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HOUSE BILL NO. 446 – Hunting license, nonresident 2-day

HOUSE BILL NO. 446

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H0446........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
                 Requested by: Department of Fish and Game
HUNTING LICENSES - Amends existing law to clarify that nonresident two-day
hunting licenses also require the purchase of appropriate tags and permits.

01/12    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/12    Rpt prt - to Res/Con
01/30    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/02    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/03    3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
      Clark, Crane, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20),
      Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jones(9),
      Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander,
      Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
      Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman,
      Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
      Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood,
      Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Crow, Jaquet,
    Floor Sponsor - Campbell
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/04    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
02/23    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/10    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Stennett, Sweeney,
      Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Sorensen
    Floor Sponsor - Geddes
    Title apvd - to House
03/11    To enrol
03/12    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/13    Pres signed
03/16    To Governor
03/17    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 47
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


H0446

                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 446

                                      BY MR. SPEAKER
                        Requested by: Department of Fish and Game

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; AMENDING SECTION 36-407,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  CLARIFY
 3        THAT A PERSON HOLDING A NONRESIDENT TWO DAY HUNTING LICENSE SHALL PURCHASE
 4        THE APPROPRIATE REQUIRED TAGS AND PERMITS.

 5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 6        SECTION  1.  That  Section  36-407, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 7    amended to read as follows:

 8        36-407.  NONRESIDENT FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING LICENSES  --  FEES  --
 9    RIGHTS  UNDER.  Licenses of the sixth class shall be issued to nonresidents in
10    the several kinds and for fees as follows:
11        (a)  Nonresident Hunting License. A license issued only to a person twelve
12    (12) years of age or older entitling said person to pursue, hunt, or kill game
13    birds, small game animals, unprotected birds and animals and  predatory  birds
14    and  animals and to purchase game tags as provided in section 36-409(b), Idaho
15    Code. Provided, that a license may be issued  to  qualified  persons  who  are
16    eleven  (11)  years of age to allow the application for a controlled hunt per-
17    mit; however, said persons shall not hunt until they are twelve (12) years  of
18    age.   A  license  of this kind may be had upon payment of one hundred dollars
19    ($100).
20        (b)  Nonresident Season Fishing License. A license entitling a  person  to
21    fish  in  the public waters of the state. A license of this kind may be had by
22    persons fourteen (14) years of age or older  upon  payment  of  fifty  dollars
23    ($50.00).
24        (c)  Nonresident  Trapping  License.  A license entitling a person to trap
25    fur-bearing, unprotected, and predatory animals. A license of this kind may be
26    had upon payment of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) providing  the  state
27    of residence of said person grants similar trapping license privileges to res-
28    idents of Idaho.
29        (d)  Nonresident  Nongame License. A license entitling a person to carry a
30    shotgun or rifle for the protection of livestock, or to pursue, hunt and  kill
31    unprotected birds and animals and predatory birds and animals of this state. A
32    license  of  this  kind  may be had by a nonresident person who is twelve (12)
33    years of age or older upon payment of fifteen dollars ($15.00).  This  license
34    shall  be valid only during the period of January 1 to August 31 of the calen-
35    dar year in which issued, unless verified by the director  that  the  licensee
36    requires  such  a license to authorize him to carry a shotgun or rifle for the
37    protection of livestock, in which case  said  license  shall  be  valid  until
38    December 31 of the year in which issued.
39        (e)  Nonresident  Two Day Hunting License. A license issued only to a per-
40    son twelve (12) years of age or older, entitling the  person  to  hunt  upland
41    game birds (to include turkeys), migratory game birds, cottontail rabbits, and
42    pygmy  rabbits for any two (2) consecutive days. A person holding this license
43     shall purchase the appropriate required tags and permits, and  may


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 1    not hunt pheasants in an area during the first five (5) days of  the  pheasant
 2    season  in that area. A license of this type may be had upon payment of fifty-
 3    five dollars ($55.00).
 4        (f)  Falconry Meet Permit. The director may issue a special permit  for  a
 5    regulated  meet  scheduled  for  a specific number of days upon payment of ten
 6    dollars ($10.00). Only trained raptors may be used under  the  special  permit
 7    issued under the provisions of this subsection.
 8        (g)  Daily Fishing License -- Resident May Purchase. A license entitling a
 9    person  to fish in the waters of the state on a day-to-day basis. A license of
10    this kind may be had by a resident or nonresident person  (the  provisions  of
11    section  36-405,  Idaho  Code,  notwithstanding),  upon payment of six dollars
12    ($6.00) for the first effective day and three dollars ($3.00) for each consec-
13    utive day thereafter.
14        (h)  Nonresident Three Day Fishing License with Steelhead or  Salmon  Per-
15    mit.  A license entitling a nonresident to fish in the waters of the state for
16    a period of three (3) consecutive  days  for  steelhead  trout  or  anadromous
17    salmon  during an open season for those fish may be had upon payment of thirty
18    dollars ($30.00). The three (3) day license holder may fish for and  take  one
19    (1)  steelhead trout and one (1) anadromous salmon or either two (2) steelhead
20    trout or two (2) anadromous salmon subject to the  limitations  prescribed  in
21    this title and rules promulgated by the commission. A nonresident may purchase
22    as  many  of  the  licenses provided in this subsection as he desires provided
23    that the nonresident is otherwise eligible to do so. Moneys collected pursuant
24    to this subsection shall be remitted as specified by law.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact








    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS07386 This legislation will clarify that persons who purchase 
    the two-day nonresident hunting license must also purchase the appropriate permit 
    or tag to hunt turkey, upland game or waterfowl. There has been some dispute over 
    the intent of the existing statutory language.
    
    
                               FISCAL IMPACT
    
    None.
    
    CONTACT
    Name: Pat Cudmore
    Agency: Department of Fish and Game
    Phone: 334-2657
    Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact
    
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