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Committee tables bill that would have repealed state authorization to kill predatory hawks and owls
Summary
The House Agriculture Committee voted 11–6 to table House Bill 73, which would have repealed the state law authorizing livestock or poultry owners to destroy certain predatory hawks and owls; committee discussion focused on conflicts between state and federal law and criminal penalties under federal statutes.
House Bill 73, introduced at the request of the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, would repeal Montana Code Annotated section 87-5-209, which currently authorizes livestock or poultry owners to destroy some predatory hawks and owls. Miss Shirley, the committee clerk, summarized the bill at the executive-action session.
Representative Griffith described federal statutes that conflict with the state law and outlined potential criminal…
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