Lifetime game and fish licenses.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify that only years after turning ten count towards the residency requirement, but it clarifies that no year of residence prior to the resident's tenth birthday shall be counted.

Lifetime Game and Fish Licenses

This law changes who can get free lifetime hunting and fishing licenses in Wyoming.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the rules for getting a free lifetime bird, small game, or fish license.
• Now, people over 65 who have lived in Wyoming for at least 30 years total after turning ten qualify for these licenses.
• People with 100% disability from military service and Purple Heart recipients also get the licenses if they live in Wyoming.

Who It Names or Affects

• Residents over 65 who have lived in Wyoming for at least 30 years total after turning ten
• People with 100% disability from military service and Purple Heart recipients living in Wyoming

Terms To Know

Lifetime license

A hunting or fishing permit that does not expire as long as the person keeps living in Wyoming.

Honorably discharged veteran

Someone who served in the military and was released from service under good conditions.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies to licenses issued on or after July 1, 2020.
• It does not change other types of hunting or fishing permits.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0541
Bill No.:

SF0106

Effective:

7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0541

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0066

Chapter No.:

117

Prime Sponsor:

Landen

Catch Title:

Lifetime game and fish licenses.

Subject:

Game and fish lifetime licenses.

Summary/Major Elements:

The act revises the requirements to receive a complimentary lifetime bird, small game or fish license.

Under current law, the complimentary licenses may be issued to residents sixty-five (65) years of age and older who have continuously resided in the state for thirty (30) years immediately preceding application for the license, one hundred percent (100%) disabled veterans, and Purple Heart recipients.

The act amends the durational residency requirement so that a resident who is sixty-five (65) years or older who has resided in the state for thirty (30) total years after the resident's tenth birthday may receive the complimentary license. The act also clarifies that a one hundred percent (100%) disabled veteran or Purple Heart recipient must have been honorably discharged from the military and be a Wyoming resident to be eligible to receive a complimentary license.
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

20LSO-0541

ORIGINAL Senate

ENGROSSED
File No
.
SF0106

ENROLLED ACT NO. 66,

SENATE

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to game and fish licenses; amending requirements for the complimentary issuance of lifetime bird, small game and fish licenses as specified; providing applicability; 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) is amended to read:

23
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1
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705.

Complimentary licenses; 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
that shall remain valid so long as the licensee remains a Wyoming resident
to
:

(i)

A
ny 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)
total
years
.

immediately preceding application for the license, to
No year of residence prior to the resident's tenth birthday shall be counted toward the thirty (30) year requirement imposed by this paragraph;

(ii)

A
ny
disabled
honorably discharged resident
veteran who is one hundred percent (100%) disabled as determined by the United States department of veteran affairs
;
and to

(iii)

A
ny
honorably discharged resident who is a
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 shall only apply to lifetime bird, small game and fish licenses issued on or after the effective date of this act.

Section 3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2020
.

(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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