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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2549
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE BOGGS.
4228H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 252, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to hunting permits.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 252, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 252.047, to read as follows:
252.047. 1. The commission shall not requ ire any res ident or nonr esident
2 landowner , as such terms are defined by rules pr omulgated by the commission, to
3 r egister the landowner's pr operty before receivi ng any landowner hunting permit or to
4 possess any hunting permit to take wildlife on the landowner's pr operty . Any existing
5 or futur e req uirement for a landowner to regist er the landowner's pr operty to re ceive
6 any landowner hunting permit is hereb y void.
7 2. The commission shall issue any landowner hunting permit requ ested by any
8 r esident or nonr esident landowner who owns at least five acr es of rea l prop erty and
9 r equests such landowner hunting permit.
10 3. (1) As used in this subsection, the term "immediate family member of the
11 landowner" means a landowner's spouse, child, stepchild, sibling, stepsibling, par ent,
12 steppar ent, grandpar ent, grandchild, and any person in an adoptive rela tionship with
13 the landowner .
14 (2) A landowner who qualifies for any landowner hunting permit under this
15 section may requ est any hunting permit authorizing the taking of wildlife on the
16 landowner's pr operty for a specified two-day period on behalf of one nonr esident
17 immediate family member of the landowner . No mor e than one r equest shall be made in
18 a calendar year under this subsection.
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
19 (3) The commission shall issue such hunting permit upon req uest. Such permit
20 shall be pr ovided fr ee of charge.
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