§ 14-22-41-4 — Definitions

Indiana § 14-22-41-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 22: FISH AND WILDLIFE
• Ch. 41: Wildlife Violator Compact

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ARTICLE II
(a) "Citation" means any summons, complaint, summons and
complaint, ticket, penalty assessment, or other official document issued
to a person by a wildlife officer or other law enforcement officer for a
wildlife violation that contains an order requiring the person to
respond.
(b) "Collateral" means cash or other security deposited to secure an
appearance for trial in connection with the issuance by a wildlife
officer or other law enforcement officer of a citation for a wildlife
violation.
(c) "Compliance", with respect to a citation, means the act of
answering a citation through an appearance in a court or tribunal or
through the payment of fines, costs, and surcharges, if any.
(d) "Conviction" means a conviction, including any court
conviction, for any offense related to the preservation, protection,
management, or restoration of wildlife that is prohibited by state
statute, law, regulation, ordinance, or administrative rule. The term
includes the forfeiture of any bail, bond, or other security deposited to
secure appearance by a person charged with having committed any
such offense, the payment of a penalty assessment, a plea of nolo
contendere, and the imposition of a deferred or suspended sentence by
the court.
(e) "Court" means a court of law, including a magistrate's court and
a justice of the peace court.
(f) "Home state" means the state of primary residence of a person.
(g) "Issuing state" means the participating state that issues a wildlife
citation to the violator.
(h) "License" means any license, permit, or other public document
that conveys to the person to whom it was issued the privilege of
pursuing, possessing, or taking any wildlife regulated by statute, law,
regulation, ordinance, or administrative rule of a participating state.
(i) "Licensing authority" means the department or division within
each participating state that is authorized by law to issue or approve
licenses or permits to hunt, fish, trap, or possess wildlife.
(j) "Participating state" means any state that enacts legislation to
become a member of the wildlife violator compact.
(k) "Personal recognizance" means an agreement made by a person
at the time of issuance of the wildlife citation that the person will
comply with the terms of the citation.
(l) "State" means any state, territory or possession of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
provinces of Canada, and other countries.
(m) "Suspension" means any revocation, denial, or withdrawal of
any or all license privileges, including the privilege to apply for,
purchase, or exercise the benefits conferred by any license.
(n) "Terms of the citation" means those conditions and options
expressly stated upon the citation.
(o) "Wildlife" means all species of animals including mammals,
birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, and crustaceans that are
defined as "wildlife" and are protected or otherwise regulated by
statute, law, regulation, ordinance, or administrative rule in a
participating state. Species included in the definition of wildlife vary
from state to state and determination of whether a species is wildlife for
the purposes of this compact is based on local law.
(p) "Wildlife law" means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, or
administrative rule developed and enacted for the management and
uses of wildlife resources.
(q) "Wildlife officer" means any individual authorized by a
participating state to issue a citation for a wildlife violation.
(r) "Wildlife violation" means any cited violation of a statute, law,
regulation, ordinance, or administrative rule developed and enacted for
the management and uses of wildlife resources.
(s) Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions of this
section apply throughout the chapter.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.23-1999, SEC.2.