05HUNT - "An Act prohibiting the shooting of wolves and grizzly bears with the use of aircraft."

AG's File Number: 663-06-0050
Primary Sponsors: Joel Bennett, Nicholas A. Jans, Thomas J. Walker
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Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor's Office on August 23, 2005. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on August 24, 2005. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on September 16, 2005. The application was certified on October 27, 2005. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on November 2, 2005.The one year filing deadline for this petition is November 2, 2006. Petition booklets were submitted to the Division of Elections on October 24, 2006.

Lieutenant Governor Parnell determined that the petition for this initiative was properly filed on January 26, 2007. The initiative appeared on the August 26, 2008 primary election ballot, and was rejected by a vote of:

YES - 85,619
NO - 105,417

On Aug. 26, 2008, the measure was defeated with 44.4% for the measure and 55.6% against (with 98% of precincts reporting).

Text of 05HUNT (pdf file - 224.67 KB)