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150.730 Permits to hold captive cervids -- Amendments to existing holding and fencing requirements -- Duties of department.

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Page 1 of 1 150.730 Permits to hold captive cervids -- Amendments to existing holding and fencing requirements -- Duties of department. (1) Within sixty (60) days of July 12, 2006, the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources shall promulgate administrative regulations amending existing <br>requirements for a permit to hold captive cervids in accordance with the provisions <br>of KRS 150.725 to 150.735. All other fencing and holding requirements specified in <br>existing administrative regulation for a permit to hold captive cervids adopted on <br>January 5, 2004, shall not be amended in a manner that is in conflict with KRS <br>150.725 to 150.735 or that increases the stringency of those requirements, except <br>when as ordered by the state veterinarian for disease control and as provided by law <br>or in administrative regulations for the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources <br>to control emergency conditions that detrimentally affect wildlife. (2) The department shall have thirty (30) days from the date it receives a completed application to either issue or deny captive permits for propagation and taking of <br>captive cervids by any legal hunting or slaughter methods. If an application <br>demonstrates that the applicant complies with the statutory and administrative <br>requirements for a permit and the applicant removes all wild cervids from the <br>facility, the department shall issue the permit. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 159, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006.