Administrative procedure; hunting and fishing seasons and bag creel limits exemption from Alabama Administrative Procedure Act removed

This bill removes an exemption from the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act that currently allows hunting and fishing seasons and bag or creel limits to be set without following standard rule-making procedures. By reclassifying these decisions as formal rules, the bill requires the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to follow the same public notice, comment, and review processes used for other agency regulations. The change directly affects the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which would need to publish proposed seasons and limits for public input before finalizing them. The legislation also includes minor technical updates to the state code to align with current language standards.