23-107 shall be deposited by the commissioner into the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account to be appropriated for the purposes […]

Section 109 – Proceeds of sheep fee — Refund of sheep fees — Annual audit of books, records, and accounts.

Effective 7/1/2017 4-23-109. Proceeds of sheep fee — Refund of sheep fees — Annual audit of books, records, and accounts. (1) (a) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection (1), the commissioner may spend an amount each year from the proceeds collected from the fee imposed on sheep for the promotion, advancement, and protection […]

Section 110 – Applicability of chapter.

Effective 7/1/2017 4-23-110. Applicability of chapter. This chapter, unless contrary to a federal statute, shall apply to all federal, state, and private lands. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session

Section 111 – Holding a raccoon or coyote in captivity prohibited — Penalty.

Effective 5/8/2018 4-23-111. Holding a raccoon or coyote in captivity prohibited — Penalty. (1) No individual may hold in captivity a raccoon or coyote, except as provided by rules of the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board. (2) The Division of Wildlife Resources, with the cooperation of the department and the Department of Health, shall […]