Wild bison licenses.

2018
STATE OF WYOMING
18LSO-0197
Numbered
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.
HB0059

Wild bison licenses.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Haley, Allen, Blake, Freeman and Paxton and Senator(s) Moniz

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish; amending provisions relating to the reservation of unused licenses; providing for the reservation of unused wild bison licenses; authorizing wild bison licenses to be donated to a veteran or person with disabilities; 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
‑
703
(f)
and 23
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1
‑
705
(k)
are amended to read:

23
‑
1
‑
703
.

Limitation of number of big game
animal
, trophy game animal, any wild bison or female or calf wild
bison licenses; reservation of certain licenses; reservation of certain unused licenses.

(f)

Notwithstanding W.S. 23
‑
1
‑
704
,

and
23
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2
‑
101(j)
and 23
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2
‑
107(e)
, 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,
license listed in paragraph (
i
) of this subsection
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
as provided in this subsection
.
Upon receipt
of a
n
application
that establishes the conditions listed in paragraphs (
i
) through (iv) of this subsection
, 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.
A person may apply for and reserve a license under this subsection only if all the following conditions exist:

(
i
)

The license is one (1) of the following:

(
A
)

A limited quota, full price big game animal license;

(
B
)

A trophy game animal license;

(
C
)

An any wild bison license;

(
D
)

A female or calf wild bison license.

(ii)

The person has not hunted with the license, is unable to use the license in the year for which it was issued and good cause, as defined in regulations, exists for the person's inability to use the license in
the
year
for which it was issued;

(iii)

The person submits an application to the commission that demonstrates eligibility under this subsection before the opening date of the season for which the initial license was issued; and

(iv)

The person submits the initial license with the application.

23
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1
‑
705
.

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

(k)

The holder of any valid big game
animal license, trophy game animal
license
, any wild bison license or
a female or calf wild bison license
may surrender said license to the department for reissuance to a veteran with disabilities or a person with a permanent disability who uses a wheelchair as established by commission rule and regulation selected and sponsored by a nonprofit charitable organization providing hunting opportunities for disabled veterans or persons with permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs. Any license reissued in accordance with the
provisions of this subsection shall be for the same species, area and license type as the license donated. The license shall be reissued by the department to a qualifying person at no fee. Any license donated and reissued under the provisions of this subsection shall not be sold, traded, auctioned or offered for any monetary value and shall not be issued to, or used by, any person other than a qualifying person under the provision of this section and in compliance with commission rule and regulation. Licenses reissued to persons pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to residency, drawing or fee requirements under W.S. 23
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2
‑
101

or 23
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2
‑
107
. The five (5) year restriction imposed on the receipt of a moose or big horn sheep license by W.S. 23
‑
1
‑
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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1
‑
703(c)

or the restrictions imposed by the harvest of a wild bison under W.S. 23
‑
2
‑
107
(f)
shall not be applicable in any manner to a license issued pursuant to this subsection.

Section 2
.

This act is effec
tive
immediately upon the completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution
.

(END)

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