(1) The commission may set the bag limits for game animals, birds and fish, unless the bag limits are established by the Legislature by statute.(2) The commission shall have plenary authority to set the bag limits for white-tailed deer, and promulgate any regulations necessary to facilitate the exercise of that authority, consistent with best management practices, scientific data and subject to all existing applicable laws, rules and regulations of this state or the United States of America.(3) The bag limit on antlerless deer set by the commission as authorized in this section shall not apply to private lands under the deer management assistance program or the fee-based antlerless program as approved by the department.Codes, 1942, § 5908; Laws, 1932, ch. 123; Laws, 1936, ch. 197; Laws, 1942, ch. 250; Laws, 1956, ch. 153; Laws, 1966, ch. 266, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 288, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 375; Laws, 1990, ch. 448, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 453, § 2; Laws, 1994, ch. 633, § 3; Laws, 1995, ch. 592, § 2; Laws, 1999, ch. 502, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 527, § 1; Laws, 2003, ch. 368, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 522, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 510, § 2, eff. 7/1/2009.Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 3; Laws, 1995, ch. 592, § 2; Laws, 1999, ch. 502, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 527, § 1; Laws, 2003, ch. 368, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 522, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 510, § 2, eff. 7/1/2009.Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 306, HB 719, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
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