Chapter 131B

Section 1. The commissioner of fish and game, in consultation with and through written agreement with the director of fisheries and wildlife and the director of marine fisheries, shall enter into an interstate wildlife violator compact on behalf of the commonwealth with any other…

Section 10. (a) The interstate wildlife violator compact may be amended. Amendments shall be presented in resolution form to the chair of the board of compact administrators and shall be initiated by 1 or more participating states. (b) Adoption of an amendment shall require endor…

Section 11. The interstate wildlife violator compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes stated herein. The provisions of the compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of the compact is declared to be contrary to the constitut…

Section 2. (a) The participating states of the interstate wildlife violator compact find that: (i) wildlife resources are managed in trust by the participating states for the benefit of all residents and visitors; (ii) the protection of the wildlife resources of a state is materi…

Section 3. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Citation'', a summons, complaint, ticket, penalty assessment or other official document issued by a wildlife officer or peace officer for a w…

Section 4. (a) When issuing a citation for a wildlife violation, a wildlife officer shall issue a citation to a person whose primary residence is in a participating state in the same manner as though the person were a resident of the issuing state and shall not require that perso…

Section 5. (a) Upon receipt of a report of a failure of a violator to comply with the terms of a citation from the licensing authority of the issuing state, the licensing authority of the home state shall notify the violator, initiate a suspension action in accordance with the ho…

Section 6. (a) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 5, each participating home state may recognize the suspension of a person's license privileges by another participating issuing state even if the violation resulting in the suspension would not have been a violatio…

Section 7. Except as expressly required by the interstate wildlife violator compact, the compact shall not affect the right of any participating state to apply its laws relating to license privileges to a person or circumstance or to invalidate or prevent an agreement or other co…

Section 8. (a) For the purpose of administering the interstate wildlife violator compact and to serve as a governing body for the resolution of all matters relating to the compact, there shall be a board of compact administrators. The board shall be composed of 1 representative f…

Section 9. (a) The interstate wildlife violator compact shall become effective at such time as it is adopted in substantially similar form by not less than 2 states. (b) Entry into the compact shall be made by resolution of ratification executed by the authorized officials of the…