Name of law
Law amending the Law on Hunting and Game Protection




Name Bill
Bill amending the Law on Hunting and Game Protection





Date of adoption
05/11/2009



Number / year Official Gazette
92/2009







DECREE № 377
Pursuant to Art. 98 pt. 4 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria
DECREE:
To be published in the "Official Gazette" Law on amendment and supplement to the Hunting and Game Protection Act adopted by HLI National Assembly on November 5, 2009 .
Released in Sofia on November 16, 2009
President of the Republic, Georgi Parvanov
stamped with the state seal.
Minister of Justice Margarita Popova

Law amending the Law on Hunting and Game Protection Act (prom. SG. 78 of 2000 .; amend., SG. 26 of 2001 SG. 77 and 79 of 2002, pcs. 88 2005 pcs. 82 and 108 in 2006, pcs. 64 of 2007, pcs. 43, 67, 69 and 91 of 2008 SG. 6 and 80 in 2009)
§ 1. In art. 4 par. 2 is amended as follows:
"(2) In carrying out state policy in hunting Executive Forest Agency is supported by hunting associations of art. 30 para. 1. "
§ 2. In art. 7 is amended as follows:
1. In para. 5 pt. 1, 'associations of art. 30 "are replaced by" battalions of art. 29 '.
2. In para. 6 second sentence is deleted. 3
. In para. 7 the words "and the Management Board of the National hunting association" shall be deleted.
§ 3. In art. 22, para. 2 first sentence is amended as follows: "The Executive Director of the Forestry Agency, based on the required norm for hunting area of ​​70 hectares per hunter annually determines the maximum number of hunters in the hunting associations of art. 30 and associations that can organize courses for training of candidates for acquiring the right to hunt and the number of vacancies in them. "
§ 4. In art. 23 para. 2 is amended as follows:
"(2) The hunting license and hunting licenses are issued a standard form approved by the Executive Director of the Forestry Agency."
§ 5. In art. 23a para. 2 the words "President of the National hunting association" shall be deleted.
§ 6. A new art. 29:
"Art. 29. (1) Bulgarian citizens who have acquired the right to hunt, unite in hunting company with regard to the community of their interests for managing and preservation of the game in a hunting area.
(2) formation of a hunting company needed at least 20 hunters. In a hunting area of ​​art. 7, para. 5 pt. 1 was formed only a hunting company.
(3) A hunter can belong to only one hunting company. "
§ 7. Article 30 is amended as follows:

"Art. 30. (1) Persons under Art. 29, united in hunting companies, establish hunting associations in the territory of one or more of a neighboring state forestry and / or state hunting in order to pursue activities related to reproduction, management, protection and use of the game.
(2) The hunting association manage and organize the work of companies for reproduction, management, protection and use of the game on their available hunting areas. The association protects the interests of hunters, associated with the terms and conditions of Art. 29 before the respective state and municipal authorities.
(3) The hunting associations registered hunting companies in the state forestries, respectively the state game farms.
(4) for the registration under par. 3 hunting association presents:
1. lists of hunting companies containing the name of the company, size of the hunting area, the names and identification numbers of hunters, members of them;
2. Minutes of the general meetings of the battalions containing solution for electing the President and leadership of the band.
(5) The hunting associations under par. 1 are legal entities registered under the conditions and procedure of the non-profit purpose.
(6) A hunting company may establish, respectively member, only one hunting association.
(7) The chairman of the hunting association entered into an employment contract with a specialist in hunting. Specialist hunting organize hunting management activities of the association. "
§ 8. Article 31 is amended as follows:
" Art. 31. (1) The hunting associations of art. 30 can join on a voluntary basis.
(2) National Hunting Association is an association uniting hunting associations, where the number of members hunters is more than half of the total number of resident persons who have acquired the right to hunt. Unless this condition is met for any of the persons under par. 1 of National Hunting Association is determined that an association in which members of the largest number of hunters, but not less than one third of the total number of resident persons who have acquired the right to hunt.
(3) Groupings of hunting associations under par. 1 are hunting associations - legal entities registered under the conditions and procedure of the non-profit purpose.
(4) National hunting association manages, coordinates and supervises the activities of its members in the management and conservation of wildlife in hunting areas assigned to them.
(5) A hunting association can only participate in a union under par. 1. "
§ 9. In art. 37a. 2 the words "the Chairman of the National hunting association" shall be deleted.
§ 10. In art. 44, para. 5 'on a proposal from the board of the National hunting association "shall be deleted.

§ 11. Article 58 is amended as follows:
"Art. 58. (1) The authorization to hunt the names of the hunters, the numbers of hunting licenses, the manner, date and place of hunting, the type and number of permits to hunt wild game and the name of the chief of the hunting in group hunting.
(2) Where there is hunting in hunting areas that are granted to persons under Art. 30 para. 1, the hunting permit is entered and the number of membership cards. "
§ 12. In art. 65a para. 1 p. 1 is repealed.
§ 13. A Art. 69a:
"Art. 69a. (1) The terms and conditions for access, transit and stay of persons in the area in which they are located biotech facilities in the state hunting and breeding sections in state forest holdings are determined by order of the Director of the state hunting or state forest economy.
(2) orders under par. 1 shall be published in the official website of the Executive Forest Agency, placed prominently in the building of relevant state hunting or state forestry and communicated to the person who has been granted management of the game, under the Administrative Code.
(3) The person who manages the game, placed in the area in which is situated biotech facility signage, containing information specified in the implementing regulation of the law. "
§ 14. In art. 83d para. 2 words "Art. 30 para. 3 "are replaced with" Art. 22, para. 2 ".
§ 15. A Art. 83l:
"Art. 83l. (1) Whoever violates the procedure for access, transit and stay in an area where there are biotechnical facilities of art. 69a, imposing a fine of 200 to 500 lev.
(2) Where an offense under par. 1 is repeated within two years from the entry into force of the penal provision, the fine is threefold. "
§ 16. In the transitional and final provisions of the Law on amendment and supplement to the Hunting and Game Protection (SG SG. 91 of 2008) § 64 para. 2 is repealed.
§ 17. In Annex № 4 to Art. 54, para. 1 t. 3.2 is amended as follows:
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3.2.


Group hunting of wild boar


from 1 October to the second Sunday of January






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Final provision
§ 18. Persons under § 64 para. 1, first sentence of the Law on amendment and supplement to the Hunting and Game Protection (SG. 91 of 2008) that the entry into force of this Act are acting in the management of wildlife in existing hunting areas hunting associations, retain the right to use the game hunting season in 2009
law was adopted by the 41 th National Assembly on November 5, 2009 and was affixed with the official seal of the National Assembly.
Chairman of the National Assembly Tsetska Tsacheva
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