20070627-IR-312070363ERA Temporarily modifies 312 IAC 9-4-2 to govern the possession and sale of mute swans and to authorize a person to possess and sell mute swans in Indiana. Effective June 19, 2007.

TITLE 312 NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION

Emergency Rule

LSA Document #07-363(E)

DIGEST

Temporarily modifies 312 IAC 9-4-2 to govern the possession and sale of mute swans and to authorize a person to possess and sell mute swans in Indiana. Effective June 19, 2007.

SECTION 1. (a) This SECTION is supplemental to 312 IAC 9-4-2.

(b) A person may possess a live mute swan only if each of the following is satisfied:

(1) The swan is pinioned prior to six (6) weeks of age.

(2) The swan is in an enclosure that prevents its escape into the wild.

(c) A wing of each swan must be pinioned so the:

(1) metacarpal bones of one (1) wing or a portion of the metacarpal bones are removed; and

(2) swan is permanently incapable of flight.

(d) A person may sell a live mute swan only if each of the following is satisfied:

(1) The swan is pinioned by the age of six (6) weeks.

(2) The swan is not released into the wild and will be held in an enclosure that prevents its escape into the wild.

(3) The person keeps an inventory of the number of mute swans possessed, including all swans that are born or die, and all transactions by which a mute swan is sold, traded, loaned, bartered, or given to another person. The person must issue a valid, dated receipt for all mute swans sold, traded, bartered, or gifted and include the following information:

(A) Name and address of the buyer or person to whom the mute swans were gifted.

(B) Name and address of the seller.

(C) Number of mute swans sold.

(D) Date sold.

LSA Document #07-363(E)

Filed with Publisher: June 20, 2007, 11:35 a.m.

Posted: 06/27/2007 by Legislative Services Agency

DIN: 20070627-IR-312070363ERA

Composed: Oct 31,2016 11:42:23PM EDT

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