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NE Code § 37-229 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-229 - Game birds, defined.

37-229.  Game birds, defined.Game birds means coots, cranes, curlew, doves, grouse, partridges, pheasants, plovers, prairie chickens, quail, rails, snipes, swans, woodcocks, wild turkeys, and all migratory waterfowl.Source   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 39;  Laws 1999, LB 176, § 7.  Annotations Pheasants are game birds. State v. Allen, 159 Neb. 314, 66 N.W.2d 830 (1954).
NE Code § 37-230 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-230 - Game fish, defined.

37-230.  Game fish, defined.Game fish means all baitfish, commercial fish, and sport fish.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 40.
NE Code § 37-231 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-231 - Habitual offender, defined.

37-231.  Habitual offender, defined.Habitual offender means a person who has been convicted of violating the Game Law two or more times in any calendar year or who has been convicted of violating the Game Law three or more times in any ten-year period beginning with the date of the first conviction.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 41.
NE Code § 37-232 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-232 - Hunt, defined.

37-232.  Hunt, defined.Hunt means to pursue, shoot, catch, capture, collect, harvest, kill, destroy, or attempt to pursue, shoot, catch, capture, collect, harvest, kill, or destroy.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 42.
NE Code § 37-233 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-233 - Migratory game birds, defined.

37-233.  Migratory game birds, defined.Migratory game birds means all doves, ducks, geese, rails, snipes, cranes, woodcocks, coots, and swans.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 43.
NE Code § 37-233.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-233.01 - Migratory waterfowl, defined.

37-233.01.  Migratory waterfowl, defined.Migratory waterfowl means any ducks, geese, or brant upon which an open season has been established by the commission.Source Laws 1999, LB 176, § 8.
NE Code § 37-234 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-234 - Nongame fish, defined.

37-234.  Nongame fish, defined.Nongame fish means any species of fish not classified as game fish, threatened species, or endangered species in the Game Law or rules and regulations of the commission.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 44.
NE Code § 37-235 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-235 - Officer, defined.

37-235.  Officer, defined.Officer means every person authorized to enforce the Game Law.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 45.
NE Code § 37-236 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-236 - Optimum carrying capacity, defined.

37-236.  Optimum carrying capacity, defined.Optimum carrying capacity means that point at which a given habitat can support healthy populations of wildlife species, having regard to the total ecosystem without diminishing the ability of the habitat to continue that function.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 46.
NE Code § 37-237 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-237 - Person, owner, proprietor, grantee, lessee, and licensee, defined.

37-237.  Person, owner, proprietor, grantee, lessee, and licensee, defined.Person, owner, proprietor, grantee, lessee, and licensee means and includes individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, corporations, and municipalities.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 47.
NE Code § 37-237.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-237.01 - Protected bird, defined.

37-237.01.  Protected bird, defined.Protected bird means all birds except game birds, English sparrows, European starlings, and pigeons other than Antwerp or homing pigeons, commonly called Carrier Pigeons.Source Laws 1999, LB 176, § 9.
NE Code § 37-237.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-237.02 - Preference point, defined.

37-237.02.  Preference point, defined.Preference point means a point or points accrued by an applicant for preference in a structured random permit drawing in which the draw is structured by the number of preference points and the applicants with the most points are drawn first.Source Laws 2020, LB287, § 4.
NE Code § 37-238 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-238 - Raptor, defined.

37-238.  Raptor, defined.Raptor means any bird of the Accipitriformes, Falconiformes, or Strigiformes, including, but not limited to, caracaras, eagles, falcons, harriers, hawks, kites, osprey, owls, and vultures.Source   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 48;  Laws 2011, LB41, § 1.
NE Code § 37-239 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-239 - Raw fur, defined.

37-239.  Raw fur, defined.Raw fur means the untanned pelts of any fur-bearing animal except commercially reared mutations.Source   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 49;  Laws 1999, LB 176, § 10.
NE Code § 37-240 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-240 - Species, defined.

37-240.  Species, defined.Species means a category of biological classification which describes groups of organisms which show distinctive characteristics and which are able to interbreed.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 50.
NE Code § 37-241 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-241 - Sport fish, defined.

37-241.  Sport fish, defined.Sport fish means those species of fish, as listed in rules and regulations of the commission, typically sought for recreation or consumption.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 51.
NE Code § 37-242 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-242 - Take, defined.

37-242.  Take, defined.Take means to harass, wound, hunt, trap, fish, harvest fur, or attempt to harass, wound, hunt, trap, fish, or harvest fur.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 52.
NE Code § 37-243 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-243 - Trap, defined.

37-243.  Trap, defined.Trap means to take or attempt to take any wildlife by any snare, steel-jawed spring trap, or box trap.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 53.
NE Code § 37-244 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-244 - Upland game birds, defined.

37-244.  Upland game birds, defined.Upland game birds means all species and subspecies of quail, partridges, pheasants, wild turkeys, and grouse, including prairie chickens.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 54.
NE Code § 37-245 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-245 - Wild birds, defined.

37-245.  Wild birds, defined.Wild birds means the species of birds native to, migrating to or through, or having established free-ranging populations in the State of Nebraska except the English sparrow, the European starling, and the common pigeon.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 55.
NE Code § 37-246 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-246 - Wild mammals, defined.

37-246.  Wild mammals, defined.Wild mammals means the species of mammals native to, migrating to or through, or having established free-ranging populations in the State of Nebraska except the fallow deer, the house mouse, the Norway rat, the black rat, the feral domestic dog, and the feral domestic cat.Source   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 56;  Laws 1999, LB 176, § 11.
NE Code § 37-247 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-247 - Wildlife, defined.

37-247.  Wildlife, defined.Wildlife means any member of any nondomesticated species of the animal kingdom, whether reared in captivity or not, including any mammal, fish, bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, or other invertebrate and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof or the dead body or parts thereof.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 57.
NE Code § 37-247.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-247.01 - Wildlife abatement, defined.

37-247.01.  Wildlife abatement, defined.Wildlife abatement means the use of a trained raptor to frighten, flush, haze, take, or kill certain wildlife to manage depredation, damage, or other threats to human health and safety or commerce caused by such wildlife.Source Laws 2019, LB374, § 3.
NE Code § 37-248 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-248 - General penalty provision.

37-248.  General penalty provision.Any person violating any of the provisions of the Game Law or any provisions of the rules or regulations adopted and promulgated by the commission, where a penalty is not otherwise fixed, shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall be subject to a mandatory fine of at least fifty dollars upon conviction.Source   Laws 1943, c. 94, § 14, p. 331;   R.S.1943, § 37-103;   Laws 1957, c. 139, § 2, p. 465;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 172;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-103;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 58;  Laws 1999, LB 176, § 12.
NE Code § 37-301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-301 - Commission; general authority.

37-301.  Commission; general authority.Except as otherwise provided in sections 37-302 to 37-313, 37-315, 37-317, 37-330, 37-425, and 37-608, the commission shall have sole charge of state parks, game and fish, recreation grounds, and all things pertaining thereto. All funds rendered available by law, including funds already collected for such purposes, may be used by the commission in administering and developing such resources.Source   Laws 1929, c. 113, § 5, p. 444;   C.S.1929, § 81-6505;   Laws 1935, c. 174, § 3, p. 640;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 81-6505;   R.S.1943, § 81-805;   Laws 1949, c. 283, § 1, p. 980;   Laws 1959, c. 431, § 1, p. 1439;   Laws 1959, c. 432, § 21, p. 1455;   Laws 1959, c. 433, § 2, p. 1458;   Laws 1959, c. 434, § 1, p. 1460;   Laws 1961, c. 174, § 5, p. 519;   Laws 1967, c. 585, § 8, p. 1977;   Laws 1967, c. 231, § 4, p. 611;   Laws 1969, c. 799, § 1, p. 3007;   Laws 1971, LB 53, § 12;   Laws 1972, LB 1169, § 1;   Laws 1974, LB 779, § 3;   Laws 1981, LB 72, § 22;   Laws 1993, LB 235, § 46;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 481;   Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 100;   Laws 1996, LB 584, § 19;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 81-805;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 59.
NE Code § 37-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-302 - Commission; stock game and fish.

37-302.  Commission; stock game and fish.The commission shall adopt and carry into effect plans to replenish and stock the state with game and, whenever it is in the best interest of the public to do so, to stock the streams, lakes, and ponds, whether public or private, of this state with fish. It may plan such extensions and additions to existing hatcheries and such new plants as may be necessary to supply fully the state with game and fish and cause the plans to be executed after ascertaining the cost thereof.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 60. Cross References  Instream appropriations, authority of commission to obtain permit, see section 46-2,107 et seq.
NE Code § 37-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-303 - Commission; acquire land; gifts and bequests; powers.

37-303.  Commission; acquire land; gifts and bequests; powers.(1) With the consent of the Governor, the commission may by purchase, when funds on hand or appropriated therefor are sufficient, or by gift, devise, or otherwise acquire title in the name of the State of Nebraska to sites situated outside organized municipalities, except as provided in section 90-404, for additional state parks, hatcheries, recreation grounds, state recreational trails, wildlife management areas, captive wildlife facilities, and public shooting grounds and may enter into appropriate contracts with reference thereto, all within the limits of amounts that may be appropriated, contributed, or available. For these purposes, the commission may enter into appropriate contracts, leases, or lease-purchase agreements.(2) The commission, with the consent of the Governor, may take, receive, and hold, either in the name of the state or in trust for the state, exempt from taxation, any grant or devise of lands and any gift or bequest of money or other personal property made in furtherance of the purposes contemplated by this section and shall have such funds or the proceeds of such property invested. Such invested funds shall be deposited, used, and expended under the direction of the commission.(3) The commission may make a survey of all lands and areas in the state which are suitable for state parks, game refuges, or other similar purposes contemplated by this section and may locate and designate any or all of such lands or areas or parts thereof and take such action as may tend to preserve or conserve them. The commission shall publish such informational material as it deems necessary and may, at its discretion, charge appropriate fees therefor.Source   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 61;  Laws 1999, LB 176, § 13;  Laws 2000, LB 701, § 1.  Cross References  Acquisition of school lands, see section 72-261.Annotations Section distinguished from and reconciled with section giving commission eminent domain power. Duerfeldt v. State, 184 Neb. 242, 166 N.W.2d 737 (1969).
NE Code § 37-304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-304 - Commission; rules and regulations; commission orders.

37-304.  Commission; rules and regulations; commission orders.(1) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations, under the procedures set forth in the Administrative Procedure Act, governing the administration and use of all property, real and personal, under its ownership or control.(2) The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations it deems necessary to administer the activities and facilities described in sections 37-305 to 37-313.(3) The commission may pass, by majority vote, commission orders which govern (a) conservation orders, (b) seasons, (c) open and closed areas, and (d) bag limits as described in section 37-314.Source   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 62;  Laws 2013, LB499, § 1. Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 37-305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-305 - Rules and regulations; camping areas; violation; penalty.

37-305.  Rules and regulations; camping areas; violation; penalty.The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to designate camping areas and permit camping on appropriate lands under its ownership or control. As a condition to such permission, the commission may prescribe such rules and regulations as are reasonable and proper governing public use of such camping areas, including, but not limited to, access to camping areas, area capacity, sanitation, opening and closing hours, public safety, fires, establishment and collection of fees when appropriate, protection of property, and zoning of activities. Such rules and regulations shall be posted on appropriate signs at the areas. Any person who camps on lands owned or controlled by the commission not designated as a camping area by the commission or any person who fails to observe the conditions of occupancy, use, or access posted as provided in this section shall not have permission. Any person violating the provisions of the rules and regulations authorized by this section shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 63.
NE Code § 37-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-306 - Rules and regulations; fire safety; violation; penalty.

37-306.  Rules and regulations; fire safety; violation; penalty.The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations permitting any type of fire, including the smoking of tobacco in any form, and providing for the size, location, and conditions under which a fire may be established on any area under its ownership or control. The commission may enact rules and regulations permitting the possession or use of any type of fireworks not prohibited by law on any areas under its ownership or control. The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations authorizing management personnel to temporarily revoke permission by the posting of appropriate signs for all fires of any kind whatsoever, including smoking and the use of fireworks, in any area under its ownership or control, when such posting is in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare or for the preservation of property. Any person who lights any type of fire, uses any fireworks, smokes tobacco in any form, or leaves unattended and unextinguished any fire of any type in any location, in any area under the ownership or control of the commission, unless the commission has given permission, which permission has not been revoked, to such type of fire, to such use or possession of fireworks, or to such smoking of tobacco, shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 64.
NE Code § 37-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-307 - Rules and regulations; animals; violation; penalty.

37-307.  Rules and regulations; animals; violation; penalty.The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations permitting pets, domestic animals, and poultry to be brought upon or possessed, grazed, maintained, or run at large on any area or portion of any area under its ownership or control. Any person who brings, possesses, grazes, maintains, or permits to run at large his or her pets, domestic animals, or poultry on any area or portion of any area under the ownership or control of the commission, unless the commission has permitted such bringing, possession, grazing, maintaining, or running at large, shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 65.
NE Code § 37-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-308 - Rules and regulations; hunting, fishing, and trapping; use of weapons; violation; penalty.

37-308.  Rules and regulations; hunting, fishing, and trapping; use of weapons; violation; penalty.The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations, temporarily or permanently, permitting hunting, fishing, or the public use of firearms, bow and arrow, or any other projectile weapons or devices on any area or any portion of any area under its ownership or control. The commission may enact special rules and regulations permitting trapping and other forms of fur harvesting on any such area or areas. Any person who, without the permission of the commission, hunts, fishes, traps, harvests fur, or uses firearms, bow and arrow, or any other projectile weapon or device on any area or any portion of any area under the ownership or control of the commission shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 66.
NE Code § 37-308.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-308.01 - Rules and regulations; appropriate hunting weapons.

37-308.01.  Rules and regulations; appropriate hunting weapons.The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations relating to the appropriate weapons which may be used for hunting wildlife. The rules and regulations shall take effect beginning January 1, 2004.Source Laws 2002, LB 1003, § 28.
NE Code § 37-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-309 - Rules and regulations; water-related recreational activities; violation; penalty.

37-309.  Rules and regulations; water-related recreational activities; violation; penalty.The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations permitting swimming, bathing, boating, wading, waterskiing, and the use of any floatation device on all or any portion of any area under its ownership or control. Such regulations may include permission for swimming, bathing, boating, waterskiing, wading, the use of floatation devices, and all other water-related recreational activities in all areas or any portion of any specific area under the ownership or control of the commission and may provide for special general conditions for specific swimming, waterskiing, boating, bathing, or wading areas, which regulations and conditions shall be posted at such areas. Any person who swims, bathes, boats, wades, waterskis, or uses any floatation device on all or any portion of any area under the ownership or control of the commission, unless the commission has given permission for such activity in the specific area or portion thereof, shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 67. Annotations The Legislature has defined a crime herein and provided a penalty and the delegation of administrative or executive authority for implementation of details does not violate the Constitution. State v. Cutright, 193 Neb. 303, 226 N.W.2d 771 (1975).
NE Code § 37-310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-310 - Rules and regulations; real and personal property; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.

37-310.  Rules and regulations; real and personal property; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.(1) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations relating to the protection, use, or removal of any public real or personal property on any area under its ownership or control and may regulate or prohibit the construction or installation of any privately owned structure on such area. The commission may close all or any portion of any area under its ownership or control to any form of public use or access with the erection of proper signs, without the enactment of formal written regulations. Any person who, without the permission of the commission, constructs or installs any privately owned structure or who uses or removes any public real or personal property, on any area under the ownership or control of the commission, or who enters or remains upon all or any portion of any area under the ownership or control of the commission, where proper signs or public notices prohibiting the same have been erected or displayed, shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.(2) Any person who abandons any motor vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance in any area under the ownership or control of the commission shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 68.
NE Code § 37-311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-311 - Rules and regulations; vendors; violation; penalty.

37-311.  Rules and regulations; vendors; violation; penalty.The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations permitting the sale, trade, or vending of any goods, products, or commodities of any type in any area under its ownership or control. Any person who sells, trades, or vends any goods, products, or commodities of any type in any area under the ownership or control of the commission without having received the prior permission of the commission for such activity shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 69.
NE Code § 37-312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-312 - Commission permission; procedure.

37-312.  Commission permission; procedure.When the permission of the commission is required as a prerequisite to any activity set out in sections 37-305 to 37-313, such permission shall be established by resolution of the commission. The resolution may set out the circumstances under which the supervisor or managing official in charge of any area under the ownership or control of the commission may give such permission in emergency situations, and such resolution may further provide for the revocation of such permission by the secretary of the commission or by the supervisor or managing official of any area under the ownership and control of the commission.Source  Laws 1998, LB 922, § 70.