S-5093

   Amend House File 2369, as passed by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, by striking lines 8 through 22 and inserting: 
   <2.  A person may kill, trap, or ensnare a fur-bearing animal when the killing, trapping, or ensnaring is for the protection of a person or public or private property, including a domestic animal, with the prior permission of a duly appointed representative of the commission. If prior permission is impractical or impossible to obtain and the fur-bearing animal represents a threat to a person, domestic animal, or private property, including a domestic animal, the fur-bearing animal may be taken without prior permission.  Prior permission is not required for taking a coyote, raccoon, opossum, skunk, or groundhog for purposes described in this subsection.
   3.  All fur-bearing animals and all parts thereof taken as provided in this section subsection 2 shall be disposed of on the site or shall be relinquished to a representative of the commission.>

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TOM SHIPLEY