HB0408In Committee

Amends TCA Title 70.

Present law authorizes owners and tenants of farmlands, and their spouses and children, along with the owners' grandchildren and great-grandchildren under the age of 16 to hunt and fish on land of which they or their spouses or parents are the bona fide owners or tenants, or in the case of qualified grandchildren or qualified great-grandchildren, their grandparent or great-grandparent or grandparents or great-grandparents are the bona fide owners, with the permission of the landowner. Tenants and their spouses and their dependent children must be bona fide residents of the state and must actually reside on the land. Owners and their spouses and children and qualified grandchildren and qualified great-grandchildren must be bona fide residents of the state.<br /> <br /> Under this bill, parents of owners and tenants of farmland will be authorized to hunt and fish on their children's property under the same conditions as such owners' tenants' children may hunt and fish without a license under present law.<br /> <br />

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Overview

Present law authorizes owners and tenants of farmlands, and their spouses and children, along with the owners' grandchildren and great-grandchildren under the age of 16 to hunt and fish on land of which they or their spouses or parents are the bona fide owners or tenants, or in the case of qualified grandchildren or qualified great-grandchildren, their grandparent or great-grandparent or grandparents or great-grandparents are the bona fide owners, with the permission of the landowner. Tenants and their spouses and their dependent children must be bona fide residents of the state and must actually reside on the land. Owners and their spouses and children and qualified grandchildren and qualified great-grandchildren must be bona fide residents of the state.<br /> <br /> Under this bill, parents of owners and tenants of farmland will be authorized to hunt and fish on their children's property under the same conditions as such owners' tenants' children may hunt and fish without a license under present law.<br /> <br />

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Sponsor

Doggett, Clay

Details
Session

111th General Assembly

Introduced

January 31, 2019

Last Action

April 24, 2019

Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019

Subjects
Game and Fish LawsTennessee Fish & Wildlife CommissionLicenses

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