§ 17-231 General powers and duties of the commission
§ 17-232 Agreements with other states for reciprocal use of licenses
§ 17-233 Acquisition and disposition of buffalo and buffalo meat
§ 17-234 Open or closed seasons; bag limits; possession limits
§ 17-235 Migratory birds
§ 17-236 Taking birds; possession of raptors
§ 17-237 Pollution of waters
§ 17-238 Special licenses for field trials, for shooting preserves and for collecting or holding wildlife in captivity
§ 17-239 Wildlife depredations; investigations; corrective measures; disposal; reports; judicial review
§ 17-240 Disposition of wildlife; devices; unlawful devices; notice of intention to destroy; waiting period; destruction; jurisdiction of recovery actions; disposition of unclaimed property
§ 17-241 Acquisition and disposition of lands and waters; retention of rights; disposition of proceeds
§ 17-242 Guaranteeing irrigation district assessment; sale of land located within federal reclamation projects and irrigation districts
§ 17-243 Sale of surplus products of federal aid projects; disposition of proceeds
§ 17-244 Bulletin; refuge signboards; posted lands
§ 17-245 Training courses
§ 17-246 Ground leases; installment purchase of facilities
§ 17-247 Terms of agreements
§ 17-248 Certification of installment purchase agreements by the attorney general
§ 17-249 Inmate labor
§ 17-250 Wildlife diseases; order of director; violation; classification; rule making exemption
§ 17-251 Possession or use of a firearm silencer or muffler while hunting; definition
§ 17-252 Geospatial data and geographic information system services; wildlife species location information; disclosure or inspection; definitions
§ 17-253 Mexican gray wolf; memorandum of understanding; reporting

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 17 > Chapter 2 > Article 3 - Powers and Duties

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Closed season: means the time during which wildlife may not be lawfully taken. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Commission: means the Arizona game and fish commission. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the Arizona game and fish department. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Falconry: means the sport of hunting or taking quarry with a trained raptor. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fishing: means to lure, attract or pursue aquatic wildlife in such a manner that the wildlife may be captured or killed. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Game mammals: means deer, elk, bear, pronghorn (antelope), bighorn sheep, bison (buffalo), peccary (javelina), mountain lion, tree squirrel and cottontail rabbit. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guide: means a person who meets any of the following:

    (a) Advertises for guiding services. See Arizona Laws 17-101

  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Raptors: means birds that are members of the order of falconiformes or strigiformes and includes falcons, hawks, owls, eagles and other birds that the commission may classify as raptors. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Registered mail: includes certified mail. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Statewide: means all lands except those areas lying within the boundaries of state and federal refuges, parks and monuments, unless specifically provided differently by commission order. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Take: means pursuing, shooting, hunting, fishing, trapping, killing, capturing, snaring or netting wildlife or placing or using any net or other device or trap in a manner that may result in capturing or killing wildlife. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • trapping: means taking wildlife in any manner except with a gun or other implement in hand. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Wild: means , in reference to mammals and birds, those species that are normally found in a state of nature. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Wildlife: means all wild mammals, wild birds and the nests or eggs thereof, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans and fish, including their eggs or spawn. See Arizona Laws 17-101