2013 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 7 - PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS (§§ 701 - 719c)
Subchapter II - MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY (§§ 703 - 712)
Section 708 - State or Territorial laws or regulations
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 7 - PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS SUBCHAPTER II - MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY Sec. 708 - State or Territorial laws or regulations |
| Contains | section 708 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 3, 1918, ch. 128, §7, 40 Stat. 756; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, §2, 49 Stat. 1556. |
| Statutes at Large References | 40 Stat. 756 49 Stat. 1556 |
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Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prevent the several States and Territories from making or enforcing laws or regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of said conventions or of this subchapter, or from making or enforcing laws or regulations which shall give further protection to migratory birds, their nests, and eggs, if such laws or regulations do not extend the open seasons for such birds beyond the dates approved by the President in accordance with section 704 of this title.
(July 3, 1918, ch. 128, §7, 40 Stat. 756; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, §2, 49 Stat. 1556.)
AMENDMENTS1936—Act June 20, 1936, substituted "conventions" for "convention".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1936 AMENDMENTAct June 20, 1936, ch. 634, §2, 49 Stat. 1556, provided in part that the amendment by section 2 is effective as of the day aforesaid (June 30, 1937). See note under section 703 of this title.
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