SF0060 • 2023

Nonresident hunting license application fees.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; modifying the provisions of elk, deer and antelope hunting licenses issued to nonresident applicants; increasing nonresident license fees to hunt elk, deer and antelope; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Travel
Last action: 2023-01-12
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was not enacted into law.

Nonresident Hunting License Fees

The bill modifies hunting license fees for nonresidents who want to hunt elk, deer, and antelope in Wyoming.

What This Bill Does

Increases the fee for a nonresident elk hunting license from $576.00 to $1,258.00.
Raises the cost of a nonresident deer hunting license from $288.00 to $826.00.
Boosts the price of a nonresident antelope hunting license from $288.00 to $874.00.

Who It Names or Affects

Nonresidents who want to hunt elk, deer, and antelope in Wyoming.

Terms To Know

Nonresident: A person who does not live in the state of Wyoming but wants to hunt there.
License fee: The money a hunter must pay to get permission to hunt certain animals.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill did not pass and was not signed into law.
It would have taken effect on January 1, 2024, if it had passed.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0060SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural R

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds new hunting licenses for nonresidents to hunt bighorn sheep, mountain goats, moose, grizzly bears, and wild bison, along with increasing the fees for these licenses.

Adds hunting licenses for bighorn sheep, mountain goat, moose, grizzly bear, and wild bison for nonresidents.
Increases the license fee for bighorn sheep from $2,318.00 to $3,000.00.
Increases the license fee for mountain goats from $2,160.00 to $2,750.00.
Increases the license fee for moose from $1,980.00 to $2,750.00.
Increases the license fee for grizzly bears from $6,000.00 to $7,500.00.
Raises the nonresident wild bison hunting license fee from $4,400.00 to $6,000.00.

The amendment text includes several changes that are not clearly explained in plain English and may require additional context for full understanding.

Bill History

2023-01-16 Senate
S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
2023-01-12 Senate
S COW:Failed 10-20-1-0-0
2023-01-12 Senate
S Placed on General File
2023-01-12 Senate
S06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
2023-01-10 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel
2022-12-28 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2022-12-15 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0317
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0317
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0060

Nonresident hunting license application fees.

Sponsored by: Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish; modifying the provisions of elk, deer and antelope hunting licenses issued to nonresident applicants; increasing nonresident license fees to hunt elk, deer and antelope; 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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101(f)(i) through (iii) is amended to read:

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101.

Fees; restrictions; nonresident application fee; nonresident licenses; verification of residency required; donation of refunded application fees.

(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 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:

(i)

Nonresident elk license ......
$576.00

$1,258.00
in addition to the license fee imposed under paragraph (j)(xix) of this section;

(ii)

Nonresident deer license ....
$288.00

$826.00
in addition to the license fee imposed under paragraph (j)(xv) of this section;

(iii)

Nonresident antelope license .....
$288.00

$874.00
in addition to the license fee imposed under paragraph (j)(xxxi) of this section.

Section 2.

This act is effective January 1, 2024.

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