Hunting dogs; release on state or local roadway, penalties.

Release of hunting dogs; state highway or right-of-way.Creates a Class 3 misdemeanor for the intentional release of hunting dogs on a Department of Transportation right-of-way or on a highwayowned or maintained by the Department of Transportation to hunt deerwithout the consent of the Department. The bill provides that a secondoffense is a Class 2 misdemeanor, and a third or subsequent offenseis a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also permits the stopping of avehicle on a highway for the retrieval of a companion animal froma highway or area adjacent to a highway.