Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Rule 002.00.84-001 - Code Book Regulations: 002.00.84-001
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
WadUfe Refuge. EXCEPTION:
(1) Three (3) inch or larger square bar mesh,
gill and trammel nets used March 1 through
October 31. PENALTY: $25.00 to $300.00.
41.26 POSSESSION AND USE OF FIDDLER SIZE HOOP NETS AND SLA T TYPE FISH TRAPS RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN PUBLIC WATERS. It shall be unlawful to use or possess fiddler size hoop nets or slat type fish traps in any public waters other than those specified herein:
EXCEPTIONS:
. PENALTY: $50.00 to $500.00.
41.27 SLAT TYPE FISH TRAP AND FIDDLER SIZE HOOP NET RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to use any slat type fish trap or fiddler size net in pubhc waters listed in Commission Code 41,26 other than as specified herein:
41.17 BLOCKING STREAMS WITH NETS PROHIBl-TED. It shall be unlawful to block horizontally from bank to bank more than fifty (50%) percent or one-half {Vz) of the width of any stream with nets, leads, wings or seines. PENALTY: SSO.OO to S500.00.
41.18 SEINING AT NIGHT PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to use any fish seine at night in the public waters of the State. EXCEPTION:
41.19 CORNING AND LONG LAKES COMMERCIAL LINE RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to commercially fisli trotlines. throw lines, limb lines or snaglines in Corning Lake or Long Lake in Clav County. PENALTY: SSO.OO to S500.00.
41.20 DARDANELLE LAKE COMMERCIAL FISH- ING RESTRICT10NS.lt shall be unlawful to use commercial tackle of any type from March 1 through November 30 in the waters of Darda-nelle Lake north of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Public waters. EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00 and fishing privileges may be suspended for a period of one (1) year.
41.14 COMMERCIAL FISHING BY NON-RESIDENTS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for non-residents to assist or participate in any commercial fishing operation.
EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00.
41.15 NET LEAD OR WING LENGTH REQUIRE-MENTS. It shall be unlawful to use any lead or wing of any type in connection with hoop, barrel or pond nets in excess of 100 yards in length. PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
41.16 NET LEAD OR WING PROXIMITY REQUIRE-MENTS. It shall be unlawful for any lead or
Logan, south of Highway 10 (excluding Blue Mountain Lake) north of Highway 29 and west of Highway 19; Perry, west of Highway 7; Pope, north of Interstate 40 and east of Highway 7, and north of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and west of Highway 7, excluding Dardanelle Lake; Sebastian, south of Highway 10; Sevier, north of Highway 24; Sharp, west of Highway 167 and Highway 62; White, north of Highway 64 and west of Highway 167; Yell, west of Highway 7 and south of Highway \0 (excluding Blue Mountain Lake). In addition, no commercial fishing is permitted in any of the following waters: All waters upstream from 100 yards below Rcmmel Dam on the Ouachita River (including Lakes Catherine and Hamilton); Lake Eriing including all tributaries upstream from 100 yards below Lake Eriing Dam to Arkansas Highway 360; All lakes owned and/or operated by the State Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission, the U.S. Forest Service, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (excluding Grand Lake, all of Lake Chicot, and all natural or channel scar lakes on Commission Wildlife Management Areas); Lake Wallace in Dt«w and Chicot Counties; Lake Mau-melle in Pulaski County, and all lakes in the Hot Springs Village Area of Garland and Saline Counties. PENALTY: $50.00 to $500.00.
commercial tackle in the following counties or parts of counties: All waters in - Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Izard, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Newton, Pike Polk, Scott, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren, Washington; Clark, west of Highway 67 from Arkadelphia south of county line and west of Highway 7 from Arkadelphia the Saline River (excluding waters within the Felsenthal National Refuge) except when they are accessible by boat from the Saline River Channel; Conway, north of Interstate 40, excluding Cadron Creek in Conway County, and Point Remove Creek up the east fork to Highway 95 and the Kissire Bridge on the west fork; Crawford, north of Interstate 40; Faulkner, north of Interstate 40 and Highway 64 except that part of the north Cadron Creek in Faulkner County below Highway 285 and the Cadron Creek in Faulkner County and the east fork of Cadron Creek, Faulkner County, from mouth to Highway 287 bridge; Franklin, north of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and east of Highway 23, and that part north of Interstate 40 and west of Highway 23; Fulton, west of Highway 63; Garland, west of Highway 7; Hempstead, north of Highway 24; Hot Springs, west of Highway 7; Howard north of Highway 24; Independence, west of Highway 167; Johnson, north of the southern route of the Missouri Pacific Railroad excluding Dardanelle Lake;
stream to the mouth of Spring River in Lawrence and Randolph Counties. ST. FRANCIS RIVER upstream to the mouth of the left hand chute of Little River in Poinsett County. ARKANSAS RIVER from its mouth to Morgan Cut-Off in Arkansas and Desha Counties. ARKANSAS WATERS between the main levees of the Mississippi River. All lakes, bays or other bodies of water, other than tributary streams, connected to waters as specified, when accessible by boat, from the main channel. (3) Three and one-haIf(3^A) inch square bar mesh gill and trammel nets used from noon Sept 30. 1983 to noon March 15, 1984 in Nimrod Lake (Perry-Yell Counties) and Blue Mountain Lake (Logan-Yell Counties) and from noon Sept. 30, 1983 to noon Oct. 31, 1983 and from noon Jan. 31, 1984 to Feb. 29, 1984 in Lake Pine Bluff (Jefferson Co.) upon obtaining a permit from the District Fisheries Biologist.
41.04 GILL AND TRAMMEL NET MESH RESTRICT-IONS. It shall be unlawful to use gill and trammel nets with less than three and one-half (V/i) inch square bar mesh the entire year on the Arkansas River, excluding tributary streams; from Lock No. Two (2) - Dam No. Two (2) upstream to the Highway 7 bridge in Yell County, all navigational pools, channel scar lakes, bays or back-waters accessible by boat from the main channel or navigational pools, and waters from Dardanelle Dam to the Oklahoma State Line. PENALTY: $50.00 to S500.00.
Code '41.09 (Waters Closed to Commer-
cial Fishing).
36.00-A or to possess more than 36 bullfrogs. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00.
36.02 PROHIBITED METHODS FOR TAKING BULL-FROGS. It shall be unlawful to take bullfrogs other than by hands, hand nets, hook and hne, gig, spear or long bow and arrow. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
36.03 SALE OF BULLFROGS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale or purchase
bullfrogs taken from the waters of the State. EXCEPTION:
36.00 -A DAY DEFINED FOR TAKING BULLFROGS.
The daily limit of bullfrogs as specified shall mean bullfrogs taken in a twenty-four (24) hour period beginning at 12:00 o'clock noon until 12:00 noon the day following.
36.01 BULLFROG SEASON/LIMIT RESTRICTION.
It shall be unlawful to take bullfrogs other than from 12:00 o'clock noon April 15 through December 31 and to take more than eighteen (18) bullfrogs in one (1) day, as defined in Section
33.06 BOAT DOCK OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS ON COMMISSION OWNED LAKES. It shaU be
unlawful for boat dock operators on Commission owned lakes to charge boat launching or vehicle parking fees without first obtaining a permit from the Commission and paying annual fees. Commission employees in performance of duties shall be allowed free parking and boat launching privileges. PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00.
33.07 SPECIFICATION OF STRUCTURES RE-
QUIRED. It shaU be unlawful to fail to comply with the requirements and specifications of any structures or additions on state owned lakes as set forth by the Commission. PENALTY: $10.00 to $250.00.
33.08 OBSTRUCTION OF COMMISSION CONTROL-LED ACCESS AREAS PROHIBITED. It shall be
unlawful to obstruct or to store vessels or equipment on any access area, parking area, boat launching ramp or access road owned or controlled by the Commission. PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
EXCEPTION:
33.04 PERMIT REQUIRED FOR STRUCTURES ON COMMISSION OWNED LAKES. It shall be unlawful to construct, own or possess floating platforms, party barges, floating duck blinds, floating piers or boat houses on Commission owned lakes without first obtaining a current permit from the Commission and permanently displaying said permit number or owners name and address with lettering not less than three (3) inches in height on structure. Pesticide barrels prohibited for flotation and other barrels so used must be filled with styrofoam.
PENALTY: S25.00 to S25O.0O.
33.05 BOAT DOCK LEASES REQUIRED ON COM-: MISSION OWNED LAKES. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own or
' operate a boat dock where boats are rented to the public or where boats are kept or stored for private owners on a rental basis on waters or property owned by the Commission without first entering into a lease agreement with the
Commission.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
33.02 OUTBOARD MOTOR SIZE RESTRICTIONS ON COMMISSION OWNED LAKES. It shaU be unlawful to use outboard motors in excess of ten (10) horsepower on Commission owned
EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $25.00 to S250.00.
33.03 SKIING ON COMMISSION OWNED LAKES PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to water ski or aquaplane on lakes owned or controlled by the Commission.
Section 33.00 Commission Owned Lakes and Access Area Regulations
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
Spring River and tributaries from 100 yards below Dam No. 1 to the mouth of My at t Creek; White River from 100 yards below Bull Shoals Dam to Lock No. 3; North Fork River from 100 yards below Norfork Dam to the White River; Spring River Lake. PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
It shall be unlawful to take fish or frogs in nursery ponds, nursery pond egress areas or hatcheries where prohibiting signs are posted. PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
QUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful for persons engaged in scientific studies to take protected species of fish or wildlife outside the open season on said species without first obtaining a scientific collection permit from the Director of the Commission and said wildhfe species must be taken as specified in permit.
than scaled rough fish with bow and arrow.
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
spillways, or walkways owned or controlled by the Commission where prohibiting signs are posted.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
sunset to sunrise in Lakes Beaver, Blue Mountain, Bull Shoals, Catherine, Conway, DeGray I Reservoir, Eriing, Greers Ferry, Greeson, Hamil-
ton, Harris Brake, Millwood, Nimrod, Norfork, Ouachita, Table Rock, Portia Bay, Shirey Bay, Horner Bay, Tucker Bay, and all impoundments created by the locks and dams on tiie Arkansas River. The sale of any fish taken is prohibited. PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
Hsh other than as speciHed herein:
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $50.00 to S300.00.
ing devices set, with or without bait, unattended (out of sight or hearing) from sunrise to sunset or to suspend more than one (1) yo-yo or mechanical device from any horizontal Une, wire, limb or support. PENALTY: $25.00 to S25O.00.
all Locks and Dams on the Arkansas River from the Dam to the nearest arrival point navigation inarker downstream. (Ref: 32.14). PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
PENALTY: $500.00 to $1,000.00.
retain trout from state waters without first obtaining and validating by signature, a current trout permit. EXCEPTION:
Section 34.00 Put-and-Take Pay Lake
Requirements. PENALTY: $25.00 to S250.00.
shall be unlawful to gig game fish at any time.
PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
or snag game fish. EXCEPTIONS:
Put-and-Take Pay Lake Requirements);
Lou Emma - Crawford County. PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
and Table Rock Lake.
PENALTY; $25.00 to $250.00.
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EXCEPTIONS:
Section 31.00 - Sport Fishing
red fox or red fox pelts.
EXCEPTION:
accompanied by verification. PENALTY: $200.00 to $500.00.
shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take, or
possess alligators or any part thereof. EXCEPTION:
accompanied by verification. PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00.
It shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take, or
possess a mountain Hon, cougar, or panther \
(FeUs concolor) at any time.
EXCEPTION:
accompanied by verification. PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00.
at any time.
EXCEPTION:
accompanied by verification. PENALTY: Not less than $5,000.00.
AREAS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to possess loaded firearms on any U.S. Corps of Engineers recreation or public use area where prohibiting signs are posted. (Ref: Section 01.00 -C Firearms, Loaded). PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
be unlawful to import, have shipped into or possess in the state any species of wildlife designated as undesirable species by the Commission or to release into the wild any imported species of wildlife without prior approval of the Commission. PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00.
Section 18.00 General Hunting Regulations
and completely fill out the Commission Fur Dealer Report daily; to fail to provide said report for immediate inspection upon request of a Commission employee; for said report to be submitted to the Commission later than 30 days following the close of the regular furbearing animal season. PENALTY: SIOO.OO to $500.00, and dealer
license may be suspended for a period of
up to one year.
attempt to take gray fox in zones other than gray fox management zones one (1) and twoi2). Reference Commission Code 05.03. PENALTY: $200.00 to $500.00.
day following the close of the regular fur-bearing animal season. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $200.00 to $500.00.
Non-Resident - $100.00 to $500.00.
Section 10.00 Furbearing Animals
dent persons of any age to take, attempt to take, or possess any furbearing animals or any parts
squirrels or turkey during the spring squirrel and turkey seasons.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
Section 06.00 Deer
Zone 1 - (Northwest Arkansas) begins on Highway 59 at the
Arkansas-Oklahoma State Line, east to Highway 16, east on HighwaylB to junction of Highway 74, east on Highway 74 to junction of Highway 123, then on Highway 123 to Buffalo River, downstream on Buffalo River to White River, north on White River to U.S. Highway 62, west on U.S. Highway 62 to ; Yellvllle, northwest on Highway 14 to U.S. Highway 65, then north on U.S. Highway 65 to Missouri State Line.
Zone 2 - Include presently existing Wildlife Management Zones 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 19 and 20.
Zone 3 - includes the remainder of the state.
Boundaries - Start at northwest corner of Arkansas, then south on Arkansas-Oklahoma State Line to Interstate 40, east on Interstate 40 to Highway 23, north on Highway 23 to Highway 16, east on Highway 16 to Highway 21, north on Highway 21 to Highway 43, north on Highway 43 to Highway 103, north on Highway 103 to Highway 68, north on Highway 68 to U.S. Highway 62, east on U.S. Highway 62 to Long Creek east of Alpena, north on Long Creek to Table Rock Lake, then north along eastern edge of Table Rock Lake to Arkansas-Missouri State Line, west on Arkansas-Missouri State Line to northwest corner of Arkansas.
Zone 2 - Western Half of North Central Arkansas. Boundaries - Start at Junction of Arkansas-Missouri State Line and eastern edge of Table Rock Lake, then south along eastern edge of Table Rock Lake to Long Creek, south on Long Creek to U.S. Highway 62 east of Alpena, west on U. S. Highway 62
PENALTY: $150.00 to $500.00, and huntmg privileges may be suspended for a period of up to two yeare.
after taking a turkey to fail to immediately fill out and attach the appropriate tag to one leg of said turkey and leave tag attached until turkey reaches place for consumption or leaves the state.
EXCEPTION:
It shall be unlawful to fail to check any turkey taken with a gun, bow and arrow or crossbow within 24 hours at an official check station or with a Commission employee and provide information for checking said turkey before removal from the zone where taken. Evidence of sex must remain until turkey is checked. PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
to take wild turkey by baiting or hunting on, or over, a baited area. A baited area is considered to be baited when shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, chops, wheat or other feed is present so as to constitute a lure, attraction or enticement to any area where hunters are attempting to take wild turkey. PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00.
take or attempt to take wild turkey with the use of .
rifles or pistols, shotguns larger than 10 gauge or
shot larger than No. 2 common shot (.15 inch'in
diameter).
PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00.
Section 04.00
Wild Turkey
PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
May 12, 1984 through June 15, 1984. PENALTY: $200.00 to $500.00.
PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
the declared open season as specified herein: October 29, 1983 through February 27, 1984.
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
AND SQUIRREL. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take Coyote, Crow, Rabbit and Squirrel by use of:
EXCEPTION:
September 1. 1983 - January 7, 1984 in zones 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 and 10.
1983 Fall Squirrel Season (South):October 1, 1983 - January 29, 1984 in zones 8,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,19 & 20.
Section 02.00 Game Seasons and Bag Limits
(1983-84). It shal! be unlawful to take or attempt to take deer with archery tackle other than during the declared open deer archery and crossbow season as specified herein:
Either-Sex, October 1. 1983 - February 29, 1984. Zone 4 Closed. (Ref. Sec. 0.800) EXCEPTIONS:
illegally-taken mussel shells, furs, pelts, game, and fish siiall be seized and, if salable, shall be sold and the proceeds therefrom placed in the Game Protection Fund. If not salable, edible game and fish ihall be given to a charitable institution, a non-profit organization, public school lunches, or to needy persons approved by a wildlife officer. Deer killed by motor vehicles shall, if edible, be disposed of in the same manner.
Seizure of tackle and/or equipment - Any unlicensed or illegal tackle, traps or any device in violation of Commission Regulations shall be seized by Wildlife Officers and disposed of according to Commission Code.
TRANSPORTING WILDLIFE ACROSS STATE LINES
of eniering service arc also granted resident privileges fur hunting and fishing, regardless where stationed. Servicemen and women stationed in Arkansas are granted resident privileges for hunting and fishing.
ROUGH FISH - All fish not declared to he game fish. SNAGLINE - Commercial tackle consisting of a hori/onlai line with hooks or drops less thati 24 inches apart. TACKLE - Any rod, reel, pole, line, net, yo-yo, seine, or any other apparatus or device used to take fish.
TAKE - To shoot, kill, trap, snare, catch, or otherwise reduce to possession.
TO FISH - To catch, kill, collect, net, t:ap, spear, or otherwise reduce to possession.
WATERS OF THE STATE -All streams, lakes, sloughs, bayous, marshes, or any other water wholly or partially within the State, Pay lakes and fish farms are excluded from the above. WILDLIFE - Any protected animal, bird, fish, frog, or reptile. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (WMA) - Designated areas set aside by the Commission and distinguished by certain markers. (Referred to as "WMA" or "WMAs").
ZONE - Any area defined or delineated by the Commission where hunting and/or fishing activities are regulated for that specific area.
CONFISCATION AND SEIZURE
motors, or vehicle used in willful and deliberate violation of Commission Code 18.02 (Night Hunting Prohibited), 32.01 (Electrical Devices for Taking Fish Prohibited), 32.02 (Taking Fish With Firearms And Explosives Prohibited), 32.03 (Use of Toxic, Stupefying, or Killing Substances For Taking Fish Prohibited), Second Offense, 41.03 (Illegal Commercial Tackle), Second Offense, 32.04 (Trapping Fish Prohibited) may be seized and held, and upon conviction of the defendant or defendants, the court having jurisdiction may order title to said equipment forfeited to the State and the advertisement and sale thereof at public auction. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the Game Protection Fund.
GAME ANIMALS - Black bear, bobcat, coyote, deer, fox, mink, opossum, rabbit, raccoori, and squirrel. GAME BIRDS - Turkey, quail, pheasant, chuckar, and all birds classified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as migratory game birds,
GAME FISH - Black bass, white bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrid, crappie, catfish, trout, bream, sunfish, goggle-eye, walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, sauger, and pickerel. GUIDE - A person who helps or aids, for hire, another person to hunt or fish.
HUNT - The search or pursuit of wildlife for the purpose of capture by shooting, killing, trapping, snaring, taking, catching, or otherwise reducing to possession.
KILLING DEVICE - Any firearm, bow and arrow, crossbow, pellet gun, or any other device capable of killing wildlife. NON-RESIDENT ~ Any person not defined as 'resident'. NUISANCE ANIMALS - Any wild animal creating a problem by committing damage to personal property. (Depredation Permit available).
NUISANCE FUR-BEARING ANIMALS - Beaver, muskrat, and nutria.
PAY LAKE -Private waters open to public fishing for a fee, after being licensed by the Commission and where no fishing license or daily limit of fish is imposed.
PEN-RAISED QUAIL - Quail that are hatched from eggs of quail raised in captivity in pens or cages.
PERSON - Any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership in singular or plural as the context requires. POSSESS - To have under control or on the person, in a vehicle, in a boat, or in a camp.
PROTECTED GAME SPECIES - Any game species ofwhich the taking is prohibited or limited by seasons.
RESIDENT - All persons who have established a bona fide or actual residence of at least 60 days prior to applying for a license, and who declare their intentions of becoming a citizen of Arkansas.
Possession of Arkansas real estate by persons living outside the state does not qualify the owner as a resident. Servicemen and women who were Arkansas residents at the time
BAG LIMIT - The number of species allowed to be taken in a time period - 24 hours (12 o'clock midnight to 12 o'clock midnight) unless otherwise specified. BAITING - The placing, exposing, depositing or scattering of shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat, or other feed so as to constitute a lure, attraction, or enticement to any area where hunters are attempting to take wildlife. BREAM - Any species of a genus Lepomis to include bluegill, red-ear, warmouth, sunfish or 'perch'. BUCK (Legal) - A deer having minimum two (2) inch hardened bone antler. BUCK DEER SEASON - Any deer season whereby no deer other than legal buck deer may be taken. COMMERCIAL FISH - Bowfin, grindte, buffalo, catfish, carp,
drum, gar, paddlefish, sucker family, white amur, and sturgeon. COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN - Any person who fishes with tackle designated as commercial tackle requiring a license and/or tag issued by the Commission. COMMERCIAL SHOOTING RESORT - Any person, firm, or corporation engaged, for pay or other consideration, in the business of providing commercially-obtained or pen-raised birds for harvest by hunters. COMMISSION - The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission,
unless otherwise designated. DOE DEER SEASON - Same as either-sex season. EITHER-SEX SEASON - A season whereby any deer may be taken. FIREARMS, LOADED - Firearms shall be considered to be loaded if shells or cartridges are in either the chamber, magazine,
or cylinder; percussion cap muzzle-loading firearms are considered loaded if the percussion cap is on the nipple;
flintlock muzzle-loading firearms are considered to be loaded if there is powder in the flashpan. FISH FARM - Waters and adjacent premises confined within a pond, tank, or lake not connected with public waters, and under management by a commercial fish farmer. FISH FARMER - Any person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged in the propagation and/or production of fish and/
or minnows for sale. FURBEARING ANIMALS - Badger, beaver, bobcat, civet cat,
coyote, gray fox, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum, raccoon,
river otter, skunk, and weasel.
Wildlife officers shall be commissioned by the Commission and shall, concurrently with the sheriffs, constables and otherpeace officers throughout the State, have the right to apprehend persons detected violating any of the laws of the State enacted for the protection of game, fish, fur-bearing animals and other wildlife, and to take such offenders before any court having jurisdiction in the county where such offense is committed. Such persons shall also serve all processes issued by a court of competent jurisdiction relating to the enforcement of all laws pertaining to game, fish, fur-bearing animals and other wildlife of the State; to go upon any property outside of private dwellings, posted or otherwise, in the performance of their duties; to carry firearms while performing duties, and may with or without a warrant, according to law, conduct searches.
Special Agents and National Wildlife Refuge and National Park Service Employees who have been authorized to enforce laws and regulations administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, may be commissioned as Wildlife Officers by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, upon proper oath or affirmation and issuance of proper credentials, and shall have authority to make arrests, searches and seizures for violations of State game and fish laws and regulations. They shall serve without compensation in the discharge of these duties. Arkansas Wildlife Officers may be appointed as U.S. Deputy Game Wardens with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service and shall have authority as conferred upon them by that agency. They shall serve without compensation in the discharge of these duties.
Game and Fish Commission Code of Regulations, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean and include.
ANTLERLESS DEER - Any deer (buck or doe) not meeting requirements to be a legal buck deer.
AMENDMENT NO. 35
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Arkansas .
That the following shall be an amendment to the Constitution:
Section 1. The control, management, restoration, conservation and regulation of birds, fish, game and wildlife resources of the State, including hatcheries, sanctuaries, refuges, reservations, and all property now owned, or used for sard purposes and the acquisition and establishment of same, the administration of the laws now and/or hereafter pertaining thereto, shall be vested in a Commission to be known as the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission, to consist of eight members. Seven of whom shall be active and one an associate member who shall be the Head of the Department of Zoology at the University of Arkansas, without voting power,
Section 2. Commissioners shall have knowledge of and interest in wildlife conservation. All shall be appointed by the Governor. The first members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Governor for terms as follows: One for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, one for five years, one for six years, and one for seven years. Each Congressional District must be represented on the Commission.
Section 3. Upon the expiration of the foregoing terms of the said Commission, a successor shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of seven years, which term of seven years shall thereafter be for each member of the Commission. No Commissioner can serve more than one term and none can succeed himself.
Section 4. Each Commissioner shall take the regular oath of office provided in the Constitution and serve without compensation other than actual expenses while away from home engaged entirely on the work of the Commission.
Section 5. A Commissioner may be removed by the Governor only for the same causes as apply to other Constitutional Officers, after a hearing which may be reviewed by the Chancery Court for the First District with right of appeal therefrom to the Supreme Court, such review and appeal to be without presumption in favor of any finding by the Governor or the trial court.
Section 6. Vacancies on the Commission due to resignation or death shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired term within thirty days from date of such vacancy; upon failure of the Governor to fill the vacancy within thirty days, the remaining Commissioners shall make the appointment for the unexpired term. A Chairman shall be elected annually from the seven members of the Commission to serve one year.
Section 7 The Commission shall elect an Executive Secretary whose salary shall not exceed that of limitations placed on other constitutional departments; and other executive officers, supervisor, personnel, office assistants, wardens, game refuge keepers, and hatchery employees, whose salaries and expenditures must be submitted to the Legislature and approved by an Act covering
ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION CODE BOOK
The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations or orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Section 01.00 General Information
