37-479 Captive wildlife permit; issuance; fee; prohibited acts; violation; penalty. - Nebraska Statutes

37-479. Captive wildlifepermit; issuance; fee; prohibited acts;violation; penalty.(1) To purchase,possess, propagate, or sell captive wild birds, captive wild mammals, or captivewildlife as specified in subsection (1) of section 37-477 or to sell partsthereof, except as provided in section 37-505, a person shall apply to thecommission on a form prescribed by the commission for a captive wildlife permit.The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations specifyingapplication requirements and procedures. The permit shall expire on December31. The application for the permit shall include the applicant's social securitynumber. The annual fee for such permit shall be not more than thirty dollars,as established by the commission pursuant to section 37-327. A holder of acaptive wildlife permit shall report to the commission by January 15 for thepreceding calendar year on forms provided by the commission. The commissionshall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations specifying the requirementsfor the reports.(2) A permitholder shall not (a) take wild birds, wild mammals,or wildlife from the wild in Nebraska or (b) purchase wild birds, wild mammals,or wildlife from any person other than the commission or a person authorizedto propagate and dispose of wild birds, wild mammals, or wildlife. A permitunder this section is not required for possession or production of domesticatedcervine animals as defined in section 54-701.03.(3) It shallbe unlawful to lure or entice wildlife into a domesticated cervine animalfacility for the purpose of containing such wildlife. Any person violatingthis subsection shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor and upon convictionshall be fined at least one thousand dollars. SourceLaws 1957, c. 151, § 3, p. 490; Laws 1981, LB 72, § 21; Laws 1987, LB 379, § 2; Laws 1993, LB 235, § 27; Laws 1997, LB 752, § 92; R.S.Supp.,1997, § 37-715; Laws 1998, LB 922, § 189; Laws 1999, LB 176, § 58; Laws 2008, LB1162, § 11; Laws 2009, LB105, § 24.