23-20-4.7 - Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Third degree felony. - Utah Statutes

23-20-4.7. Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Third degree felony.
(1) A person is guilty of habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife if the person:
(a) takes a big game animal in violation of Section 23-20-4; and
(b) within seven years of the day on which the violation described in Subsection (1)(a)occurs, has twice been convicted of taking a big game animal in violation of Section 23-20-4.
(2) "Convicted," for purposes of this section, includes a guilty adjudication, guilty plea,no contest plea, and guilty or no contest plea entered in a plea in abeyance agreement under Title77, Chapter 2a, Pleas in Abeyance.
(3) Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife is a third degree felony.

Enacted by Chapter 52, 2010 General Session