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AR Code § 15-41-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 1 - Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission|§ 15-41-119. Representative authority for governmental cooperation for wildlife purposes

 (a) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission may represent the state in matters pertaining to cooperation with other states and the United States Government for wildlife conservation, management, and regulation purposes and may enter into compacts, including without limitation the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, with other states to provide for reciprocal enforcement of hunting, fishing, trapping, and other wildlife laws of member states.  (b)  (1) The Director of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall file an annual report with the Legislative Council itemizing and summarizing all compacts entered into under this section.  (2) The annual report shall list with respect to each compact:  (A) A brief statement of the purposes of the compact;  (B) The amount of funds to be expended under the compact; and  (C) Any additional information that enables the members of the Legislative Council to determine the nature and purposes of the compact.
AR Code § 15-41-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 1 - Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission|§ 15-41-120. Legislative findings and intent — Reports

 (a) The General Assembly finds that:  (1) The natural resources of Arkansas should be protected and restored as needed; and  (2) When the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission receives damages from a lawsuit as the result of damage sustained by property of the commission, the commission's primary use of the funds received as damages should be to benefit the property that was the subject of the litigation.    (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that when the commission receives damages from a lawsuit as the result of damage sustained by property of the commission, the commission should use the funds received as damages to benefit the property that was the subject of the litigation.  (c) The commission shall report to the Game and Fish/State Police Subcommittee of the Legislative Council annually, at the request of the Chair of the Game and Fish/State Police Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, or at the request of the cochairs of the Legislative Council the following information with respect to any lawsuit in which the commission is a plaintiff or seeks damages from a third party:  (1) The status of the lawsuit;  (2) The issues present in the lawsuit;  (3) The relief requested in the lawsuit; and  (4) The commission's plans for using any funds received as damages from the lawsuit.
AR Code § 15-41-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 1 - Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission|§ 15-41-121. Extra help restrictions

 An employee of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission who is employed as extra help may not, in a fiscal year:   (1) Receive an amount to exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the maximum annual salary for a comparable position under:  (A) The Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq., or its successor; or  (B) The appropriation act applicable to the commission for the fiscal year at issue; or    (2) Be employed for a period of time to exceed one thousand eight hundred (1,800) hours.
AR Code § 15-41-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 1 - Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission|§ 15-41-122. Cost-of-living increases and merit pay

 (a) Employees of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission may receive cost-of-living and merit pay adjustments at the discretion of the commission.  (b) The commission may develop and establish a merit pay system that shall be reviewed by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.  (c) The commission may establish merit payments as either of the following, based on sufficiency of funding:  (1) An increase to an employee's base salary; or  (2) A lump-sum payment.    (d) Commission employees shall be evaluated using an instrument developed by the commission that incorporates performance evaluation standards.  (e)  (1) If cost-of-living or merit pay adjustments are awarded, employees reaching the maximum rate of pay for their respective classifications may receive merit pay or cost-of-living adjustments in a lump-sum payment.  (2) Additional compensation under this section shall not be construed as exceeding the line item maximum for that position classification.
AR Code § 15-41-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 1 - Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission|§ 15-41-123. Compensation differentials

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission may pay a compensation differential under this section to an employee occupying a regularly appropriated position in an amount not to exceed twelve percent (12%) of an employee's base salary.  (2) An employee may be paid more than one (1) compensation differential under this section, provided the cumulative total of any compensation differentials paid under this section shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the employee's base salary.    (b) A compensation differential shall be reviewed by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.  (c) The commission shall demonstrate the need for a compensation differential and submit a plan to the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee, identifying the position or classification eligible for the differential.  (d) A compensation differential authorized under this section includes only the following:  (1) A shift differential;  (2) A hazardous-duty differential;  (3) A certification differential; and  (4) A second-language differential.    (e) An employee who receives additional compensation under this section who moves into a position that is not authorized to receive the compensation differential shall have the compensation differential removed from his or her salary.  (f) If granting additional compensation under this section has the effect of exceeding the line item maximum assigned to the employee's position or classification, the additional compensation shall not be construed as exceeding the line item maximum for that position or classification.
AR Code § 15-41-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 1 - Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission|§ 15-41-124. Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry, Inc. program

 (a) The Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry, Inc. program is designed to:  (1) Share the harvest of an abundant resource with Arkansans who are in need of food;  (2) Partner with the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission to provide a solution for a healthy, balanced deer herd;  (3) Provide a much-needed free, low-fat, high-protein food source to agencies and organizations that provide meals across Arkansas; and  (4) Create a provider purpose for hunters who participate in the program, which allows them to give back and share with others.    (b) The commission may establish a check-off or other appropriate method by which to raise revenue for support of the program.  (c) The intent of this section is to encourage the commission to examine opportunities available to provide support for the program.
AR Code § 15-41-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 1 - Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission|§ 15-41-125. Overtime payments

 (a)  (1) If approved by the Director of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission, the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission may make overtime payments to wildlife officers or other employees who are currently assigned or may be assigned by the director or his or her designee to special law enforcement task forces, special operations, or other special programs reimbursable to the commission by federal or local authorities.  (2) Overtime payments under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be made from funds and appropriations provided for overtime payments.    (b) Overtime payments under this section shall be:  (1) Processed through the state accounting system; and  (2) In addition to the regular salaries and benefits accruing to the employees eligible for overtime payments under this section.
AR Code § 15-41-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 15-41-203. Authorized searches

 Any game warden or other officer having authority to enforce the game laws of this state is authorized to proceed according to law to search any person, railroad train, boat, place of business, or any other public carrier to ascertain whether or not the game and fish laws are being violated.
AR Code § 15-41-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 15-41-209. Fines, fees, and costs

 (a) All fines assessed against and collected from persons convicted for infractions of the state laws protecting game, fish, fur-bearing animals, or fresh water mussels shall be paid to the county treasurer or the district court clerk of the county in which the fine is assessed and forwarded, as provided, to the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.  (b)  (1) The county treasurer or district court clerk shall give his or her receipt to a person paying a fine or to an officer of the court making settlement of fines collected.  (2)  (A) At the end of each month, county treasurers or district court clerks shall file a report and forward all fines collected under this chapter to the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.  (B) The report, filed on forms provided by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission, shall include:  (i) The name of each defendant;  (ii) The court case number;  (iii) The name of the arresting officer; and  (iv) The amount of the fine.        (c) Upon receipt of the fines described in subsection (b) of this section, the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall deposit the fines with the Treasurer of State, who shall deposit the fines as special revenues into the Game Protection Fund.  (d) A portion of the fines deposited as special revenues into the fund may be expended by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission in the form of grants issued to the Rural Services Division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission for fish and wildlife conservation education and other purposes consistent with Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 35.  (e)  (1) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall file a written report no later than October 1 of each even-numbered year with the Legislative Council and the Joint Budget Committee indicating the amount of fines deposited into the fund during the prior two (2) fiscal years and the amount of those funds transferred to the division under subsection (d) of this section.  (2) If all of the fines were not transferred to the division, the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall include in its report an explanation as to why all fines were not transferred.
AR Code § 15-41-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 15-41-210. Electronic proof of hunter education certificate — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “acceptable electronic format” means an electronic image produced on the person's own cellular phone or other type of portable electronic device that displays all of the information on the hunter education certificate as clearly as the paper hunter education certificate.  (b) When a law or regulation of this state requires a person to carry and display upon request a hunter education certificate, an electronic copy of the hunter education certificate in an acceptable electronic format is sufficient to establish compliance.  (c) The presentment of proof of a hunter education certificate in an acceptable electronic format does not:  (1) Authorize a search of any other content of an electronic device without a search warrant or probable cause; or  (2) Expand or restrict the authority of a law enforcement officer to conduct a search or investigation.
AR Code § 15-41-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Hunting Heritage Protection Act|§ 15-41-301. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Hunting Heritage Protection Act”.
AR Code § 15-41-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Hunting Heritage Protection Act|§ 15-41-302. Findings

 The General Assembly finds that:   (1) Recreational hunting is an important and traditional recreational activity in which some fourteen million (14,000,000) Americans sixteen (16) years of age and older participate;  (2) Hunters have been and continue to be among the foremost supporters of sound wildlife management and conservation practices in the United States;  (3) Persons who hunt and hunting-related organizations provide direct assistance to wildlife managers and enforcement officers of federal, state, and local governments;  (4) Purchases of hunting licenses, permits, and stamps and payment of excise taxes on goods used by hunters have generated billions of dollars for wildlife conservation, research, and management;  (5) Recreational hunting is an essential component of effective wildlife management, in that it is an important tool for reducing conflicts between people and wildlife and provides incentives for the conservation of wildlife, habitats, and ecosystems on which wildlife depend; and  (6) Recreational hunting is an environmentally acceptable activity that occurs and can be provided on state public lands without adverse effects on other uses of that land.
AR Code § 15-41-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Hunting Heritage Protection Act|§ 15-41-303. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Commission” means the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission;  (2) “Commission-managed lands” means those lands:  (A) That the commission owns; and  (B) Over which the commission holds management authority; and    (3) “Hunting” means the lawful pursuit, trapping, shooting, capture, collection, or killing of wildlife or the attempt to pursue, trap, shoot, capture, collect, or kill wildlife.
AR Code § 15-41-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 41 - Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Hunting Heritage Protection Act|§ 15-41-304. Recreational hunting

 (a) Subject to valid existing rights, commission-managed lands shall be open to access and use for recreational hunting except as limited by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission for reasons of public safety or homeland security or as otherwise limited by law.  (b)  (1) The commission shall exercise its authority consistent with subsection (a) of this section in a manner to support, promote, and enhance recreational hunting opportunities to the extent authorized by law.  (2) The commission is not required to give preference to hunting over other uses of commission-managed lands or over land or water management priorities established by state law.    (c)  (1) To the greatest practicable extent, commission land management decisions and actions may not result in any net loss of land acreage available for hunting opportunities on commission-managed lands that exists on August 12, 2005.  (2) This subchapter does not apply to commission-owned lands under contract to private persons or entities.    (d) On or before October 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the House and Senate cochairs of the Legislative Council a written report describing:  (1) The acreage administered by the commission that has been closed during the previous year to recreational hunting and the reasons for the closures; and  (2) The acreage administered by the commission that was opened to recreational hunting to compensate for the acreage that was closed during the previous year.    (e) This subchapter does not compel the opening to recreational hunting of national parks or national monuments administered by the National Park Service.
AR Code § 15-42-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 42 - Licenses|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-42-101. Penalty for hunting or fishing without license

 Any resident of this state who is required to have a license to hunt or fish and who shall be guilty of hunting or fishing in this state without first having obtained a hunting or fishing license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).
AR Code § 15-42-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 42 - Licenses|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-42-105. Free or discounted licenses

 The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall not issue a free or discounted hunting or fishing license to any person except as is specifically authorized or directed by law.
AR Code § 15-42-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 42 - Licenses|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-42-106. Resident fishing license — Requirement

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any resident person to take or attempt to take fish by means of artificial bait or lures in this state without first procuring an annual resident fishing license.  (b) It shall also be unlawful for any person more than sixteen (16) years of age who is a resident of this state to take or attempt to take fish by means of net seines or gigs without first procuring a resident fishing license.
AR Code § 15-42-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 42 - Licenses|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-42-107. Nonresident fishing license generally

 (a)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any nonresident person to take or attempt to take fish in this state in any manner without first procuring a nonresident fishing license.  (2) The nonresident annual fishing license fee shall be five dollars ($5.00).    (b) Any person violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
AR Code § 15-42-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 42 - Licenses|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-42-108. Nonresident three-day fishing license

 (a) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall issue or cause to be issued a three-day fishing license to any nonresident of the state upon application therefor and the payment of a fee of three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50).  (b) The commission is authorized to adopt and enforce any rules and regulations it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
AR Code § 15-42-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 42 - Licenses|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-42-110. Three-day fishing license

 The maximum fee for a three-day fishing license for any resident in the State of Arkansas who is sixteen (16) years of age or older but less than sixty-five (65) years of age shall not exceed six dollars and fifty cents ($6.50) each.
AR Code § 15-42-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 42 - Licenses|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-42-122. Limitation on issuance of hunting or fishing licenses in neighboring states

 (a) It shall be unlawful for the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission or any employee thereof to issue a permit to any person, firm, or corporation for the issuance in a state bordering Arkansas of any Arkansas resident or nonresident hunting and fishing license, unless the state bordering Arkansas in which the place of business of the person is located authorizes Arkansas persons, firms, or corporations to obtain permits to issue resident or nonresident hunting and fishing licenses of the adjoining state from a place of business in Arkansas.  (b) Any person knowingly or willfully violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly. In addition, if the person is an officer or employee of the State of Arkansas or any agency thereof, the person shall be removed from office or dismissed from employment and shall not be eligible for reemployment or election or appointment to any office in this state for a period of three (3) years thereafter.