Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. Under A.R.S.
§
17-340,
when the Department makes a recommendation to the Commission for license
revocation, the Commission shall hold a hearing and may revoke, suspend, or
deny any hunting, fishing, or trapping license for a person convicted of any of
the following offenses:
1. Killing or wounding
a big game animal during a closed season.
2. Possessing a big game animal taken during
a closed season.
3. Destroying, injuring, or molesting livestock while
hunting, fishing, or trapping.
4.
Damaging or destroying personal property, growing crops, notices or signboards,
or other improvements while hunting, fishing, or trapping.
5. Bartering, selling, or offering to sell
unlawfully taken wildlife or wildlife parts.
6. Careless use of a
firearm while hunting, fishing, or trapping that results in the injury or death
of any person.
7. Applying for or
obtaining a license or permit by fraud or misrepresentation in violation of
A.R.S. §
17-341.
8. Knowingly allowing another person to use
the person's big game tag, except as provided under A.R.S. §
17-332(D).
9.
Entering upon a game refuge or other area closed to hunting, trapping or
fishing and taking, driving, or attempting to drive wildlife from the area in
violation of A.R.S. §§
17-303
and
17-304.
10.
Unlawfully posting state or federal lands in violation of A.R.S. §
17-304(B).
11. Unlawfully using aircraft to take, assist
in taking, harass, chase, drive, locate, or assist in locating wildlife in
violation of A.R.S. §
17-340(A)(8).
12. Unlawfully taking
or possessing big game
.
13. Unlawfully taking
or possessing small game or fish
.
14.
Unlawfully taking or possessing wildlife species.
15. Unlawful take of any bird or the removal
of its nest or eggs.
16. Littering a public hunting or fishing area while
taking wildlife.
17. Waste of edible portions of a game
species under A.R.S. §
17-309,
in violation of A.R.S. §
17-309(A)(5).
18.
Any violation for which a license can be revoked under A.R.S. §
17-340
19. Any violation of A.R.S. §
17-306.
B. Under A.R.S. §§
17-238,
17-334,
17-340,
17-362,
17-363,
and
17-364,
when the Department makes a recommendation to the Commission for license
revocation, the Commission shall hold a hearing and may revoke any fur dealer,
guide, taxidermy, license dealers license, or special license (as defined under
R12-4-401) in any case where license revocation is authorized by law.
