2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 150 - FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES 150.995 Violations for which additional restitution shall be paid to department.
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150.995 Violations for which additional restitution shall be paid to
department.
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As used in this section, "gross score" means the Boone and Crockett score
derived by calculating the measurements of the antlers of a white-tailed deer or
elk in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.
The gross score of an antlered white-tailed deer or elk shall be calculated in
accordance with the Boone and Crockett Club's "Measuring and Scoring North
American Big Game Trophies, Third Edition, 2009" and shall be taken by an
official Boone and Crockett Club scorer. Measurements taken for the purpose
of calculating the gross score may be taken at any time, with no drying time
being required.
A person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter regarding
the taking, buying, selling, transporting, or possessing of an antlered
white-tailed deer with a gross score of more than one hundred twenty-five
(125) inches shall pay to the department an additional restitution value
calculated by squaring the difference between the gross score and one
hundred (100) and multiplying the resulting number by one dollar and sixty-five
cents ($1.65).
A person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter regarding
the taking, buying, selling, transporting, or possessing of an antlered elk with a
gross score of more than two hundred eighty (280) inches shall pay to the
department an additional restitution value calculated by squaring the difference
between the gross score and two hundred fifty-five (255) and multiplying the
resulting number by one dollar and sixty-five cents ($1.65).
A person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter regarding
the taking, buying, selling, transporting, or possessing of a bear shall pay to the
department an additional restitution value of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
A person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter regarding
the taking, buying, selling, transporting, or possessing of a turkey shall pay to
the department an additional restitution value of five hundred dollars ($500).
A person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter regarding
the taking, buying, selling, transporting, or possessing of a bobcat shall pay to
the department an additional restitution value of five hundred dollars ($500).
The commissioner or designee may bring a civil action to recover the
restitution value owed to the department under subsection (3), (4), (5), (6), or
(7) of this section. A person who owes restitution to the department under
subsection (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) of this section shall forfeit his or her hunting
license or, if license-exempt, the privilege to perform the hunting acts
authorized by the license until the restitution owed has been paid.
The restitution required by this section shall be in addition to all other
restitution, replacement costs, and civil or criminal penalties authorized by this
chapter and the administrative regulations promulgated hereunder.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2013.
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