Pioneer hunting and fishing license.

2015
STATE OF WYOMING
15LSO-0501
Numbered
2.1

HOUSE BILL

NO.
HB0157

Pioneer hunting and fishing license.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Harshman, Baldwin, Clem, Freeman, Jaggi, Larsen, Petroff and Steinmetz and Senator(s) Anderson, J.L. (SD28) and Hicks

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish; revising the residency requirements for pioneer hunting and fishing licenses as specified; 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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1
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705(d)
,
(e)(i) and (ii) is amended to read:

23
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1
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705
.

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

(d)

The department shall issue without charge lifetime bird, small game and fish licenses to any resident or honorably discharged veteran who is over sixty
‑
five (65) years and who has
continuously
resided in Wyoming for at least
the
thirty (30) years
,

immediately preceding application for the license,
or to any disabled veteran who is one hundred percent (100%) disabled as determined by the United States department of veteran affairs. The license is valid so long as the licensee remains a Wyoming resident.

(e)

The department shall issue:

(i)

For a fee of two dollars ($2.00) a resident deer, antelope or wild turkey license and for a fee of five dollars ($5.00) an elk license to any resident who is at least seventy
‑
five (75) years of age prior to the issuance of the license and who has
continuously
resided in Wyoming for at least
the
fifty (50) years
;
immediately preceding application for the license;

(ii)

For a fee established by rule of the commission a resident deer, antelope, wild turkey or elk license to any resident who is at least seventy (70) years
of age prior to the issuance of the license and has
continuously
resided in Wyoming for at least fifty (50) years
.

immediately preceding application for the license.
The fee established for a license under this paragraph shall be not more than sixty
‑
five percent (65%) nor less than sixty percent (60%) of the resident fee specified in W.S. 23
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2
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101 for the particular species;

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

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