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Senate amends and advances bill clarifying vehicle seizures and storage in wildlife cases
Summary
Senate Bill 109, clarifying when vehicles may be treated as 'materials and devices' in wildlife enforcement and who pays for impound storage, was amended on the floor (search and residence language) and advanced to third reading after senators debated owner liability and due-process safeguards.
Senate Bill 109, presented by Senator Carrie Peterson, moved on Feb. 10 after floor amendments clarified treatment of vehicles seized in wildlife-enforcement cases and procedures for searches and owner reimbursement.
Senator Petersen told colleagues the bill was intended to distinguish "materials and devices" used in illegal taking of wildlife from vehicles themselves, reserving vehicle forfeiture for felony-level charges and clarifying procedures for search, storage and potential disposition of seized…
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