Arizona Revised Statutes and Commission Rules
Arizona Game and Fish Commission Rules About Fishing
(a) A member of the boy scouts of America and who
has attained the rank of eagle scout.
(b) A member of the girl scouts of the USA and who
has received the gold award.
D. All monies collected pursuant to this section shall be
deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the
game and sh fund established by section 17-261.
E. On or before December 31 of each year, the commission
shall submit an annual report to the president of the
senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the
chairperson of the senate natural resources, energy and
water committee and the chairperson of the house of rep
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resentatives energy, environment and natural resources
committee, or their successor committees, that includes
information relating to license classications, fees for
licenses, permits, tags and stamps and
any other fees that
the commission prescribes by rule. The joint legislative
audit committee may assign a committee of reference to
hold a public hearing and review the annual report sub
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mitted by the commission.
A.R.S. 17-335
Blind resident; shing license exemption
A blind resident may sh without a license and is entitled
to the same privileges as the holder of a valid license.
A.R.S. 17-340
Revocation, suspension and denial of privilege of taking
wildlife; civil penalty; notice; violation; classication
A. On conviction or after adjudication as a delinquent
juvenile as dened in section 8-201 and in addition to
other penalties prescribed by this title, the commis-
sion, after a public hearing, may revoke or suspend a
license issued to any person under this title and deny
the person the right to secure another license to take
or possess wildlife for a period of not to exceed ve
years for:
1. Unlawful taking, unlawful selling, unlawful offering
for sale, unlawful bartering or unlawful possession of
wildlife.
2. Careless use of rearms that resulted in the injury or
death of any person.
3. Destroying, injuring or molesting livestock, or damag-
ing or destroying growing crops, personal property,
notices or signboards or other improvements while
hunting, trapping or shing.
4.
Littering public hunting or shing areas while taking
wildlife.
5. Knowingly allowing another person to use the per-
son’s big game tag, except as provided by section
17-332, subsection D.
6.
A violation of section 17-303, 17-304, 17-316 or 17-341
or section 17-362, subsection A.
7. A violation of section 17-309, subsection A, paragraph
5 involving a waste of edible portions other than meat
damaged due to the method of taking as follows:
(a) Upland game birds, migratory game birds and
wild turkey: breast.
(b) Deer, elk, pronghorn (antelope), bighorn sheep,
bison (buffalo) and peccary (javelina): hind quar
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ters, front quarters and loins.
(c) Game sh: llets of the sh.
8. A violation of section 17-309, subsection A, paragraph
1 involving any unlawful use of aircraft to take, assist
in taking, harass, chase, drive, locate or assist in
locating wildlife.
B. On conviction or after adjudication as a delinquent
juvenile and in addition to any other penalties pre-
scribed by this title:
1. For a rst conviction or a rst adjudication as a delin-
quent juvenile, for unlawfully taking or wounding
wildlife at any time or place, the commission, after a
public hearing, may revoke, suspend or deny the per-
son’s privilege to take wildlife for a period of up to ve
years.
2.
For a second conviction or a second adjudication as a
delinquent juvenile, for unlawfully taking or wounding
wildlife at any time or place, the commission, after a
public hearing, may revoke, suspend or deny the per
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son’s privilege to take wildlife for a period of up to ten
years.
3.
For a third conviction or a third adjudication as a
delinquent juvenile, for unlawfully taking or wounding
wildlife at any time or place, the commission, after a
public hearing, may revoke, suspend or deny the per
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son’s privilege to take wildlife permanently.
C. In accordance with title 41, chapter 6, article 10 and
notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a person
against whom the commission imposes a civil penalty
under section 17-314 for the unlawful taking, wound-
ing, killing or possession of wildlife may be denied the
right to obtain a license to take wildlife until the per-
son has made full payment of the civil penalty.
D. On receiving a report from the licensing authority of
a state that is a party to the wildlife violator compact
adopted under chapter 5 of this title that a resident
of this state has failed to comply with the terms of a
wildlife citation, the commission, after a public hear-
ing, may suspend any license issued under this title to
take wildlife until the licensing authority furnishes sat-
isfactory evidence of compliance with the terms of the
wildlife citation.
E. In carrying out this section, the director shall notify
the licensee, within one hundred eighty days after
conviction, to appear and show cause why the license
should not be revoked, suspended or denied. The
notice may be served personally or by certied mail
sent to the address appearing on the license.
F. The commission shall furnish to license dealers the
names and addresses of persons whose licenses have
been revoked or suspended, and the periods for which
they have been denied the right to secure licenses.
G. The commission may use the services of the ofce of
administrative hearings to conduct hearings and to
make recommendations to the commission pursuant
to this section.
H. Except for a person who takes or possesses wildlife
while under permanent revocation, a person who
takes wildlife in this state, or attempts to obtain a
license to take wildlife, at a time when the person’s
privilege to do so is suspended, revoked or denied
under this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. 17-341
Violation; classication
A. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly purchase,
apply for, accept, obtain or use, by fraud or misrep-
resentation a license, permit, tag or stamp to take
wildlife and a license or permit so obtained is void and
of no effect from the date of issuance thereof.
B. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a
class 2 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. 17-342
Colorado river special use permit
A. A person taking sh or amphibians for purposes other
than for prot from or while on a boat or other oating
device on all waters of the Colorado river south of the
Nevada-Arizona boundary shall have in his possession
a valid angling or shing license issued by either the
state of Arizona or the state of California. In addition
to one of the above described licenses, such person
shall have in his possession a valid California or Ari-
zona-Colorado river special use permit, as provided by
sections 17-343 and 17-344, which shall be obtained
on payment of a fee to be xed by the commission at
not to exceed four dollars. Such a permit shall not be
required to take sh or amphibians from canals, drains
or ditches used to carry water from the Colorado river
for irrigation or domestic purposes.
B. A person having in his possession a valid Arizona
shing license must have a California-Colorado river
special use permit to legally sh the waters described
in subsection A of this section. A person having in
his possession a valid California angling license must
have an Arizona-Colorado river special use permit to
legally sh the waters described in subsection A of
this section. Such special use permit when accompa-
nied by the proper license will allow the holder to sh
in any portion of such waters and permit him to enter
the waters from any point.
C. Shore line shing does not require a Colorado river
special use permit as long as the sherman remains
on the shore of the state from which he holds a valid
license and does not embark on the water.
R12-4-101 — Amended
Denitions
A. In addition to the denitions provided under A.R.S.
§ 17-101, R12-4-301, R12-4-401, and R12-4-501, the
following denitions apply to this Chapter, unless oth-
erwise specied:
“Commission Order” means a document adopted by the
Commission that does one or more of the following:
Open, close, or alter seasons,
Open areas for taking wildlife,
Set bag or possession limits for wildlife,
Set the number of permits available for limited hunts, or
Specify wildlife that may or may not be taken.
“Day-long” means the 24-hour period from midnight to
midnight.
“Identication number” means the number assigned to
each applicant or license holder by the Department,
as established under R12-4-111.
“License dealer” means a business authorized to sell
hunting, shing, and other licenses as established
under to R12-4-105.
“Live baitsh” means any species of live freshwater sh
designated by Commission Order as lawful for use in
taking aquatic wildlife under R12-4-313.
“Nonprot organization” means an organization that is
recognized under Section 501(c) of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code.
“Management unit” means an area established by the
Commission for management purposes.
“Person” has the meaning as provided under A.R.S. § 1-215.
“Stamp” means a form of authorization in addition to a
license that allows the license holder to take wildlife
specied by the stamp.
“Waterdog” means the larval or metamorphosing stage of
a salamander.
“Wildlife area” means an area established under 12 A.A.C.
4, Article 8.
(rule not cited in entirety)
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