Big and trophy game combination hunting licenses.

2016
State of Wyoming
16LSO-0217
Introduced
1.3

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0159

Big and trophy game combination hunting licenses.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Allen, Baker, Jaggi, Jennings, Kinner, Kroeker, Laursen and Pownall

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish; providing for deer and mountain lion combination hunting licenses as specified; specifying fees; making conforming amendments; 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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302(p),
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504(a)(ii), 23
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701(b)(i),
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703(a),
(f)
and
(g)
and
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101(d)
, (e),
(f)(intro)
,
by creating a new paragraph (iv), (j) by creating new
paragraphs (xlvii) through (l)
and
(m)
are amended to read:

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302
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Powers and duties.

(p)

The commission may, by rule and regulation, establish a process by which big game licenses, trophy game licenses
, big and trophy game combination licenses
and wild bison licenses may be issued by a competitive raffle and prescribe the manner of payment for which raffle chances are sold and the amount of payment for each raffle chance. No more than two (2) licenses for each big game species and trophy game species and no more than two (2) wild bison licenses shall be issued under this subsection.

Additionally the commission may issue not more than two (2) big and trophy game combination licenses under this subsection.
Each license issued for bighorn sheep, moose, mountain goat or grizzly bear through a competitive raffle shall, when applicable, be counted against any nonresident quota. 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), and any restriction imposed on the receipt of a wild bison license by W.S. 23
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107 shall not be applicable in any manner to a license issued pursuant to this subsection. The commission shall issue licenses upon receipt of the proper license fee by the successful competitive raffle
winner. Nothing in this subsection shall authorize the issuance of a license to any person whose privilege to procure, purchase or possess a license has been suspended pursuant to this act or by operation of law.

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504
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Free and reduced price license revenue recoupment program.

(a)

Not later than July 31, 2007, and not later than July 31 of each subsequent year thereafter, the chief fiscal officer of the game and fish department shall prepare and certify a report of licenses sold or issued in the previous calendar year under the following statutes:

(ii)

W.S.
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101(
j)(xi)

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101(d)(iii) and (iv) and (j)(xi)
, (xvi), (xvii), (xx), (xxi), (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xliv)
,

and

(xlv)
, (xlix) and (l)
;

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701
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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 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)

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),
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101(j)(xi)

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101(d)(iii) or (iv) or (j)(xi)
, (xvi), (xvii), (xx), (xxi), (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xliv)
,

or

(xlv)
, (xlix) or (l)
, 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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703
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Limitation of number of big or trophy game animal licenses; reservation of certain licenses; reservation of certain unused licenses.

(a)

The commission may limit the number of resident or nonresident big or trophy game animal licenses
or big and trophy game combination licenses

to be sold in any calendar year and may designate dates after which one (1) or more classes of licenses will not be sold except as authorized by the commission.

(f)

Notwithstanding W.S. 23
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704 and 23
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101(j), any person who is issued and purchases a limited quota, full price big or trophy game animal license for any species and sex of animal and is unable to use for good cause as provided by regulations that license for the year in which issued, may reserve a license for the particular species and sex of big or trophy game animal designated on
the unused license for use during the immediately succeeding calendar year by applying to the commission before the opening date of the season for the designated species and sex of animal during the year for which the initial license is issued. The initial big or trophy game animal license shall accompany the application. Upon receipt, the commission shall cancel the initial license and prior to the season opening date for the designated species and sex of animal during the immediately succeeding calendar year, issue to the applicant at an administrative cost not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not to exceed four percent (4%) of the cost of the initial license, a license for the designated big or trophy game animal valid for that year.

The provisions in this subsection
shall apply and be available to persons who are issued and purchase a
big and trophy game combination license.

(g)

In addition to the authority granted under subsection (b) of this section, the commission may through rule and regulation develop and implement a preference point program for nonresident antelope, nonresident deer
,

and
nonresident elk
and nonresident big and trophy game combination

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. 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
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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 commission may issue big and trophy game combination 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 deer and mountain lion. Unless
otherwise provided by this subsection, t
he 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 be less than the landowner's coupon fee.

The
following fees shall be collected by the department
in accordance with this subsection
:

(i)

Resident big and trophy game combination license; one (1)
deer
, one (1) mountain lion ...
................................................ $
56
.00

(ii)

Nonresident big and trophy game combination license; one (1) deer, one (1) mountain lion .........
..................................
......... 402
.00

(iii)

Resident youth big and trophy game combination license; one (1) deer, one (1) mountain lion ...................................
.
................
35
.00

(iv)

Nonresident
youth big and trophy game combination license; one (1) deer, one (1) mountain lion ....................................
..
.............. 202
.00

(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
, big and trophy game combination license
or wild bison license. The resident application fee shall be five dollars ($5.00) and the nonresident application fee shall be 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
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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

and forty percent (40%) of available big and trophy game combination 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
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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:

(iv)

Nonresident big and trophy game
combination license; one (1) deer, one (1) mountain lion .....
.
$240.00 in addition to the license fee imposed under paragraph (j)(xlviii) of this section.

(j)

Subject to W.S. 23
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101(
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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:

(xlvii)

Resident big and trophy game combination license; one (1) deer,
one (1) mountain lion ....... 66
.00

(xlviii)

Nonresident big and trophy game combination license; one (1) deer, one (1) mountain lion ........................
........................... 672
.00

(xlix)

Resident youth big and trophy game combination license; one (1) deer, one (1) mountain lion ........................
............................ 45
.00

(l)

Nonresident youth big and trophy game combination license; one (1) deer, one (1) mountain lion ........................
........................... 472
.00

(m)

Subject to the provisions of this subsection, as part of any preference point program for nonresident antelope, nonresident ram bighorn sheep, nonresident moose, nonresident deer
,

or

nonresident elk

or nonresident big and trophy game combination
, 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.

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. 23
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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.

Section
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This
act is effective
July
1,
201
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(END)

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