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AN ACT
RELATING TO GAME AND FISH; PROHIBITING COMPUTER-ASSISTED
REMOTE HUNTING OF ANIMALS OR BIRDS; PROVIDING PENALTIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. A new section of Chapter 17, Article 3 NMSA
1978 is enacted to read:
"COMPUTER-ASSISTED REMOTE HUNTING PROHIBITED--
PENALTIES.--
A. A person shall not:
(1) engage in computer-assisted remote
hunting;
(2) provide or operate facilities for the
purpose of computer-assisted remote hunting;
(3) create, maintain, provide, advertise or
sell computer software or an internet web site for the
purpose of computer-assisted remote hunting or;
(4) entice, possess or confine an animal or
bird for the purpose of computer-assisted remote hunting.
B. A person who violates the provisions of this
section shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions
of Section 17-2-10 NMSA 1978.
C. When a person who violates the provisions of
this section possesses a license, certificate or permit
issued by the state game commission, the license, certificate
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or permit shall be subject to revocation by the commission
pursuant to Sections 17-1-14 and 17-3-34 NMSA 1978.
D. As used in this section:
(1) "computer-assisted remote hunting" means
the use of a computer or other electronic device, equipment
or software to access the internet and remotely control the
aiming and discharge of a bow, crossbow or firearm of any
kind for the purpose of hunting, taking or capturing an
animal or bird; and
(2) "facilities for computer-assisted remote
hunting" means the real property and improvements on the
property associated with computer-assisted remote hunting,
including hunting blinds, offices and rooms equipped to
facilitate computer-assisted remote hunting."
Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2006.