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SENATE BILL No. 104

Citations Affected: IC 14-22-11-1.

Synopsis: Wild animals on airport runways. Allows the manager of a public use airport, or the manager's designee, to chase or take at any time, without a hunting license, a wild animal that is located on the airport's property that contains the runway or apron.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Steele

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    January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural and cultural resources.

SOURCE: IC 14-22-11-1; (13)IN0104.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 14-22-11-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "farmland" means agricultural land that is:
        (1) devoted or best adaptable for the production of crops, fruits, timber, and the raising of livestock; or
        (2) assessed as agricultural land for property tax purposes.
    (b) An individual may not take or chase, with or without dogs, a wild animal without having a license, except as follows:
        (1) An individual who is a resident or nonresident of Indiana while participating in a field trial that has been sanctioned by the director is not required to possess a license while participating in the trial.
        (2) Subject to subsection (d), an owner of farmland located in Indiana who is a resident or nonresident of Indiana and the spouse and children living with the owner may hunt, fish, and trap without a license on the land that the owner owns.
        (3) A lessee of farmland who farms that land and is a resident of

Indiana and the spouse and children living with the lessee may hunt, fish, and trap without a license on the leased land. This subdivision does not apply to land that is:
            (A) owned, leased, or controlled by; and
            (B) leased from;
        the department.
        (4) An individual who:
            (A) is less than thirteen (13) years of age;
            (B) does not possess a bow or firearm; and
            (C) is accompanying an individual who:
                (i) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
                (ii) holds a valid license;
        may chase a wild animal without having a license.
         (5) The manager of a public use airport (as defined by 49 U.S.C. 47102(22)), or the manager's designee, may chase or take at any time, without a license, a wild animal that is located on the airport's property, if the wild animal is located on the airport's property that contains the runway or apron.
    (c) The exceptions provided in this section do not apply to a commercial license issued under this article.
    (d) The right of a nonresident who owns farmland in Indiana (and of the spouse and children who reside with the nonresident) to hunt, fish, and trap on the farmland without a license under subsection (b)(2) is subject to the following conditions:
        (1) The nonresident may hunt, fish, and trap on the farmland without a license only if the state in which the nonresident resides allows residents of Indiana who own land in that state to hunt, fish, and trap on their land without a license.
        (2) While hunting, fishing, or trapping on the farmland, the nonresident must keep proof that the nonresident owns the farmland (for example, a tax receipt identifying the nonresident as owner) in a place where the proof is readily accessible by the nonresident.