Game and fish-fees.

WORKING DRAFT
2014
STATE OF
WYOMING
14LSO-0078

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0031

Game and fish-fees.

Sponsored by:
Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish;
amending hunting, fishing, watercraft and other license and application fees as specified;
requiring reports; authorizing rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section
1
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W.S. 23
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702, 23
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2
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101(d), (e), (f)
(
i
) through (iii)
, (j)(
i
) through (
x
),
(xii) through (xv), (xviii), (xix),
(xxii) through (xxxi), (xxxiv), (xxxv),
(xxxvii) through
(xlii),
(xliii)
(A), (B)

and (k), 23
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2
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107(c)(ii) and (e), 23
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2
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201(d)(
i
)
, (ii)
and
(vi)
through
(viii), 23
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2
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301(c)(
i
) through (xii), 23
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2
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306(a)(intro) and (b)(intro), 23
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2
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307(b), 41
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13
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104(f) and 41
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13
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109(a)(
i
) and (ii) are amended to
read
:

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702.

Duplicate license upon loss or destruction of original; issuance; fees.

When any license issued under this act has been lost or destroyed, the licensee may secure a duplicate of the original license from any district office or any authorized personnel of the department upon the presentation of satisfactory proof that the original license was lost or destroyed. Prior to issuing the duplicate license and in accordance with rule and regulation of the commission, the department may assess a fee of not more than
three dollars ($3.00)

three dollars and
thirty
cents ($3.
30
)
,
plus the fee charged under W.S. 23
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1
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701. Duplicate licenses shall be issued in accordance with procedure established by commission order.

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101.

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

(d)

The commission may issue big or trophy game licenses in areas in which all licenses initially authorized were not purchased or in which additional
harvest is desired, allowing a licensee to take a big or trophy game animal of such sex or age as designated by the commission. The fee for the license may be reduced by the commission to the level necessary to achieve the desired management objectives, but in no case shall a
resident or nonresident
license fee
, excluding resident and nonresident youth license fees,
be less than the landowner's coupon fee.

(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
five dollars ($5.00)

six dollars ($6.00)
and the nonresident application fee shall be
fourteen dollars ($14.00)

fifteen
dollars
and fifty cents
($1
5.5
0)
. 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

......
$480.00

$
530
.00
in addition to the license fee imposed under paragraph (j
)(
xix) of this section;

(ii)

Nonresident deer
license

....

$240.00

$
264
.00
in addition to the license fee imposed under paragraph (j
)(
xv) of this section;

(iii)

Nonresident antelope
license

.....

$240.00

$
264
.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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2
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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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1
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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
..................................................
$43.00

$
48
.00

(ii)

Nonresident black bear license; one (1) black bear

360.00

3
96
.00

(iii)

Resident mountain lion license; one (1) mountain lion

28.00

3
1
.00

(iv)

Nonresident
mountain lion license; one (1) mountain lion

360.00

3
96
.00

(v)

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

7.00

8.00

(vi)

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

18.00

2
0
.00

(vii)

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

300.00

3
30
.00

(viii)

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

530
.00

(ix)

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

22.00

23
.00

(x)

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

70.00

77
.00

(xii)

Resident archery license

14.00

15.50

(xiii)

Nonresident archery license

28.00

3
1
.00

(xiv)

Resident deer license; one (1) deer
.......................................................
36.00

4
0
.00

(xv)

Nonresident deer license; one (1)

deer
, fishing/small game privileges

310.00

341
.00

(xviii)

Resident elk license; one (1) elk
.......................................................
50.00

5
5.00

(xix)

Nonresident elk license; one (1) elk, fishing
/
small game
privileges

575.00

6
33
.00

(xxii)

Resident bighorn sheep license; one (1) bighorn sheep

115.00

127
.00

(xxiii)

Nonresident bighorn sheep license; one (1) bighorn sheep

2,250.00

2,
475
.00

(xxiv)

Resident mountain goat license; one (1) mountain goat

120.00

132
.00

(xxv)

Nonresident mountain goat license; one (1) mountain goat

2,150.00

2,
365
.00

(xxvi)

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

1
21
.00

(xxvii)

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

1,
54
0.00

(xxviii)

Resident grizzly bear license; one (1) grizzly bear

600.00

66
0.00

(xxix)

Nonresident grizzly bear license; one (1) grizzly bear

6,000.00

6
,
60
0.00

(xxx)

Resident antelope license; one (1)
antelope
.............................................
31.00

34
.00

(xxxi)

Nonresident antelope license; one (1) antelope
, fishing/small game privileges

270.00

297
.00

(xxxiv)

Resident license to capture falcons for falconry purposes

36.00

4
0
.00

(xxxv)

Nonresident license to capture falcons for falconry purposes

240.00

264
.00

(xxxvii)

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

14.00

15.50

(xxxviii)

Resident turkey license

14.00

15.50

(xxxix)

Nonresident turkey license

70.00

77
.00

(xl)

Wyoming
interstate game tag

6.00

7.00

(xli)

Resident game bird license; all game birds except turkey

14.00

15.50

(xlii)

Resident small game license

14.00

15.50

(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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108:

(A)

Resident gray wolf license
.......................................................
$18.00

2
0
.00

(B)

Nonresident gray wolf license
.......................................................
$180.00

2
0
0.00

(k)

Any resident qualified to purchase a moose or ram big horn sheep hunting license under subsection (b) of this section may pay a fee of
seven dollars ($7.00)

eight dollars ($8.00)

in lieu of applying for a moose or

ram big horn sheep hunting license. Payment of the fee for a particular species under this subsection shall authorize the person to accumulate points under W.S. 23
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703(
b) for that year in the same manner as if he had unsuccessfully applied for a hunting license for that species. Payment of the fee shall be made in compliance with application dates.

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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
six dollars ($6.00)

seven dollars ($7.00)
;

(e)

A resident applicant shall pay a license fee of
four hundred dollars ($400.00)

four hundred
forty
dollars ($4
4
0.00)
for a license to harvest any wild bison or
two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00)

two hundred
seventy
-five
dollars ($
275
.00)
for a license to harvest a female or calf wild bison and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23
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2
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101(
e). A nonresident applicant shall pay a license fee of
two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00)

two
thousand
seven hundred fifty
dollars ($
2,750
.00)
for a license to harvest any wild bison or
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)

one thousand
one
hundred dollars ($1,
1
00.00)
for a license to harvest a female or calf wild bison and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23
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2
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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

$22.00

$
24
.00

(ii)

Nonresident fishing license

90.00

100.00

(vi)

Nonresident
daily fishing license

12.00

15.00

(vii)

Resident daily fishing license

4.00

5
.00

(viii)

Resident lifetime fishing license
.......................................................
300.00

3
30
.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
.......................................................
$42.00

$
46
.00

(ii)

License to capture furbearing animals for domestication

18.00

2
0
.00

(iii)

Resident fur dealer's license

50.00

55
.00

(iv)

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

3
0
0.00

(v)

Taxidermist's license
65.00

72
.00

(vi)

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

770
.00

(vii)

Game bird farm license

130.00

1
43
.00

(viii)

Fishing preserve license

130.00

1
43
.00

(ix)

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

2
0
0.00

(x)

License to seine or trap fish

18.00

2
0
.00

(xi)

License to deal in live bait

65.00

72
.00

(xii)

Nonresident trapping license-
furbearing
...........................................
240.00

264
.00

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306.

Conservation stamp; exemptions.

(a)

Subject to subsections (b) and (c) 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
twelve dollars ($12.00)

thirteen
dollars ($1
3
.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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2
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101, 23
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2
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107 or 23
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2
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201. Holders of special limited
fishing permits issued under W.S. 23
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2
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207 and holders of licenses only under W.S.
23
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2
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101(
j
)(v) and

(vi), 23
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2
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201(d)(vi) and (vii), 23
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2
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201(f) and 23
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201(g) are exempt from the provisions of this section when exercising hunting or fishing privileges provided under those specific licenses. Revenues collected from the sale of each stamp under this subsection shall be deposited as follows:

(b)

A lifetime conservation stamp may be purchased for
one hundred eighty dollars ($180.00)

two hundred dollars ($2
0
0.00)
plus the applicable fee under W.S. 23
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1
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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
twelve dollars ($12.00)

thirteen
dollars ($1
3
.00)
plus the applicable fee under W.S. 23
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1
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701 and shall be valid for one (1) calendar year.

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104.

Application for certificate; issuance of certificate and assignment of number; conformity with
federal numbering system; expiration and renewal of certificate; transfer of ownership; duplicate certificate; manufacturer and dealer certificates.

(f)

Each certificate of number issued under this act expires on December 31 of the last year of valid registration under the certificate unless sooner terminated or discontinued under this act. A duplicate number may be obtained by an owner upon application to the department, which may require payment of a fee of not more than
five dollars ($5.00)

six dollars ($6.00)
. Certificates of number may be renewed by the owner in the same manner provided under this act for obtaining initial certification.

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109.

Motorboat registration fee.

(a)

The nonrefundable and nontransferable registration fee for motorboats is:

(
i
)

Fifteen dollars ($15.00)

Seventeen
dollars ($
17
.00)
for one (1) year; or

(ii)

Forty dollars ($40.00)

Forty-four
dollars ($
44
.00)
for three (3) years.

Section
2
.
This act is effective
January 1, 2015.

(END)

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