Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 2541 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to modify and streamline the procedures and requirements for scientific breeders of white-tail and mule deer. The act authorizes the Parks and Wildlife Commission to establish regulations regarding the recapture of white-tail or mule deer that have escaped from a scientific breeder's facility. It authorizes the department to inspect any records maintained by a scientific breeder at any time without a warrant, sets out modified recordkeeping procedures, and makes it an offense if a scientific breeder fails to furnish the required records to a game warden. The act prohibits the release into the wild of white-tail or mule deer unless all visible markings have been removed, exempts scientific breeders from the antler removal requirement when the deer is being shipped or sold to another scientific breeder, and clarifies the notification process.