SF0090 • 2016

Lifetime game and fish licenses-purple heart recipients.

AN ACT relating to game and fish licenses; authorizing purple heart medal recipients to receive lifetime bird, small game and fishing licenses without charge as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Senator Cooper
Last action: 2016-03-04
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 1/1/2017

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2016-03-04 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2016-03-03 Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0020
2016-02-29 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0020
2016-02-29 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0020
2016-02-29 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0020
2016-02-29 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-1-2-0-0
2016-02-26 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2016-02-25 House
H COW:Passed
2016-02-24 House
H Placed on General File
2016-02-24 House
H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2016-02-23 House
H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel
2016-02-22 House
H Received for Introduction
2016-02-22 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0
2016-02-19 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2016-02-18 Senate
S COW:Passed
2016-02-18 Senate
S Placed on General File
2016-02-18 Senate
S02 - Appropriations:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0
2016-02-18 Senate
S COW:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
2016-02-17 Senate
S Placed on General File
2016-02-17 Senate
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2016-02-12 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 27-3-0-0-0
2016-02-11 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2016-02-10 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115

Bill No.:
SF0090
Effective
:
1/1/2017

LSO No.:
16LSO-0385

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0020

Chapter No.:
23

Prime Sponsor:
Cooper

Catch Title:
Lifetime game and fish licenses-purple heart recipients.

Subject:
Game and Fish licenses

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law
, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department issues
lifetime bird, small game and fish licenses
without charge
to
:

H
onorably discharged veterans who have resided in Wyoming for at least 30 years immediately pr
ior to applying for the license;
and

Disabled veterans who are 100% disabled as determined by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.

This bill provides any recipient of a U.S. military purple heart medal with documentary proof thereof

also
is eligible for a lifetime bird, small game and fish license
. Ty
pically th
e documentary proof
would be form DD
-
214.

These licenses are valid as long as the licensee
remain
s a Wyoming resident.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0090

ENROLLED ACT NO. 20,

SENATE

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2016 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to game and fish licenses; authorizing purple heart medal recipients to receive lifetime bird, small game and fishing licenses without charge as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 23
‑
1
‑
705(
d) is amended to read:

23
‑
1
‑
705
.

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

(d)

T
he 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
and
to any United States military purple heart medal recipient with document proof thereof
. The license is valid so long as the licensee remains a Wyoming resident.

Section

2
.

This
act is effective J
anuary
1,
201
7
.

(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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