A. Under A.R.S.
§
17-340,
when the Department makes a recommendation to the Commission for license
revocation, the Commission shall hold a hearing and may revoke, suspend, or
deny any hunting, fishing, or trapping license for a person convicted of any of
the following offenses:
1. Killing or wounding
a big game animal during a closed season.
2. Possessing a big game animal taken during
a closed season.
2.
3. Destroying, injuring, or molesting livestock while
hunting, fishing, or trapping.
4.
Damaging or destroying personal property, growing crops, notices or signboards,
or other improvements while hunting, fishing, or trapping.
5. Bartering, selling, or offering to sell
unlawfully taken wildlife or wildlife parts.
3.
6. Careless use of a
firearm while hunting, fishing, or trapping that results in the injury or death
of any person, if the act of discharging the firearm
was deliberate.
4.
7. Applying for or
obtaining a license or permit by fraud or misrepresentation in violation of
A.R.S. §
17-341.
8. Knowingly allowing another person to use
the person's big game tag, except as provided under A.R.S. §
17-332(D).
5.
9.
Entering upon a game refuge or other area closed to hunting, trapping or
fishing and taking, driving, or attempting to drive wildlife from the area in
violation of A.R.S. §§
17-303
and
17-304.
6.
10.
Unlawfully posting state or federal lands in violation of A.R.S. §
17-304(B).
11. Unlawfully using aircraft to take, assist
in taking, harass, chase, drive, locate, or assist in locating wildlife in
violation of A.R.S. §
17-340(A)(8).
B.
Under A.R.S. §
17-340,
the Commission shall hold a hearing and may revoke, suspend, or deny any
hunting fishing, or trapping license if the Department recommends revocation,
suspension, or denial of the license for an individual convicted of any of the
following offenses:
1.
12. Unlawfully taking
or possessing big game
a.
The big game was taken without a valid license or
permit.
b.
The unlawful taking was willful and
deliberate.
c.
The person in unlawful possession aided the unlawful
taking or was, or should have been, aware that the taking was
unlawful.
2.
13. Unlawfully taking
or possessing small game or fish
a.
The taking was willful and
deliberate.
b.
The possession was in excess of the lawful
possession limit plus the daily bag limit.
3.
14.
Unlawfully taking or possessing wildlife species.
15. Unlawful take of any bird or the removal
of its nest or eggs.
4.
16. Littering a public hunting or fishing area while
taking wildlife.
5. Careless use of a firearm while
hunting, fishing, or trapping that resulted in injury or death to any person,
if the act of discharging the firearm was not deliberate, but sufficient
evidence, which may or may not have been introduced in the court proceeding,
indicates that the careless use demonstrated wanton disregard for the safety of
human life or property.
17. Waste of edible portions of a game
species under A.R.S. §
17-309,
in violation of A.R.S. §
17-309(A)(5).
6.
18.
Any violation for which a license can be revoked under A.R.S. §
17-340
7.
19. Any violation of A.R.S. §
17-306.
