2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 37-546 — Offenses relating to baitfish; violation; penalty.

Section 37-546
Offenses relating to baitfish; violation; penalty.

(1) It shall be unlawful (a) to take baitfish except for use as bait or (b) for any person except an aquaculturist or bait dealer to buy, sell, barter, offer to buy, sell, or barter, or have in his or her possession baitfish for any purpose whatsoever except for use as bait. No baitfish shall be taken from reservoirs, lakes, or bayous except as provided in rules and regulations of the commission.

(2) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to the taking, transportation, possession, buying, selling, and bartering of baitfish.

(3) Any person violating this section or the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall be fined at least fifty dollars.

Source:

Laws 1929, c. 112, V, § 3, p. 426

C.S.1929, § 37-503

Laws 1943, c. 94, § 12, p. 330

R.S.1943, § 37-503

Laws 1957, c. 148, § 1, p. 486

Laws 1961, c. 174, § 1, p. 516

Laws 1967, c. 216, § 10, p. 586

Laws 1973, LB 331, § 6

Laws 1981, LB 73, § 2

Laws 1993, LB 235, § 23

Laws 1994, LB 1165, § 9

Laws 1997, LB 752, § 89

R.S.Supp.,1997, § 37-503

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 266

Laws 1999, LB 176, § 77

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska