Game & fish-donation of hunting licenses.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0063

ENROLLED ACT NO. 28, SENATE

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
game and fish; providing for donation of big game licenses
and for reissuance
to disabled veterans; providing for rules and regulations; providing for exemption from fees
and other requirements
;
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)(i), 23
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705 by creating a new subsection (k) and 23
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306(c) 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
two
dollar
s
($
2
.
0
0) 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)

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)

or (k)
, 23
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101(j)(xi), (xvi), (xvii), (xx), (xxi), (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xliv) or (xlv), 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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705.

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

(k)

The holder of any valid big game license may surrender said license to the
d
epart
ment for reissuance to a
veteran
with disabilities as established by commission rule and regulation
selected and sponsored by a nonprofit charitable organization providing hunting opportunities for disabled veterans. Any license reissued in accordance with the provisions of this
sub
section shall be for the same species, area and license type as the license donated.

The license shall be reissued by the
d
epartment to a qualifying disabled veteran at no fee. Any license donated and reissued under the provisions of this
sub
section shall not be sold, traded, auctioned or offered for any monetary value and shall not be issued to, or used by, any person other than a disabled veteran qualifying under the provision of this section and in compliance with
commission rule and regulation
.
Licenses reissued to disabled veterans pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to residency, drawing or fee requirements under W.S. 23
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101.

The five (5) year restriction imposed on the receipt of a moose or big horn sheep license by W.S. 23
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703(b) or the lifetime restriction imposed on the receipt of a grizzly bear or mountain goat license by W.S. 23
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703(c) shall not be applicable in any manner to a license issued pursuant to this subsection.

23-2-306.

Conservation stamp; exemptions.

(c)

Holders of licenses issued under W.S. 23
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705(d)
,

or

(e)

or (k)
are exempt from the provisions of this section when exercising any hunting or fishing privileges licensed under this act. Licenses issued under W.S. 23
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705(d)
,

or

(e)
or (k)

shall be in possession of the person exempted under this subsection when exercising any hunting or fishing privilege licensed under this act.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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