Game and fish-license fees.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0070

ENROLLED ACT NO. 2, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2007 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to game and fish; amending license, application,
entry
,
stamp and permit fees; amending landowner coupon payments; amending selling agent fees; 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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701(b)
(intro) and (i)
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101(e), (f)(i) through (iii) and (j)(i) through
(x), (xii) through (xv), (xviii), (xix), (xxii) through (xxxi), (xxxiv), (xxxv), (xxxvii) through (xlii),
(xliii)
(A) and (B)
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107(c)(ii) and (e), 23
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201(d)
(i), (ii), (vi) through (viii)
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301(c)
(i) through (xii)
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306(a)(intro)
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(i) and (b)(intro), 23
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307(b) and 23
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105(b) are amended to read:

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701.

Selling agents; administration of oaths; licenses, permits and game tags.

(b)

Each license selling agent shall charge a fee as provided in this subsection for each license, permit or stamp he sells or distributes pursuant to this act. The fee shall not be charged if this act specifies that the issuance shall be without fee or fails to establish a fee for the issuance of the license, permit or stamp. Each license, permit or stamp sold or distributed under this act shall display the total amount only of all fees and other charges required under this act or otherwise provided by law. Each selling agent shall retain
one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50)
two dollars ($2.00)
for each license and fifty cents ($.50) for each stamp or permit he sells. For failure to comply with this section, selling agents shall not be entitled to retain the amounts specified in this subsection and shall be liable on their bond. No employee of the commission shall receive any commission on licenses, stamps or permits sold, but the department shall charge the additional fee specified in this subsection, or otherwise provided by law, for each license, stamp or permit sold by commission employees. The fee charged under this subsection shall be in addition to the amount otherwise established by this act for the license, permit or stamp and shall be as follows:

(i)

One dollar ($1.00)
Two dollars ($2.00)
for each license, except that this additional fee shall not be charged for licenses under W.S. 23
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705(e), 23
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101(j)(xi), (xvi), (xvii), (xx), (xxi), (xxxii) or (xxxiii), 23
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201(d)(iii) or (iv) or (f) or 23
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301(c)(xiii);

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101.

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

(e)

Resident and nonresident license applicants shall pay an application fee in an amount specified by this subsection upon submission of an application for purchase of any limited quota drawing for big or trophy game license or wild bison license. The resident application fee shall be
four dollars ($4.00)
five dollars ($5.00)
and the nonresident application fee shall be
twelve dollars ($12.00)
fourteen dollars ($14.00)
. The application fee is in addition to the fees prescribed by subsections (f) and (j) of this section and by W.S. 23
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107 and shall be payable to the department either directly or through an authorized selling agent of the department. At the beginning of each month, the commission shall set aside all of the fees collected during calendar year 1980 and not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the fees collected thereafter pursuant to this subsection to establish and maintain a working balance of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), to compensate owners or lessees of property damaged by game animals and game birds.

(f)

Forty percent (40%) of available nonresident elk licenses, forty percent (40%) of available nonresident deer licenses and forty percent (40%) of available nonresident antelope licenses for any one (1) calendar year shall as established by the commission, be offered to nonresident applicants upon receipt of the fee prescribed by this subsection. Seventy-five (75) of the nonresident deer licenses set aside pursuant to this subsection shall be used for a national bow hunt for deer. The licenses authorized by this subsection shall be offered by drawing to nonresident applicants prior to the drawing for the remaining nonresident licenses issued. The licenses offered under this subsection shall be issued in a manner prescribed by rules and regulations promulgated by the commission. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit any unsuccessful applicant for a nonresident license pursuant to this subsection from submitting an application for any licenses remaining after the drawing during the calendar year in which the application under this subsection was submitted. The following fees shall be collected by the department and are in addition to the nonresident license fee for the appropriate big game species imposed under subsection (j) of this section and the application fee imposed under subsection (e) of this section:

(i)

Nonresident elk license......
$400.00
$480.00
in addition to the license fee imposed under paragraph (j)(xix) of this section;

(ii)

Nonresident deer license....
$200.00
$240.00
in addition to the license fee imposed under paragraph (j)(xv) of this section;

(iii)

Nonresident antelope license.....
$200.00
$240.00
in addition to the license fee imposed under paragraph (j)(xxxi) of this section.

(j)

Subject to W.S. 23
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101(f), 23
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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:

(i)

Resident black bear license; one (1) black bear
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$36.00
$43.00

(ii)

Nonresident black bear license; one (1) black bear
................
300.00
360.00

(iii)

Resident mountain lion license; one (1) mountain lion
................
24.00
28.00

(iv)

Nonresident mountain lion license; one (1) mountain lion
................
300.00
360.00

(v)

Resident daily game bird/small game license; all game birds except wild turkey
................
6.00
7.00

(vi)

Nonresident daily game bird/small game license; all game birds except wild turkey
................
15.00
18.00

(vii)

Resident lifetime game bird and small game license; all game birds except wild turkey

250.00
300.00

(viii)

Resident lifetime game bird/small game and fishing license; all game birds except wild turkey
...............................................................
400.00
480.00

(ix)

Resident game bird/small game license; all game birds except wild turkey
................
18.00
22.00

(x)

Nonresident game bird/small game license; all game birds except wild turkey
................
60.00
70.00

(xii)

Resident archery license
...
12.00
14.00

(xiii)

Nonresident archery license
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24.00
28.00

(xiv)

Resident deer license; one (1) deer
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30.00
36.00

(xv)

Nonresident deer license; one (1)
deer
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260.00
310.00

(xviii)

Resident elk license; one (1) elk
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42.00
50.00

(xix)

Nonresident elk license; one (1) elk, fishing privileges
................
480.00
575.00

(xxii)

Resident bighorn sheep license; one (1) bighorn sheep
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95.00
115.00

(xxiii)

Nonresident bighorn sheep license; one (1) bighorn sheep
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1,900.00
2,250.00

(xxiv)

Resident mountain goat license; one (1) mountain goat
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100.00
120.00

(xxv)

Nonresident mountain goat license; one (1) mountain goat
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1,800.00
2,150.00

(xxvi)

Resident moose license; one (1)
moose
..........................................................
90.00
110.00

(xxvii)

Nonresident moose license; one (1)
moose
......................................................
1,200.00
1,400.00

(xxviii)

Resident grizzly bear license; one (1) grizzly bear
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500.00
600.00

(xxix)

Nonresident grizzly bear license; one (1) grizzly bear
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5,000.00
6,000.00

(xxx)

Resident antelope license; one (1) antelope
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26.00
31.00

(xxxi)

Nonresident antelope license; one (1) antelope
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225.00
270.00

(xxxiv)

Resident license to capture falcons for falconry purposes
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30.00
36.00

(xxxv)

Nonresident license to capture falcons for falconry purposes
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200.00
240.00

(xxxvii)

License to hunt with falcon; game birds, small game animals
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12.00
14.00

(xxxviii)

Resident turkey license
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12.00
14.00

(xxxix)

Nonresident turkey license
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60.00
70.00

(xl)

Wyoming
interstate game tag
..
5.00
6.00

(xli)

Resident game bird license; all game birds except turkey
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12.00
14.00

(xlii)

Resident small game license
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12.00
14.00

(xliii)

From and after the date gray wolves are removed from the list of experimental nonessential population, endangered species or threatened species in Wyoming as provided by W.S. 23
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(A)

Resident gray wolf license
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$15.00
$18.00

(B)

Nonresident gray wolf license
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$150.00
$180.00

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107.

Wild bison licenses.

(c)

The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations regulating wild bison licenses and the management of wild bison. The rules shall provide for:

(ii)

A nonrefundable entry fee for the drawing of a license, which shall be a minimum of
five dollars ($5.00)
six dollars ($6.00)
;

(e)

A resident applicant shall pay a license fee of
three hundred thirty dollars ($330.00)
four hundred dollars ($400.00)
and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23
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101(e). A nonresident applicant shall pay a license fee of
two thousand one hundred dollars ($2,100.00)
two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00)
and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23
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101(e). The fee charged under W.S. 23
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701 shall be in addition to the fee imposed under this subsection.

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201.

Fees; restrictions; verification of residency required.

(d)

The following fishing licenses may be purchased for the fee indicated in addition to the applicable fee under W.S. 23
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701 and subject to the limitations provided:

(i)

Resident fishing license
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$ 18.00
$22.00

(ii)

Nonresident fishing license
.
75.00
90.00

(vi)

Nonresident daily fishing license
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10.00
12.00

(vii)

Resident daily fishing license
.................................................................
3.00
4.00

(viii)

Resident lifetime fishing license
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250.00
300.00

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301.

Miscellaneous fees; verification of residency required.

(c)

The following licenses and tags may be purchased for the fee indicated in addition to the applicable fee under W.S. 23
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701 and subject to other requirements of this article:

(i)

Resident trapping license-furbearing
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$35.00
$42.00

(ii)

License to capture furbearing animals for domestication
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15.00
18.00

(iii)

Resident fur dealer's license
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42.00
50.00

(iv)

Nonresident fur dealer's license
...............................................................
230.00
275.00

(v)

Taxidermist's license
.........
55.00
65.00

(vi)

Nonresident taxidermist's license
...............................................................
600.00
700.00

(vii)

Game bird farm license
....
110.00
130.00

(viii)

Fishing preserve license
.
110.00
130.00

(ix)

Commercial fish hatchery license
...............................................................
150.00
180.00

(x)

License to seine or trap fish
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15.00
18.00

(xi)

License to deal in live bait
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55.00
65.00

(xii)

Nonresident trapping license-
furbearing
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200.00
240.00

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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)
twelve dollars ($12.00)
which shall be valid for one (1) calendar year and the stamp or an authorization signifying purchase of the stamp shall be 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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705(d) and (e), of special limited fishing permits issued under W.S. 23
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201(f) and 23
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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:

(i)

Two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50)
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the revenues collected under this subsection
into the account created under W.S. 23
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(b)

A lifetime conservation stamp may be purchased for
one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00)
one hundred eighty dollars ($180.00)
plus the applicable fee under W.S. 23
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701. Revenues collected from the sale of each stamp under this subsection shall be deposited as follows:

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307.

Special management permit.

(b)

Special management permits may be purchased from the department or its authorized selling agents for
ten dollars ($10.00)
twelve dollars ($12.00)
plus the applicable fee under W.S. 23
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105.

Antelope, deer and elk coupons; payment to landowner; kill on federal or state land.

(b)

The landowner's coupon shall promptly be detached, dated, signed and delivered to the landowner. The landowner on or before February 1 following the year for which the license was valid, shall deliver to the department the coupon and an affidavit that the antelope, deer or elk for which the coupon was delivered was killed on his land. Upon receipt of the coupon and affidavit the department shall pay the landowner
thirteen dollars ($13.00)
sixteen dollars ($16.00)
for each coupon from an antelope, deer or elk license. Landowner's coupons are not transferable. Any unauthorized person attempting to collect any sum for any landowner's coupon is guilty of a second degree misdemeanor. Effective January 1, 2000, the department shall provide a checkoff box on each landowner coupon affidavit claim form that offers the claimant the opportunity to designate the animal damage management board to receive his payment amount for landowner coupons claimed on that form. For each claim made where the landowner has designated his payment to the animal damage management board, the department shall transfer that amount to the animal damage management account created by W.S. 11
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Section 2.
This act is effective January 1, 2008.

(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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