HB 59 RAISING QUAIL WITHOUT A PERMIT

Rep Stefanie Lord

Actions: HPREF [2] not prntd-HRC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 House Bill 59 (HB 59) creates an exception in the definition of game birds for domestic strains of quail. HB 59 allows raising quail without a permit.
 

 House Bill 59 (HB 59) Section 1 amends Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation Section 17-2-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 8, Section 1, as amended) in Subsection B(3) to  except domestic strains of quail from protected wildlife species.

SECTION 2 is added to provide that for the purposes of producing meat or eggs no permit is required to raise quail.
 

 House Bill 59 currently includes quail as a protected wildlife species. This bill excepts domestic quail from protected wildlife species.