Game and fish-combat military fee exemption.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0159

ENROLLED ACT NO. 39, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2006 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to game and fish licenses; providing for issuance of certain licenses without charge to war military personnel residents temporarily on leave from active duty in a combat zone; providing conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 23
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705(e) by creating a new paragraph (iii), 23
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101(j)(intro), 23
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201 by creating a new subsection (g) and 23
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306(a)(intro) are amended to read:

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705.

Complimentary licenses; one-shot antelope hunt licenses; gunpowder and buckskin hunt licenses; gratuitous licenses.

(e)

The department shall issue:

(iii)

Without charge a resident elk or deer license in any hunt area not
subject to prescribed means of competitive public issuance, a resident game bird and a resident small game license to any resident who is on active duty in the United States military deployed to a combat zone who is home on leave during the applicable hunting season. Application under this section shall include proof of residency required under W.S. 23
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101(a), certification of the applicant's active duty deployment to a combat zone and other information required by rule and regulation of the commission.
For purposes of this paragraph, a combat zone is any area which the president of the United States designates by executive order as an area in which the armed forces of the United States are engaged in combat.

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101.

Fees; restrictions; nonresident application fee; nonresident licenses; verification of residency required.

(j)

Subject to W.S. 23
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101(f)
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705(e)
and the applicable fee under W.S. 23
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701, the following hunting licenses and tags may be purchased for the fee indicated and subject to the limitations provided:

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201.

Fees; restrictions; verification of residency required.

(g)

Any resident who is on active duty in the United States military deployed to a combat zone who is home on leave may apply to the department for a resident daily fishing license. Application under this section shall include proof of residency required under subsection (a) of this section, certification of the applicant's active duty deployment to a combat zone and other information required by rule and regulation of the commission. Notwithstanding subsection (a) and paragraph (d)(vi) of this section, a resident daily fishing license issued pursuant to this subsection shall be issued to the eligible applicant without charge.
For purposes of this subsection, a combat zone is any area which the president of the United States designates by executive order as an area in which the armed forces of the United States are engaged in combat.

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306.

Conservation stamp; exemptions.

(a)

Subject to subsection (b) of this section and the applicable fee under W.S. 23
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701, each sportsman licensed under W.S. 23
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101, 23
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107 or 23
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201 shall purchase a single conservation stamp for ten dollars ($10.00) which shall be valid for one (1) calendar year and in the possession of any person exercising rights under any fishing or hunting license issued pursuant to W.S. 23
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101, 23
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107 or 23
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201. Holders of
pioneer
licenses
as defined
issued
under W.S. 23
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705(d) and (e), of special limited fishing permits issued under W.S. 23
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207 and holders of licenses only under W.S. 23
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101(j)(v) and (vi), 23
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201(d)(vi) and (vii)
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and
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201(f)
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201(g)
are exempt from the provisions of this section. Revenues collected from the sale of each stamp under this subsection shall be deposited as follows:

Section 2.

This act is effective August 1, 2006.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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