49-7-47 - Restrictions on hunting or catching alligators.
§ 49-7-47. Restrictions on hunting or catching alligators.
(1) The commission may control, regulate and manage the taking of all alligators.
(2) Residents and nonresidents shall be required to purchase a combination hunting and fishing license to hunt, kill or catch any alligator for sporting purposes.
(3) Residents and nonresidents shall be required to obtain a special permit to hunt, kill, catch or possess any alligator for commercial purposes. The commission may establish a reasonable fee for an annual special sporting permit, not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), and may prescribe regulations governing commercial trade in alligators. Any reasonable fee established for an annual special commercial permit shall not exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Such permit shall be good from the date of its issuance to June 30 following its date.
(4) Any person violating this section is guilty, upon conviction, of a Class I offense and is punishable as provided in Section 49-7-141.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 5883.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 186, §§ 1-4; Laws, 1985, ch. 452, § 13; Laws, 1987, ch. 430; Laws, 1989, ch. 359, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 68; Laws, 2004, ch. 341, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 369, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2006.