KRS § 150.995 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.995
150.995 Violations for which additional restitution shall be paid to department
Status: in_force

150.995 Violations for which additional restitution shall be paid to department.

(1) As used in this section, "gross score" means the Boone and Crockett score derived

by calculating the measurements of the antlers of a white-tailed deer or elk in

accordance with subsection (2) of this section.

(2) The gross score of an antlered white-tailed deer or elk shall be calculated in

accordance with the Boone and Crockett Club's "Measuring and Scoring North

American Big Game Trophies, Third Edition, 2009" and shall be taken by an

official Boone and Crockett Club scorer. Measurements taken for the purpose of

calculating the gross score may be taken at any time, with no drying time being

required.

(3) A person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter regarding the

taking, buying, selling, transporting, or possessing of an antlered white-tailed deer

with a gross score of more than one hundred twenty-five (125) inches shall pay to

the department an additional restitution value calculated by squaring the difference

between the gross score and one hundred (100) and multiplying the resulting

number by one dollar and sixty-five cents ($1.65).

(4) A person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter regarding the

taking, buying, selling, transporting, or possessing of an antlered elk with a gross

score of more than two hundred eighty (280) inches shall pay to the department an

additional restitution value calculated by squaring the difference between the gross

score and two hundred fifty-five (255) and multiplying the resulting number by one

dollar and sixty-five cents ($1.65).

(5) A person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter regarding the

taking, buying, selling, transporting, or possessing of a bear shall pay to the

department an additional restitution value of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(6) A person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter regarding the

taking, buying, selling, transporting, or possessing of a turkey shall pay to the

department an additional restitution value of five hundred dollars ($500).

(7) A person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter regarding the

taking, buying, selling, transporting, or possessing of a bobcat shall pay to the

department an additional restitution value of five hundred dollars ($500).

(8) The commissioner or designee may bring a civil action to recover the restitution

value owed to the department under subsection (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) of this

section. A person who owes restitution to the department under subsection (3), (4),

(5), (6), or (7) of this section shall forfeit his or her hunting license or, if license-

exempt, the privilege to perform the hunting acts authorized by the license until the

restitution owed has been paid.

(9) The restitution required by this section shall be in addition to all other restitution,

replacement costs, and civil or criminal penalties authorized by this chapter and the

administrative regulations promulgated hereunder.