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20LSO-0282
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0282
Numbered
2.0
SENATE FILE NO. SF0094
Hunting licenses-resident and nonresident.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hicks and Anselmi-Dalton and Representative(s) Burkhart, Edwards, Henderson and Jennings
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to game and fish; modifying the number of licenses reserved for resident hunters; increasing specified nonresident license fees; repealing provisions for special nonresident licenses; 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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703(e), 23
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101(e), (j)(intro), (xv), (xix), (xxiii), (xxv), (xxvii) and (xxxi) and 23
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107(e) are amended to read:
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703.
Limitation of number of big or trophy game animal licenses; reservation of certain licenses; reservation of certain unused licenses.
(e)
The commission shall reserve
eighty percent (80%) of the moose and seventy
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five percent (75%) of the ram and ewe and lamb bighorn sheep, mountain goat
at least ninety percent (90%) of big game animal, bison
and grizzly bear licenses to be issued in any one (1) year for resident hunters.
In any hunt area with less than ten (10) licenses available, the commission shall not issue any licenses to nonresident hunters pursuant to this subsection.
The commission shall determine the allocation of resident and nonresident mountain lion harvest.
When the commission determines the number of licenses available for nonresident hunters under this subsection, the commission shall reserve at least thirty percent (30%) of those licenses for nonresident hunters who are hunting with a licensed outfitter. The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement a process to issue licenses to nonresident hunters who are hunting with a licensed outfitter as provided in this subsection.
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101.
Fees; restrictions; nonresident application fee; nonresident licenses; verification of residency required.
(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) and the nonresident application fee shall be
fifteen dollars ($15.00)
seventeen dollars ($17.00)
. The application fee is in addition to the fees prescribed by
subsections (f) and
subsection
(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.
(j)
Subject to W.S.
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101(f),
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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:
(xv)
Nonresident deer license; one (1)deer
372.00
550.00
(xix)
Nonresident elk license; one (1) elk, fishing privileges
690.00
800.00
(xxiii)
Nonresident bighorn sheep license; one (1) bighorn sheep
2,318.00
3,000.00
(xxv)
Nonresident mountain goat license; one (1) mountain goat
2,160.00
2,500.00
(xxvii)
Nonresident moose license; one (1) moose
1,980.00
2,500.00
(xxxi)
Nonresident antelope license; one (1) antelope
324.00
425.00
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107.
Wild bison licenses.
(e)
A resident applicant shall pay a license fee of four hundred twelve dollars ($412.00) for a license to harvest any wild bison or two hundred fifty
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eight dollars ($258.00) 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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101(e). A nonresident applicant shall pay a license fee of
four thousand four hundred dollars ($4,400.00)
five thousand five hundred dollars ($5,500.00)
for a license to harvest any wild bison or two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($2,750.00) 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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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.
Section 2.
W.S. 23
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101(f) is repealed.
Section 3
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This act is effective January 1, 2022
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