Game and fish-resident preference points.

WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0149.E1

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0085

Game and fish-resident preference points.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Hicks, Christensen and Driskill and Representative(s) Baker, Blake, Burkhart, Jaggi, Loucks and Moniz

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish; requiring preference point programs for resident antelope, deer and elk licenses; providing for fees; providing for rulemaking; 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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703(g) and 23
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101(m) are amended to read:

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703.

Limitation of number of big or trophy game animal licenses; reservation of certain licenses; reservation of certain unused licenses.

(g)

In addition to the authority granted under subsection (b) of this section, the commission
may

shall

through rule and regulation develop and implement a preference point program for
resident and
nonresident antelope,
resident and
nonresident deer and
resident and
nonresident elk licenses which are limited in quota and would otherwise be issued through a random drawing. A program established pursuant to this subsection may be implemented for all or selected hunt areas and may be applied to all or portions of licenses for any particular species.
Allocation of resident limited quota licenses for elk, deer and antelope under the preference point program shall be as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
The commission may charge
nonresident
license applicants a nonrefundable fee to accumulate preference points under the program as provided in W.S. 23
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101(m).

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101.

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

(m)

Subject to the provisions of this subsection, as part of any preference point program for
resident and

nonresident antelope, nonresident ram bighorn sheep, nonresident moose,
resident and

nonresident deer or
resident and

nonresident elk, the commission may establish
a nonrefundable fee to be either withheld from the license fee remitted or submitted separately when application for a license or preference point is made through electronic licensing, and may also establish a fee to be paid in lieu of applying for licenses that are limited in quota. Retention of the established fee or payment of the fee in lieu of applying shall authorize the person to accumulate a preference point for future drawings for licenses that are limited in quota for the applicable species in accordance with rules of the commission. The rules may provide for the loss of all accumulated points for persons failing to apply or to pay the in lieu fee in two (2) consecutive calendar years. The fee for any program under this subsection for antelope, deer or elk shall be established by rule and shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) per species

for nonresidents and
twenty
dollars ($
2
0.00) per species for residents
. Payment of the fee shall be made in compliance with application dates. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the commission to establish or retain a fee for resident moose or resident ram bighorn sheep license preference points in addition to the fee established by subsection (k) of this section or to establish rules for ram bighorn sheep or moose preference point drawings in conflict with the provisions of W.S.
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703(b). For nonresident ram bighorn sheep and nonresident moose licenses, the commission may establish by rule a nonrefundable preference point fee to be withheld from either the license fee remitted or submitted separately when application for a license or preference point is made through electronic licensing and may establish a fee in lieu of making application in an amount greater than that established under subsection (k) of this section, but neither fee shall exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). Fees established under this subsection may be set at lower amounts for youth license applicants.

Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the commission from issuing a different number of licenses for residents and nonresidents.

Section 2.

This act is effective J
anuar
y 1, 201
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(END)

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