A.R.S. § 17-242 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 242
17-242 Guaranteeing irrigation district assessment; sale of land located within federal reclamation projects and irrigation districts
Status: in_force

17-242. Guaranteeing irrigation district assessment; sale of land located within federal reclamation projects and irrigation districts

A. The commission, by and with the approval of the governor and state land commissioner, may make contracts with irrigation districts in the name of the state to guarantee the payment of and to pay to the irrigation district the full amount of district assessments or charges against land owned by the game and fish commission located within a federal reclamation project, or an irrigation district which is served wholly or in part by such federal reclamation project, at any time such assessments or charges become delinquent.

B. If the commission sells any of the land referred to in subsection A, it shall require at least one-fourth of the sale price to be paid at the time of sale and the balance payable in not less than twenty years. The contract of sale or other document of sale shall require that the purchaser pay such irrigation district assessments or charges before delinquency, and that failure to do so shall constitute a breach of the terms of sale.  If a purchaser defaults in the payment of such irrigation district assessments or charges and the interest of the purchaser in such land is terminated, the subsequent purchaser shall pay to the commission as reimbursement the full amount of delinquent assessments due upon such land.

C. The contract or other document of sale shall also require that if the purchaser defaults upon any term or condition of the sale and does not remedy the default within six months, the irrigation district may perform or remedy the default of the purchaser. When the irrigation district cures the default in the terms of sale, the interest of the purchaser shall be cancelled and his interest in such land shall be transferred to the irrigation district subject to the contract of sale.

D. Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating any lien upon state lands or against the interest of the state therein, or as creating any obligation of the state to pay any charges, assessments or debts incurred by any districts other than those described in this section.
A.R.S. § 17-455 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 455
17-455 Exceptions
Status: in_force

17-455. Exceptions

A. The restrictions, prohibitions or permitted uses established pursuant to section 17-452 shall not apply to:

1. Public employees acting in the scope of their employment.

2. Valid licensees and permittees of state agencies and land management agencies. Holders of such licenses and permits shall be limited to the specific purposes and areas of travel for which such licenses or permits were issued or granted.

3. Necessary travel within or across restricted or prohibited land by employees and agents of public utilities, subject to Arizona corporation commission (or any successor agency) or federal power commission regulation, of suppliers of water or power acting as agents of the federal government, and employees or agents of mining companies exercising rights pursuant to any state or federal mining law or regulation. Other persons who are regularly engaged in prospecting or mineral exploration shall upon application be issued vehicular access permits by the director.

4. A licensed hunter who enters an area solely to pick up a big game animal which he has legally killed.

B. Emergency situations, such as fire or other disasters, or when otherwise necessary to protect life or property shall not require a permit.

C. Parking and camping shall be allowed along open roads in closed areas, except that no vehicle shall be parked or operated at a distance greater than three hundred feet from such roads.
A.R.S. § 17-283 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 283
17-283 Issuance of bonds; negotiability; resolution; notice; tax exemption
Status: in_force

17-283. Issuance of bonds; negotiability; resolution; notice; tax exemption

A. The commission, with the approval of the joint legislative budget committee, may issue bonds for game and fish facilities purposes. The bonds are payable solely from the monies in the conservation development fund. The commission may pledge and assign all or any portion of these monies necessary to secure payment of the bonds to a fiscal agent or to a trustee in trust for the bondholders.

B. Bonds issued under this article are fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of title 44.

C. The commission may prescribe by resolution any of the following:

1. Whether the bonds are in one or more series.

2. The date of the bonds.

3. The place, medium, manner and time of payment for the bonds.

4. The maturity date of the bonds which shall not exceed forty years from the date of the bond.

5. Any registration privileges.

6. The manner of execution and form of the bonds, either unregistered, registered as to principal only or registered as to both principal and interest and either certificated or uncertificated.

7. Whether the bonds are additionally secured by reserve or sinking funds which may either be capitalized in whole or in part by bond proceeds or accumulated over the term of the bonds from pledged revenues.

8. The denomination, interest rate, price and method of sale of the bonds. The commission may provide for interest rates which change from time to time based on a percentage of a recognized indicator of interest rates if a maximum and minimum rate of interest is specified in the resolution.

9. The terms on and manner in which bonds are callable. The bonds may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds either at or before maturity, but the issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed to advance the maturity or change stated call dates of the bonds being refunded.

10. Any provisions necessary to secure the bonds and any terms, covenants or conditions deemed necessary by the commission.

D. In conjunction with the issuance of bonds the commission may enhance the security of the bonds by acquiring insurance covering the payment of debt service, acquiring letters of credit or other credit facilities or entering into investment agreements which provide for fixed yields on monies of the commission which may either be received from bond proceeds or from the revenues pledged to the payment of debt service. The commission may enter into an agreement to pay for insurance or letters of credit which pledges bond proceeds or monies deposited in the conservation development fund for the payments. The agreement shall not be effective for a term longer than the final maturity of the bonds being secured, except for payment of fees due from the commission.

E. The bonds, their transfer and the income from them are free from taxation in this state.
A.R.S. § 17-214 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 214
17-214 Arizona game and fish department reserve; members; powers and duties; compensation
Status: in_force

17-214. Arizona game and fish department reserve; members; powers and duties; compensation

A. The commission may establish a volunteer organization known as the Arizona game and fish department reserve and prescribe the qualifications for membership. Members of the reserve serve at the pleasure of the director who has general supervision and control of all reserve activities.

B. The reserve shall assist the department as an auxiliary body and perform such duties in the areas of education, conservation and enforcement as the commission prescribes by rule or regulation. The director may designate qualified reservists as peace officers in the same manner and with the same powers as game rangers and wildlife managers. Such reservists are not entitled to participate in the public safety personnel retirement system pursuant to title 38, chapter 5, article 4.

C. Members of the reserve are not eligible to receive compensation but are eligible for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2. Members of the reserve are deemed to be employees of this state for the purpose of coverage under Arizona workers' compensation pursuant to title 23, chapter 6.
A.R.S. § 17-250 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 250
17-250 Wildlife diseases; order of director; violation; classification; rule making exemption
Status: in_force

17-250. Wildlife diseases; order of director; violation; classification; rule making exemption

A. If a wildlife disease is suspected or documented in freeranging or captive wildlife, the director may issue orders that are necessary to minimize or eliminate the threat from the disease.  The director may also order or direct an employee of the department to:

1. After notification of and in coordination with the state veterinarian, establish quarantines and the boundary of the quarantine.

2. Destroy wildlife as necessary to prevent the spread of any infectious, contagious or communicable disease.

3. Control the movement of wildlife, wildlife carcasses or wildlife parts that may be directly related to spreading or disseminating diseases that pose a health threat to animals or humans.

4. Require any individual who has taken wildlife, who is in possession of wildlife or who maintains wildlife under a license issued by the department to submit the wildlife or parts for disease testing.

B. On finding there is reason to believe an infectious, contagious or communicable disease is present, the director may require an employee of the department to enter any place where wildlife may be located and take custody of the wildlife for purposes of disease testing.  If search warrants are required by law, the director shall apply for and obtain warrants for entry to carry out the requirements of this subsection.

C. A person who violates any lawful order issued under this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

D. An order issued under this section is exempt from title 41, chapter 6, article 3, except that the director shall promptly file a copy of the order with the secretary of state for publication in the Arizona administrative register pursuant to section 41-1013.
A.R.S. § 17-304 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 304
17-304 Prohibition by landowner on hunting, fishing, trapping or guiding; trespassing; posting; requirements
Status: in_force

17-304. Prohibition by landowner on hunting, fishing, trapping or guiding; trespassing; posting; requirements

A. Landowners or lessees of private land who desire to prohibit hunting, fishing, trapping or guiding on their lands without their permission shall post such lands closed to hunting, fishing, trapping or guiding using notices or signboards.

B. State or federal lands, including those under lease, may not be posted except by consent of the commission.

C. The notices or signboards shall meet all of the following criteria:

1. Be at least eight inches by eleven inches with plainly legible wording in capital and bold-faced lettering at least one inch high.

2. Contain the words "no trespassing", "no hunting", "no trapping", "no fishing" or "no guiding" either as a single phrase or in any combination.

3. Be conspicuously placed on a structure or post at all points of vehicular access, at all property or fence corners and at intervals of not more than one-quarter mile along the property boundary, except that a post with one hundred square inches or more of orange paint may serve as the interval notices between property or fence corners and points of vehicular access.  The orange paint shall be clearly visible and shall cover the entire aboveground surface of the post facing outward and on both lateral sides from the closed area.

D. The entry of any person for the taking of wildlife is not grounds for an action for criminal trespassing pursuant to section 13-1502 unless either:

1. The land has been posted pursuant to this section and the notices and signboards also contain the words "no trespassing".

2. The person knowingly remains unlawfully on any real property after a reasonable request to leave by a law enforcement officer acting at the request of the owner, the owner or any other person having lawful control over the property or the person knowingly disregards reasonable notice prohibiting entry to any real property.
A.R.S. § 17-314 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 314
17-314 Illegally taking, wounding, killing or possessing wildlife; civil penalty; enforcement
Status: in_force

17-314. Illegally taking, wounding, killing or possessing wildlife; civil penalty; enforcement

A. The commission may impose a civil penalty against any person for unlawfully taking, wounding, killing or possessing any of the following wildlife, or part thereof, to recover the following minimum sums:

1. For each turkey or javelina     $ 500.00

2. For each bear, mountain lion, pronghorn (antelope)

or deer $1,500.00

3. For each elk or eagle, other than

endangered species  $2,500.00

4. For each predatory, fur-bearing or nongame animal $ 250.00

5. For each small game or aquatic wildlife animal    $  50.00

6. For each bighorn sheep, bison (buffalo)

or endangered species animal    $8,000.00

B. The commission may bring a civil action in the name of this state to enforce the civil penalty. The civil penalty, or a verdict or judgment to enforce the civil penalty, shall not be less than the sum fixed in this section. The minimum sum that the commission may recover from a person pursuant to this section may be doubled for a second violation, verdict or judgment and tripled for a third violation, verdict or judgment. The action to enforce the civil penalty may be joined with an action for possession and recovery had for the possession as well as the civil penalty.

C. The pendency or determination of an action to enforce the civil penalty or for payment of the civil penalty or a judgment, or the pendency or determination of a criminal prosecution for the same taking, wounding, killing or possession, is not a bar to the other, nor does either affect the right of seizure under any other provision of the laws relating to game and fish.

D. All monies recovered pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the wildlife theft prevention fund established by section 17-315.
A.R.S. § 17-269 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 269
17-269 Game and fish publications revolving fund
Status: in_force

17-269. Game and fish publications revolving fund

The game and fish publications revolving fund is established consisting of monies received from the sale of publications pursuant to section 17-231, subsection B, paragraph 9. The monies in the fund are appropriated to the department to produce and distribute department publications and information. Monies in the game and fish publications revolving fund that at any time are in excess of $250,000 shall immediately revert to the game and fish fund. Monies in the game and fish publications revolving fund up to an amount of $250,000 are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
A.R.S. § 17-233 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 233
17-233 Acquisition and disposition of buffalo and buffalo meat
Status: in_force

17-233. Acquisition and disposition of buffalo and buffalo meat

The commission may purchase, sell, barter, or give away buffalo or buffalo meat provided the same may be given only to public institutions or charitable institutions and monies derived therefrom shall be deposited in the game and fish fund.
A.R.S. § 17-213 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 213
17-213 Prohibition on political activity
Status: in_force

17-213. Prohibition on political activity

Neither the director nor any employee of the department shall take active part in a political campaign nor use his office to influence in any way an election or the results thereof. Failure to abide by the provisions of this section shall constitute grounds for dismissal of the director or any employee.
A.R.S. § 17-346 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 346
17-346 Special big game license tags
Status: in_force

17-346. Special big game license tags

In addition to any license tags issued under section 17-333, the commission may issue special big game license tags in the name of an incorporated nonprofit organization that is dedicated to wildlife conservation. No more than three special big game license tags may be issued for each species of big game in a license year.  Notwithstanding section 17-332, subsection D, an organization that receives special big game license tags issued under this section may sell and transfer them if all proceeds of the sale are used in this state for wildlife management.
A.R.S. § 17-253 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 253
17-253 Mexican gray wolf; memorandum of understanding; reporting
Status: in_force

17-253. Mexican gray wolf; memorandum of understanding; reporting

A. The commission shall attempt to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the United States fish and wildlife service regarding the endangered species act and the release, translocation and cross-fostering of Mexican gray wolves prior to any release, translocation or cross-fostering in this state.  The memorandum of understanding shall specify that a Mexican gray wolf release, translocation or cross-fostering may not occur:

1. Within three miles of state trust land or private property.

2. Without a full DNA profile on each Mexican gray wolf that is released, translocated or cross-fostered.

B. The department shall report to the commission at every commission meeting the following information:

1. Any known death of a Mexican gray wolf in this state and, if known, the reason for the death.

2. The number of Mexican gray wolves that are supplemented with feed in this state and the cost of the supplementation.

3. The number of Mexican gray wolves that are captured in this state by the department or a federal agency partnering with the department, the reason for the capture and the full DNA profile on each Mexican gray wolf captured.

4. The location of all collared Mexican gray wolves in this state.

5. All human and domestic animal incidents in this state that involve a Mexican gray wolf.
A.R.S. § 17-364 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 364
17-364 Fur dealer's license; records; reports
Status: in_force

17-364. Fur dealer's license; records; reports

A. No person shall engage in the business of buying for resale any specimen of predatory, nongame and fur-bearing mammals taken within this state without obtaining a fur dealer's license.

B. A fur dealer shall keep a record of the date, number and species of all pelts or furs received, the name and addresses of the persons from whom such pelts or furs were received and the names and addresses of the persons to whom such pelts or furs were shipped or sold.

C. Fur dealers shall by the tenth day of October, January, April and July file a legible report with the department of all such records required by paragraph B on forms provided by the department.
A.R.S. § 17-296 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 296
17-296 Definitions
Status: in_force

17-296. Definitions

In this article:

1. "Public access" means providing entry to publicly held lands for recreational use where such entry is consistent with the provisions establishing those lands.

2. "Sensitive habitat" means the specific areas within the geographical area historically or currently occupied by a species or community of species in which are found those physical or biological features essential to the establishment or continued existence of the species and which may require special management, conservation or protection considerations.

3. "Endangered species" means a species or subspecies of native Arizona wildlife whose population has been reduced due to any cause whatsoever to such levels that it is in imminent danger of elimination from its range in Arizona, or has been eliminated from its range in Arizona.

4. "Threatened species" means a species or subspecies of native Arizona wildlife that, although not presently in imminent danger of being eliminated from its range in Arizona, is likely to become an endangered species in the foreseeable future.

5. "Candidate species" means a species or subspecies of native Arizona wildlife for which habitat or population threats are known or suspected but for which substantial population declines from historic levels have not been documented.

6. "Urban wildlife" means the wildlife that occurs within the limits of an incorporated area or in close proximity to an urban area that receives significant impact from human use.

7. "Environmental education" means educational programs dealing with basic ecological principles and the effects of natural and man related processes on natural and urban systems and programs to enhance public awareness of the importance of safeguarding natural resources.

8. "Habitat evaluation" means the assessment of the status, condition and ecological value of habitat and subsequent recommendations of management, conservation or other protection measures, or mitigation measures, including but not limited to, recommendation of reasonable alternatives for the proposed projects that might otherwise affect the habitat under assessment.

9. "Habitat protection" means the process of protecting the quality, diversity, abundance, and serviceability of habitats for the purposes of maintaining or recovering populations of Arizona wildlife.
A.R.S. § 17-267 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 267
17-267 Land and water conservation and recreation development fund
Status: in_force

17-267. Land and water conservation and recreation development fund

A. There is established a land and water conservation and recreation development fund. The monies of such fund may be used by the commission to pay for recreation benefits in connection with fish and wildlife restoration projects. The monies of such fund may be used to match other funds available from the Pittman-Robertson federal aid in wildlife restoration act in 50 Stat. 917, 16 U.S.C. 669-669j, the Dingell-Johnson federal aid in fish restoration act in 64 Stat. 430, 16 U.S.C.A. 777-777k and the rules and regulations pursuant thereto, land and water conservation fund act which is Public Law 88-578 of 1965 and rules and regulations pertaining thereto, the state lake improvement fund, the state game and fish restoration fund or funds available from other federal, state, county or municipal sources. The monies of such fund may also be used for purchase of engineering services, land, rights of way, water rights or for construction on a participating basis in such projects or to provide recreational facilities appurtenant thereto.

B. The commission may review and recommend to the legislature in its annual budget request, projects which will provide recreation benefits in connection with fish and wildlife restoration projects.

C. All monies in the land and water conservation and recreation development fund shall be subject to annual legislative appropriation.
A.R.S. § 17-289 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 289
17-289 Bond proceeds fund; investment
Status: in_force

17-289. Bond proceeds fund; investment

A. The proceeds received from the sale and delivery of bonds after deducting the necessary costs and expenses of the issuance and sale of the bonds shall be deposited with the trustee designated by the commission pursuant to section 17-290 to be placed in a bond proceeds fund, which shall be established for each series or issue of bonds. The bond proceeds fund shall be separate and apart from all other funds, except that the trustee shall first apply those amounts of the bond proceeds set forth in the resolution issuing the bonds or notes to all reserve and sinking funds if required by the bond resolution. Monies in the bond proceeds fund may be spent for any game and fish facilities purpose consistent with the resolution authorizing the bonds.

B. On order of the commission, all monies in a bond proceeds fund shall be invested by the trustee for the series or issue of bonds in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States or any of the senior debt of its agencies, sponsored agencies, corporations, sponsored corporations or instrumentalities or any investments authorized by any other agencies of the United States government which are now authorized for use to secure public deposits or state, county or municipal bonds issued in this state on which the payments of interest have not been deferred. The order directing the trustee to invest the monies shall set forth the specified time when the proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be used for the purposes directed in the bond resolution, and the trustee shall invest the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, in the securities described in this subsection. If authorized by the commission, the trustee may purchase any of these securities which mature on a date after the date specified in the order if the trustee obtains a commitment to repurchase the securities on the date specified in the order from a bank or financial institution. The trustee shall exercise reasonable care in choosing the bank or financial institution repurchasing the securities.

C. The separate game and fish bond proceeds funds for different series of bonds may be held by different trustees designated pursuant to section 17-290.

D. If the revenues pledged to secure the bonds or any series of the bonds ever become insufficient to pay the annual principal and interest on the bonds, the commission shall direct the liquidation of the securities remaining in the respective bond proceeds fund and order the trustee to use the proceeds of the liquidation to make current all payments then due on the bonds.
A.R.S. § 17-302.01 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 302.01
17-302.01 Taking of wolves for protection of life or property
Status: in_force

17-302.01. Taking of wolves for protection of life or property

Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may not prohibit any person from taking a wolf that is actively threatening or attacking a person, livestock or other domestic animal.
A.R.S. § 17-481 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 481
17-481 Application of aquatic poisons; analysis; notice; exceptions
Status: in_force

17-481. Application of aquatic poisons; analysis; notice; exceptions

A. The department shall not apply rotenone or antimycin A for any purpose to any spring, seep, watershed, stream, river, stockpond, irrigation water delivery system, lake or other body of standing or running water in this state until conducting and submitting to the commission a full impact analysis of any risks posed to the environment and to downstream potable water supplies and livestock water sources.  On receipt and review of the analysis, the commission shall issue either:

1. A written approval if the commission finds the application will not endanger the health of the environment, humans or livestock.

2. A written disapproval of the analysis.

B. The department must:

1. Provide at least ten days' advance written notice to all owners, lessees and permittees of real property, including federal and state public lands that are contiguous with the treatment area as defined in the impact analysis, and publish general notice in two publications in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation in the general area in which the rotenone or antimycin A will be applied.

2. Conduct soil and water analyses:

(a) Before applying rotenone or antimycin A to establish baseline levels.

(b) After application to monitor downstream levels in soil, potable water supplies and livestock water sources.  The department shall continue to monitor the downstream levels until they return to pretreatment baseline levels.

C. This article does not apply if the application is both:

1. To a reservoir, or to a water body for purposes of operating a reservoir or delivering water from a reservoir or system of reservoirs, that has a capacity of at least ten thousand acre feet, or to the Colorado river below and including Lake Mead.

2. Pursuant to a federally issued incidental take permit pursuant to the federal endangered species act.
A.R.S. § 17-308 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 308
17-308 Unlawful camping
Status: in_force

17-308. Unlawful camping

It is unlawful for a person to camp within one-fourth mile of a natural water hole containing water or a man-made watering facility containing water in such a place that wildlife or domestic stock will be denied access to the only reasonably available water.
A.R.S. § 17-339 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 339
17-339 Reports and returns by license dealers; noncompliance; classification
Status: in_force

17-339. Reports and returns by license dealers; noncompliance; classification

A. Each license dealer shall by January 10, or on demand of the commission or department, return to the department:

1. All duplicate stubs, unused licenses, permits and big game tags.

2. All due and unremitted license and permit fees collected.

3. A full and complete report of the licenses, permits and big game tags returned.

B. The failure to make such return within thirty days shall automatically cancel the license dealer's license, and intentional failure to comply with the provisions of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor. Any license dealer who makes a false or fraudulent return or report or who fails to submit returns, reports or all due and unremitted fees as required under this section with the intent of defrauding the department is guilty of a class 6 felony.
A.R.S. § 17-603 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 603
17-603 Preexisting outdoor shooting ranges; noise buffering or attenuation
Status: in_force

17-603. Preexisting outdoor shooting ranges; noise buffering or attenuation

A. If an outdoor shooting range was constructed before July 1, 2002 in compliance with existing applicable county or municipal ordinances and zoning requirements and if property located within one mile of the exterior property boundary of the range is rezoned after July 1, 2002 for residential use or any other use that includes a school, hotel, motel, hospital or church, the zoning authority must provide for noise buffers or attenuation devices that are either:

1. Within the new development as a condition for developing the property or as supplied by the zoning authority.

2. Supplied or funded by the zoning authority for location in the range.

B. Property owners, developers, zoning authorities and ranges may negotiate and provide for noise buffers or attenuation devices located on or off the range.

C. Any noise buffering or attenuation under this section must comply with the state noise standards prescribed by section 17-602.
A.R.S. § 17-287 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 287
17-287 Impairment of bondholder rights; prohibition; inclusion in resolutions and indentures
Status: in_force

17-287. Impairment of bondholder rights; prohibition; inclusion in resolutions and indentures

A. This state shall not limit or alter the rights vested in the commission to collect the surcharges necessary to produce sufficient revenue to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the bondholders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of bondholders until the terms of all bonds and the costs in connection with any action enforcing the terms of the bonds are fully met and discharged.

B. The commission as agent of this state may include in its resolutions and indentures securing bonds an agreement to abide by the provisions of subsection A.
A.R.S. § 17-284 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 284
17-284 Pledges; lien; personal liability; incontestability
Status: in_force

17-284. Pledges; lien; personal liability; incontestability

A. Any pledge made pursuant to this article is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. Monies pledged and received by the commission or its fiscal agent for deposit in the conservation development fund are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery or further act, and the lien of the pledge is valid and binding against all parties with or without notice of the pledge who have claims of any kind against the commission. The instrument by which the pledge is created is, when placed in the records of the commission, notice to all persons of the creation of the pledge and need not be recorded in any other place.

B. The members of the commission and any person executing a bond are not personally liable for the payment of a bond.

C. After the sale and delivery of a bond it is incontestable by the commission and is a legal and binding obligation of the commission notwithstanding any imperfection in proceedings with respect to site selection, property acquisition, planning, construction, operation or administration of or for any game and fish facility or any other action taken by the commission not directly affecting the issuance of the bonds.
A.R.S. § 17-234 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 234
17-234 Open or closed seasons; bag limits; possession limits
Status: in_force

17-234. Open or closed seasons; bag limits; possession limits

The commission shall by order open, close or alter seasons and establish bag and possession limits for wildlife, but a commission order to open a season shall be issued not less than ten days prior to such opening date. The order may apply statewide or to any portion of the state. Closed season shall be in effect unless opened by commission order.
A.R.S. § 17-503 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 503
17-503 Administration; expenses
Status: in_force

17-503. Administration; expenses

A. The department is designated as the licensing authority in this state for purposes of the compact. The director shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of the participating states any information or documents reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of the compact.

B. The compact administrator from this state is not entitled to any additional compensation for his service as such but is eligible for reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with his responsibilities as administrator in the same manner as expenses incurred in connection with other responsibilities of his office or employment.
A.R.S. § 17-373 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 373
17-373 Storage; exception
Status: in_force

17-373. Storage; exception

A. Commercial food establishments processing or storing wildlife shall stamp all packages containing such wildlife with a stamp furnished by the department and such packages shall be marked with the date received or processed. The operator of such establishment shall keep a record, and exhibit it upon request, of the names and addresses of persons who furnish such wildlife for processing or storage, the date, amount, and species of such wildlife received.

B. This section does not apply to processing or storing aquatic animals that are cultivated, propagated or maintained in an aquaculture facility that is licensed under title 3, chapter 16.
A.R.S. § 17-495.01 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 495.01
17-495.01 Property owner confidentiality; disclosure; consent; civil penalty
Status: in_force

17-495.01. Property owner confidentiality; disclosure; consent; civil penalty

A. Information collected in the furtherance of the roles, responsibilities and duties of a state agency or an entity acting on the state agency's behalf, from a private landowner, property owner or other participant or potential participant in an endangered species survey or other species research or conservation plan is confidential information and may not be disclosed to any person, including state or federal agencies, if the information relates to the specific location, species identification or quantity of any animal or plant life for which an endangered species survey or other species research or a conservation plan, or both, is under consideration, development or implementation.  The state agency shall disclose such information only to the person that provided the information unless the person consents in writing to full or specified partial disclosure of such information.

B. Confidential information about species shall be collected only through a standardized form in which property owners provide express written consent to have their property surveyed or enrolled or potentially subject to enrollment in a conservation plan.

C. A person who violates the property owner confidentiality requirements in this section is subject to a civil penalty of $25,000 for each violation of this section.
A.R.S. § 17-235 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 235
17-235 Migratory birds
Status: in_force

17-235. Migratory birds

The commission shall prescribe seasons, bag limits, possession limits and other regulations pertaining to taking migratory birds in accordance with the migratory bird treaty act and regulations issued thereunder, but the commission may shorten or modify seasons, bag and possession limits and other regulations on migratory birds as it deems necessary.
A.R.S. § 17-405 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 405
17-405 Acceptance of grants
Status: in_force

17-405. Acceptance of grants

A. The commission shall notify the secretary of its desires to avail itself of monies apportioned not later than sixty days after receipt of certification by the secretary of the estimated amount to be apportioned to this state.

B. Upon receipt of final certification by an agency of the federal government allocating funds to this state for any fiscal year or portion thereof available to the Arizona game and fish department, the commission shall transfer this state's share of the amount so allocated from any monies appropriated by the legislature of this state for the purpose of carrying out wildlife programs and if the monies are insufficient, the commission may transfer from the game and fish fund such sum as it deems advisable to further match the federal apportionments. Monies received from funds of the United States shall be deposited in the federal aid accounts. Claims against the accounts shall be made and paid in the manner provided by law for payment of claims against the game and fish fund.

C. Monies in the federal aid accounts shall be expended solely for work allowable under the provisions of the projects.
A.R.S. § 17-243 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 243
17-243 Sale of surplus products of federal aid projects; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

17-243. Sale of surplus products of federal aid projects; disposition of proceeds

The commission may sell surplus products of federal aid wildlife projects. The proceeds of such sale shall be placed in a special game and fish fund to be known as the federal aid wildlife projects maintenance fund and may be used by the commission for maintenance of federal aid projects wherever located in the state.
A.R.S. § 17-372 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 372
17-372 Shipment by common carrier
Status: in_force

17-372. Shipment by common carrier

A. A common carrier shall not transport any wildlife except as provided for under this title or title 3, chapter 16.

B. Wildlife may be shipped during the open season, or within five days thereafter, but such shipment shall not exceed the possession limit for any one species and no more than one such possession limit may be shipped in a period of seven consecutive days. When shipped a valid permit shall be firmly attached to such shipment and the specimens shall be clearly and conspicuously labeled with the name and address of the consignor and consignee and an accurate statement of the contents of package.

C. A resident may ship wildlife as provided under this section, except that a holder of a resident license shall not ship or offer for shipment from a point within to a point without the state any big game species or parts thereof without first having obtained a special permit issued by the department or its authorized agent.
A.R.S. § 17-310 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 310
17-310 Agreement to appear in court
Status: in_force

17-310. Agreement to appear in court

Game rangers, wildlife managers, and other peace officers may take any person before a magistrate within the county in which an offense is committed for a violation of any provision of this title, but any person apprehended for violating any provision of this title punishable as a misdemeanor may be issued a notice to appear before such magistrate bearing the date, time and place for such appearance, the offense charged, and the location or approximate location where the violation was committed. The notice shall be signed by the person notified to appear, and he shall be given a copy thereof and thereupon may be released from custody. Failure of such person to appear at the time and place specified shall be cause for issuance of a warrant for his arrest for failure to appear.
A.R.S. § 17-288 — Arizona Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 288
17-288 Distributions from the conservation development fund
Status: in_force

17-288. Distributions from the conservation development fund

A. Not later than the first day of each month, the fiscal agent shall distribute from the conservation development fund to the appropriate bond payment funds and accounts such monies as are necessary to pay when due the principal of, interest on and any premium on all outstanding bonds.  The time, method, amounts, priority and appropriate fund of these distributions shall be as provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds and the agreement with the bondholders.

B. If the monies in all the funds and accounts are sufficient to pay when due all principal coming due on outstanding bonds during the ensuing twelve months and all other amounts coming due on outstanding bonds during the ensuing six months, the fiscal agent shall distribute any excess monies in the conservation development fund to the capital improvement fund.