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AR Code § 15-43-324 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 43 - Hunting And Fishing Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Fishing|§ 15-43-324. General regulation of hoop, barrel, or pond nets

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess, or use, in this state, any hoop, barrel, or pond net on which license has not been paid, except as herein provided.  (b) Such nets shall contain meshes not less than two and one-half inches (2½") square.  (c) The annual license to use or possess hoop, barrel, or pond nets shall be one dollar ($1.00) each. With each net license there shall be issued a metal tag for each net authorized by such license and bearing a corresponding number thereto. Such tag shall be securely attached to the first hoop at the mouth of the net and shall remain attached thereto unless temporarily removed at the vat for tarring the net; provided, new, unused nets may be possessed without license or tags. The license and accompanying tags shall be in form and substance as approved by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission, and revenues arising therefrom shall be credited to the Game Protection Fund.  (d) The use or possession of any net or seine contrary to law is declared to be a public nuisance, and the confiscation thereof is declared to be necessary in protecting the public against such nuisance. Any sheriff, constable, warden, or other police officer who finds an illegally possessed or used net or seine, or a net or seine with illegal mesh, shall deliver the net or seine to a justice of the peace of the county where the net or seine is found. If the tackle is legal in make-up, the justice of the peace shall sell the net or seine to the highest and best bidder and pay the proceeds therefrom to the county treasurer of his or her county for transmittal to the Treasurer of State, to be credited to the Game Protection Fund, but if the tackle is illegal in structure, he or she shall order it destroyed immediately.  (e) Where any lead or wing is used in connection with any hoop, barrel, or pond net in overflow water, no other lead, net, or wing shall be set a closer distance to the lead or wing than the total length of the lead or wing. No lead or wing longer than one hundred (100) yards in length shall be used or set so as to obstruct more than fifty percent (50%) of the open water within the banks of any stream or body of water. No lead or wing used with hoop, barrel, or pond nets shall be dragged or moved through the water for the purpose of seining, or surrounding fish, but the lead or wing shall remain fixed after being set. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or attempt to drive fish into wings or leads, pond, barrel, or hoop nets, by any means whatsoever. Leads or wings shall contain mesh not less than two and one-half inches (2½") square.  (f) Any person violating any provision of subsections (a)-(e) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
AR Code § 15-43-329 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 43 - Hunting And Fishing Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Fishing|§ 15-43-329. Taking fish from enclosed lake or pond — Posting

 (a) If any person shall take fish from any enclosed or artificial lake or pond of water belonging to any other person, without the consent of the owner, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, he or she shall be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days.  (b) Before any person shall have the benefit of this section, he or she shall first give notice of his or her intention to breed or cultivate fish in the enclosed or artificial lake or pond of water; he or she shall post three (3) or more notices in the precinct of the enclosed or artificial lake or pond of water of his or her intention, warning all persons not to take fish from the lake or pond.
AR Code § 15-43-330 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 43 - Hunting And Fishing Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Fishing|§ 15-43-330. Taking fish from fish farm

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to fish or take fish from any fish farm except with the consent of the owner thereof. Any person possessing fishing tackle on the premises of a fish farm shall be rebuttably presumed to be fishing. All fishing tackle, apparatus, and vehicles used in the violation of this section shall be confiscated by the arresting officer. If the confiscated property is determined by a court of law to have been used in the violation of this section, the confiscated property shall be sold at public auction by the county sheriff of the county wherein the violation occurred. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the county general fund, provided that the auction may be stayed by an appropriate court order.  (b) Any person convicted of violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and imprisoned for not less than ninety (90) days nor more than six (6) months for the first offense, and for subsequent offenses fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and imprisoned for not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year.
AR Code § 15-45-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 45 - Wildlife Preservation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-45-101. Wildlife habitat conservation on private lands — Licensing agreements

 (a) To encourage wildlife habitat conservation on private lands, the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall enter into licensing agreements for a duration of not less than ten (10) years for approved projects on privately owned lands.  (b) The licensing agreements shall detail the landowner's responsibilities.  (c) Expenditures by owners of private lands for these wildlife habitat conservation projects approved by the commission and covered by a licensing agreement shall be considered contributions to or for the use of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 15-45-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 45 - Wildlife Preservation|Subchapter 2 - Game and Fish Refuges|§ 15-45-209. County appraisal board — Crop damage

 (a) There is created an appraisal board in each county of this state composed of the game warden of that county and two (2) farmers who are landowners in the county appointed by the county judge and county agent.  (b) It shall be the duty of the appraisal board to investigate and determine the amount of damages payable to the owner, lessor, tenant, or other persons owning agricultural crops within, adjacent to, or near game refuges and game management areas where crops have been damaged by wildlife in the game reservation.  (c) All moneys appropriated by the General Assembly to be expended from the Game Protection Fund for damages to agricultural crops caused by wildlife as provided in this section shall be approved by the appraisal board before payment shall be made.
AR Code § 15-45-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 45 - Wildlife Preservation|Subchapter 2 - Game and Fish Refuges|§ 15-45-210. Entire state as wild fowl sanctuary — Permits for scientific study, etc

 (a) The entire State of Arkansas is designated, and shall constitute, a sanctuary for wild fowl of all species except black birds, crows, and starlings. No person shall catch, kill, injure, pursue, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, or purchase, expose for sale, transport, or ship to a point within or without the state, or receive or deliver for transportation any species of wild fowl except black birds, crows, and starlings unless authorized to do so by a validly adopted regulation of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission or by a federal regulation constitutionally adopted and imposed. However, sparrows and pigeons shall be excluded from the provisions of this section, provided that the exemption of pigeons from the provisions of this section shall not apply to Birmingham roller pigeons.  (b)  (1) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit any person or institution from collecting wild birds or their nests or eggs, except birds protected by federal or state game laws, for scientific study, school instruction, or other educational uses.  (2) Any person desiring to collect birds or their nests or eggs by authority of this section shall make application with the Director of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission for a scientific collecting permit on a form furnished by the director.  (3) This application shall state the interest and need of the applicant in collection and the species and the number desired to be collected.  (4) Upon issuance of the permit, the holder shall carry the permit at all times while engaged in collecting and shall exhibit the permit upon demand to any law enforcement officer or person in lawful control of the land upon which he or she is collecting.  (5) A record shall be kept at all times by the permit holder of the number and variety of birds or their nests or eggs collected by authority of the permit, and a copy shall be sent to the Director of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission on or before June 30 of each year or upon demand by the director.  (6) Each permit shall be issued for a period of one (1) year from date and shall be issued without charge.    (c) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00).
AR Code § 15-45-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 45 - Wildlife Preservation|Subchapter 2 - Game and Fish Refuges|§ 15-45-211. State parks as bird sanctuaries

 (a) The entire areas embraced within the limits of any and all state parks of this state are designated and established as bird sanctuaries.  (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to trap, hunt, shoot, or attempt to shoot or molest in any manner any bird or wild fowl or to rob birds' nests or wild fowl's nests in these areas. However, if starlings or similar birds are found to be congregating in such numbers in a particular locality as in the opinion of the Department of Health constitutes a nuisance or a menace to health or property, then officials of the department, after giving three (3) days' notice of the time and place of the meeting, shall meet with representatives of the Audubon Society, a bird club, garden club, or humane society, or with as many of those clubs as are found to exist in the state, to discuss possible solutions to the problem. If, as a result of the meeting, no satisfactory alternative is found to abate the nuisance, then the birds may be destroyed in such numbers and in such manner as is deemed advisable by the department under the supervision of the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police.  (c) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days.
AR Code § 15-45-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 45 - Wildlife Preservation|Subchapter 3 - Nongame Preservation|§ 15-45-301. Legislative intent

 (a) The General Assembly declares that it is the public policy of the State of Arkansas to promote sound management, conservation, and public awareness of Arkansas' rich diversity of native plants and nongame animals. Many of these species, subspecies, or populations of animals and plants are rare, threatened, endangered or are of special significance to the state, and it is in the best interest of the state to provide for their conservation both for present and future generations. So, too, it is in the state's interest to provide for the protection of natural areas harboring significance or having unusual importance to the survival of Arkansas' native animals and plants in their natural environments.  (b) It is the purpose of this subchapter and § 26-51-434 [repealed] to provide a means by which the protection of nongame species of animals and native plants may be financed in part through a voluntary checkoff designation on state income tax return forms, whereby an individual taxpayer may designate a portion or all of his or her income tax refund to be withheld and contributed for the purposes set forth in this subchapter and § 26-51-434 [repealed]. It is the intent of the General Assembly that this program of income tax checkoff is supplemental to any funding and in no way is intended to take the place of funding that would otherwise be appropriated for this purpose.
AR Code § 15-45-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 45 - Wildlife Preservation|Subchapter 3 - Nongame Preservation|§ 15-45-302. Nongame Preservation Committee

 (a) The Nongame Preservation Committee will consist of five (5) members and will include the following representatives:  (1) The Director of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission;  (2) The Director of the State Parks Division; and  (3) The Director of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission.    (b) The remaining two (2) members shall:  (1) Be appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate after the Governor consults with private conservation organizations from within the state; and  (2) Serve terms of three (3) years.
AR Code § 15-45-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 45 - Wildlife Preservation|Subchapter 3 - Nongame Preservation|§ 15-45-303. Expenditures generally

 (a) All moneys contributed for Nongame Preservation Program purposes pursuant to the state income tax refund check-off system authorized by this subchapter and § 26-51-434 [repealed] and the interest earned thereon shall be expended for the purpose of protecting, preserving, and restoring the nongame resources of this state, and shall include such activities as the development and implementation of management programs, the acquisition of lands, public education, or other activities appropriate to the furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter upon appropriation therefor by the General Assembly, but for no other purpose.  (b) All state agencies are authorized to make application to the Nongame Preservation Committee for a grant from the fund to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter.  (c) No expenditure shall be made without the approval and authorization of the Governor upon the recommendation of the Nongame Preservation Committee by majority vote.  (d) Funds from this source may be used for restoring and protecting nongame animals and plants, both terrestrial and aquatic, but the highest priority shall be accorded to populations of rare, endangered, or threatened native organisms or organisms of special interest to this state.
AR Code § 15-45-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 45 - Wildlife Preservation|Subchapter 3 - Nongame Preservation|§ 15-45-304. Purchase of land

 (a) When the purchase of lands by state agencies is considered as an appropriate strategy for the protection of certain nongame species, the lands considered shall be restricted to:  (1) Natural communities, both terrestrial and aquatic, that exhibit the highest degree of integrity and least evidence of disturbance; and  (2) Habitats of Arkansas' rarest and most severely endangered or threatened native organisms.    (b) Decisions for land purchase under this program will take into account the availability and preservation status of all Arkansas lands known to represent whatever particular value may be under consideration. In accordance with the same system of priorities, funds from this source may be used for restoring and protecting natural communities, both terrestrial and aquatic, and populations of rare, endangered, or threatened native organisms.
AR Code § 15-45-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 45 - Wildlife Preservation|Subchapter 3 - Nongame Preservation|§ 15-45-305. Balance of funds carried forward annually

 All balances in the Nongame Preservation Program shall be carried forward each year so that no part thereof shall revert to the General Fund of this state.
AR Code § 15-45-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 45 - Wildlife Preservation|Subchapter 3 - Nongame Preservation|§ 15-45-306. Costs of administration transferred to Constitutional Officers Fund and State Central Services Fund

 The incremental costs of administration of the contributions, not to exceed five percent (5%) of the fund during the first fiscal year of the program and not to exceed one percent (1%) of the fund for each year after that, shall be transferred out of the fund provided in §§ 15-45-303 and 15-45-304, upon certification by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State for credit by the Treasurer of State to the Constitutional Officers Fund and State Central Services Fund, before any funds are expended as provided in this section.
AR Code § 15-47-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 47 - Wildlife Recreation Facilities|Subchapter 1 - Wildlife Recreation Facilities Pilot Program|§ 15-47-101. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Wildlife Recreation Facilities Pilot Program”.
AR Code § 15-47-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 47 - Wildlife Recreation Facilities|Subchapter 1 - Wildlife Recreation Facilities Pilot Program|§ 15-47-102. Findings

 The General Assembly finds:   (1) The control, management, restoration, conservation, and regulation of birds, fish, game, and wildlife resources of the State of Arkansas, including hatcheries, sanctuaries, refuges, and reservations, is vested in the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission;  (2) The commission seeks opportunities to expand the benefit of its expertise and resources for the people of Arkansas;  (3) Arkansas is an attractive and popular tourist destination for persons who seek rejuvenation and enjoyment through the sports of wildlife and nature appreciation, including hunting and fishing;  (4) The income generated for the commission on behalf of oil and gas leases in the Fayetteville Shale has presented an unprecedented opportunity for the commission to further its wildlife conservation goals for the benefit of all Arkansans;  (5) The Department of Rural Services and the commission are interested in developing a Wildlife Recreation Facilities Pilot Program to ignite interest in the wildlife resources of Arkansas and to promote economic development in the state through the use and enjoyment of the state's abundant wildlife resources; and  (6) To further carry out the mission of the commission, a Wildlife Recreation Facilities Pilot Program should be implemented to establish criteria and construct wildlife recreation facilities, including without limitation the development of community ponds, shooting ranges, community fishing, and access areas for fishing.
AR Code § 15-47-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 47 - Wildlife Recreation Facilities|Subchapter 1 - Wildlife Recreation Facilities Pilot Program|§ 15-47-103. Wildlife Recreation Facilities Pilot Program

 (a) There is created a program to be known as the “Wildlife Recreation Facilities Pilot Program”.  (b) The program shall be developed, implemented, and administered by the Rural Services Division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission with the assistance of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.  (c) The purpose of the program is to:  (1) Create better access to outdoor wildlife recreational activities for Arkansans;  (2) Attract tourists for the enjoyment and utilization of wildlife sports, including hunting and fishing;  (3) Ignite interest in the wildlife resources and nature appreciation activities of Arkansas; and  (4) Promote economic development in the state through the use and enjoyment of the state's abundant wildlife resources.    (d) The division and the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission agree to work cooperatively to establish criteria and recommendations for wildlife recreation facilities, including without limitation the development of community ponds, shooting ranges, community fishing, and access areas for fishing for the enjoyment of the wildlife resources of the state by our citizens and visitors to the state who are attracted to Arkansas's abundant wildlife resources.  (e) The division and the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission agree to develop plans and review the needs and requirements for the construction and development of wildlife recreation facilities under the program.  (f) The division, with the assistance and advice of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission, shall establish criteria for the wildlife recreation facilities by the promulgation of rules in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., for the development of wildlife recreation facilities in the program.