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FISH AND GAME - YOUTH LICENSES - Amends existing law to strike resident and
nonresident youth small game and youth hunter education graduate licenses; and
to strike an exception to a prohibition against certain children in possession
of firearms.
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|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 119
BY TRAIL
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; AMENDING SECTION 36-404, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE REF-
3 ERENCE TO YOUTH SMALL GAME LICENSES AND TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO YOUTH
4 HUNTER EDUCATION GRADUATE LICENSES; AMENDING SECTION 36-406, IDAHO CODE,
5 TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO YOUTH SMALL GAME LICENSES AND TO PROVIDE A CORRECT
6 CODE CITATION; AMENDING SECTION 36-407, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO
7 NONRESIDENT YOUTH SMALL GAME LICENSES AND TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO YOUTH
8 HUNTER EDUCATION GRADUATE LICENSES; AMENDING SECTION 36-412, IDAHO CODE,
9 TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO YOUTH HUNTER EDUCATION GRADUATE HUNTING LICENSES
10 AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME MAY ALLOW CERTAIN STU-
11 DENTS TO PURCHASE JUNIOR HUNTING LICENSES AT A REDUCED FEE; AMENDING SEC-
12 TION 36-416, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE YOUTH SMALL GAME LICENSE FEES, TO
13 STRIKE YOUTH HUNTER EDUCATION GRADUATE HUNTING LICENSE FEES AND TO CORRECT
14 A CODIFIER'S ERROR; AMENDING CHAPTER 4, TITLE 36, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDI-
15 TION OF A NEW SECTION 36-417, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE;
16 AMENDING SECTION 36-1508, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE AN EXCEPTION TO A PROHIBI-
17 TION AGAINST CERTAIN CHILDREN IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS; DECLARING AN
18 EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING A RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.
19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
20 SECTION 1. That Section 36-404, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
21 amended to read as follows:
22 36-404. CLASSES OF LICENSES. The licenses required by the provisions of
23 this title shall be of eight (8) classes. Classes one (1) through five (5) and
24 eight (8) in this section may be purchased or obtained only by persons who
25 meet residency requirements under the provisions of section 36-202(s) and (t),
26 Idaho Code, or who are valid holders of a lifetime license certificate.
27 Class 1: Adult Combination -- Hunting -- Fishing -- Trapping Licenses.
28 Licenses to be issued only to persons who are residents of the state of Idaho.
29 Class 2: Junior Hunting -- Trapping -- Youth Small Game Licenses.
30 (a) Junior hunting license. Licenses to be issued only to persons who are
31 residents of the state of Idaho and are between twelve (12) and seventeen (17)
32 years of age, inclusive. Provided, that a license may be issued to qualified
33 persons who are eleven (11) years of age to allow the application for a con-
34 trolled hunt permit; however, said persons shall not hunt until they are
35 twelve (12) years of age.
36 (b) Junior trapping licenses. Licenses to be issued only to persons who
37 are residents of the state of Idaho and are seventeen (17) years of age or
38 younger.
39 (c) Youth small game licenses. Licenses to be issued only to qualified
40 persons who are residents of the state of Idaho and are ten (10) or eleven
41 (11) years of age to hunt upland game birds (including turkeys), migratory
42 game birds, cottontail rabbits, pygmy rabbits, and unprotected and predatory
43 birds and animals of this state while accompanied in the field by an adult
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1 licensed to hunt in the state of Idaho.
2 Class 3: Junior Combination -- Fishing Licenses. Licenses to be issued
3 only to persons who are residents of the state of Idaho between fourteen (14)
4 and seventeen (17) years of age, inclusive.
5 Class 4: Senior Resident Combination License. Licenses to be issued only
6 to persons over sixty-five (65) years of age who have been bona fide residents
7 of the state of Idaho for a continuous period of not less than five (5) years
8 last preceding application.
9 Class 5: Resident Lifetime Combination -- Hunting -- Fishing License.
10 Licenses to be issued only to persons who are valid holders of a lifetime
11 license certificate.
12 Class 6: Nonresident Combination -- Hunting -- Fishing -- Trapping -- Jun-
13 ior Mentored Hunting -- Youth Small Game -- Youth Hunter Education Graduate --
14 Licenses. Licenses required of persons who are nonresidents.
15 Class 7: Duplicate License -- Tag. A license or tag to be issued as a
16 replacement for an original license or tag lost or mutilated. Said license or
17 tag shall be issued in the same class and type as the original and upon issu-
18 ance of such duplicate license or tag the original license or tag shall become
19 null and void.
20 Class 8: Resident Hunting and Fishing License with Tags, Permits and
21 Stamps. Licenses to be issued only to persons who meet residency requirements
22 under the provisions of section 36-202(s) and (t), Idaho Code.
23 SECTION 2. That Section 36-406, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
24 amended to read as follows:
25 36-406. RESIDENT FISHING, HUNTING AND TRAPPING LICENSES -- FEES. (a)
26 Adult Licenses -- Combination -- Fishing -- Hunting -- Trapping. A license of
27 the first class may be had by a person possessing the qualifications therein
28 described on payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for
29 a combined fishing and hunting license entitling the purchaser to hunt and
30 fish for game animals, game birds, unprotected and predatory animals and fish
31 of the state, a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for a fishing
32 license entitling the purchaser to fish in the public waters of the state, a
33 fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for a hunting license enti-
34 tling the purchaser to hunt game animals, game birds, unprotected and preda-
35 tory animals of the state, and a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho
36 Code, for a trapping license entitling the purchaser to trap furbearers,
37 unprotected and predatory animals of the state.
38 (b) Junior Licenses -- Hunting -- Trapping. A license of the second class
39 may be had by a person possessing the qualifications therein described on pay-
40 ment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for a hunting
41 license, and a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for a trapping
42 license entitling the purchaser to the same privileges as the corresponding
43 license of the first class provides.
44 (c) Junior Combination -- Fishing Licenses. A license of the third class
45 may be purchased by a person possessing the qualifications therein described
46 on payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for a combined
47 fishing and hunting license, and a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho
48 Code, for a fishing license entitling the purchaser to the same privileges as
49 the corresponding license of the first class provides.
50 (d) Senior Resident Combination. A license of the fourth class may be had
51 by a person possessing the qualifications therein described on payment of a
52 fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for a combined fishing and
53 hunting license entitling the purchaser to the same privileges as the corre-
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1 sponding license of the first class provides.
2 (e) Lifetime Licenses -- Combination -- Hunting -- Fishing. A license of
3 the fifth class may be obtained at no additional charge by a person possessing
4 the qualifications therein described for a combined hunting and fishing
5 license, for a hunting license, or for a fishing license, entitling the person
6 to the same privileges as the corresponding license of the first class pro-
7 vides. Lifetime licensees must be certified under the provisions of section
8 36-4113, Idaho Code, before being issued a license to hunt.
9 (f) A license of the eighth class may be had by a person possessing the
10 qualifications therein described on payment of a fee as specified in section
11 36-416, Idaho Code, entitling the purchaser to hunt and fish for game animals,
12 game birds, fish, and unprotected and predatory animals of the state. With
13 payment of the required fee, a person shall receive with this license a deer
14 tag, an elk tag, a bear tag, a turkey tag, a mountain lion tag, an archery
15 hunt permit, a muzzleloader permit, a steelhead trout permit and an anadromous
16 salmon permit. The director shall promptly transmit to the state treasurer all
17 moneys received pursuant to this subsection for deposit as follows:
18 (i) Four dollars ($4.00) in the set-aside account for the purposes of
19 section 36-111(1)(a), Idaho Code;
20 (ii) Two dollars ($2.00) in the set-aside account for the purposes of
21 section 36-111(1)(b), Idaho Code;
22 (iii) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) in the set-aside account for the
23 purposes of section 36-111(1)(c), Idaho Code; and
24 (iv) The balance in the fish and game account.
25 All persons purchasing a license pursuant to this subsection shall observe
26 and shall be subject to all rules of the commission regarding the fish and
27 wildlife of the state.
28 If the purchaser of this license does not meet the archery education
29 requirements of section 36-411(b), Idaho Code, then, notwithstanding the pro-
30 visions of section 36-304, Idaho Code, the archery hunt permit portion of this
31 license is invalid. The fee for this license will not change and the license
32 must be issued without the archery permit validation.
33 (g) Disabled Persons Licenses -- Combination -- Fishing. A license of the
34 first class may be had by any resident disabled person on payment of a fee as
35 specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for a combined fishing and hunting
36 license, and a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for a fishing
37 license, entitling the purchaser to the same privileges as the corresponding
38 license of the first class provides. A disabled person means a person who is
39 deemed disabled by the railroad retirement board pursuant to title 45 of the
40 United States Code, or certified as eligible for federal supplemental security
41 income (SSI); social security disability income (SSDI); a nonservice-connected
42 veterans pension; or a service-connected veterans disability benefit with
43 forty percent (40%) or more disability.
44 (h) Military Furlough Licenses -- Combination -- Fishing. A license of
45 the first class may be had by a resident person engaged in the military ser-
46 vice of the United States, while on temporary furlough or leave, possessing
47 the qualifications therein described on payment of a fee as specified in sec-
48 tion 36-416, Idaho Code, for a combined fishing and hunting license, and as
49 specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for a fishing license.
50 (i) Youth Small Game Licenses -- Hunting. A license of the second class
51 may be had by a resident of ten (10) or eleven (11) years of age on payment of
52 a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, provided that the license
53 shall be valid only for hunting upland game birds (including turkeys), migra-
54 tory game birds, cottontail rabbits, pygmy rabbits, and unprotected and preda-
55 tory birds and animals of this state while accompanied in the field by the
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1 holder of an adult Idaho hunting license.
2 SECTION 3. That Section 36-407, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
3 amended to read as follows:
4 36-407. NONRESIDENT COMBINATION, FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING LICENSES
5 -- FEES -- RIGHTS UNDER. Licenses of the sixth class shall be issued to non-
6 residents in the several kinds and for fees as follows:
7 (a) Nonresident Hunting License. A license issued only to a person twelve
8 (12) years of age or older entitling said person to pursue, hunt, or kill game
9 birds, small game animals, unprotected birds and animals and predatory birds
10 and animals and to purchase game tags as provided in section 36-409(b), Idaho
11 Code. Provided, that a license may be issued to qualified persons who are
12 eleven (11) years of age to allow the application for a controlled hunt per-
13 mit; however, said persons shall not hunt until they are twelve (12) years of
14 age. A license of this kind may be had upon payment of a fee as specified in
15 section 36-416, Idaho Code.
16 (b) Nonresident Season Fishing License. A license entitling a person to
17 fish in the public waters of the state. A license of this kind may be had upon
18 payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code.
19 (c) Nonresident Trapping License. A license entitling a person to trap
20 fur-bearing, unprotected, and predatory animals. A license of this kind may be
21 had upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, provid-
22 ing the state of residence of said person grants similar trapping license
23 privileges to residents of Idaho.
24 (d) Nonresident Nongame License. A license entitling a person to carry a
25 shotgun or rifle for the protection of livestock, or to pursue, hunt and kill
26 unprotected birds and animals and predatory birds and animals of this state. A
27 license of this kind may be had by a nonresident person who is twelve (12)
28 years of age or older upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416,
29 Idaho Code. This license shall be valid only during the period of January 1 to
30 August 31 of the calendar year in which issued, unless verified by the direc-
31 tor that the licensee requires such a license to authorize him to carry a
32 shotgun or rifle for the protection of livestock, in which case said license
33 shall be valid until December 31 of the year in which issued.
34 (e) Nonresident Two Day Small Game Hunting License. A license issued only
35 to a person twelve (12) years of age or older, entitling the person to hunt
36 upland game birds (to include turkeys), migratory game birds, cottontail rab-
37 bits, and pygmy rabbits. A person holding this license shall purchase the
38 appropriate required tags and permits, and may not hunt pheasants in an area
39 during the first five (5) days of the pheasant season in that area. A license
40 of this type may be had upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416,
41 Idaho Code.
42 (f) Falconry Meet Permit. The director may issue a special permit for a
43 regulated meet scheduled for a specific number of days upon payment of a fee
44 as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code. Only trained raptors may be used
45 under the special permit issued under the provisions of this subsection.
46 (g) Daily Fishing License -- Resident May Purchase. A license entitling a
47 person to fish in the waters of the state on a day-to-day basis. A license of
48 this kind may be had by a resident or nonresident person (the provisions of
49 section 36-405, Idaho Code, notwithstanding), upon payment of a fee as speci-
50 fied in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for the first effective day and a fee as
51 specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for each consecutive day thereafter.
52 (h) Nonresident Three Day Fishing License with Steelhead or Salmon Per-
53 mit. A license entitling a nonresident to fish in the waters of the state for
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1 a period of three (3) consecutive days for any fish, including steelhead trout
2 or anadromous salmon during an open season for those fish may be had upon
3 payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code. The three (3) day
4 license holder may fish for any species of fish, steelhead trout and anadro-
5 mous salmon subject to the limitations prescribed in rules promulgated by the
6 commission. A nonresident may purchase as many of the licenses provided in
7 this subsection as he desires provided that the nonresident is otherwise eli-
8 gible to do so.
9 (i) Nonresident Junior Fishing License. A license entitling a nonresident
10 who is less than eighteen (18) years of age to fish in the waters of this
11 state may be had upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho
12 Code.
13 (j) Nonresident Combination Licenses. A license entitling the person to
14 hunt and fish for game animals, game birds, fish and unprotected and predatory
15 animals of the state may be had by a person twelve (12) years of age or older
16 upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code. A license
17 may be issued to a qualified person who is eleven (11) years of age to allow
18 the application for a controlled hunt permit; however, the person shall not
19 hunt until he is twelve (12) years of age.
20 (k) Nonresident Junior Mentored Hunting License. A license entitling a
21 nonresident between twelve (12) and seventeen (17) years of age, inclusive, to
22 hunt game animals, upland game birds (including turkeys), migratory game
23 birds, cottontail rabbits, pygmy rabbits, and unprotected and predatory birds
24 and animals of this state only when accompanied in the field by the holder of
25 an adult Idaho hunting license. A person holding this license shall purchase
26 the appropriate required tags as provided in section 36-409(b), Idaho Code,
27 and permits. Provided, that a license may be issued to qualified persons who
28 are eleven (11) years of age to allow the application for a controlled hunt
29 permit; however, said persons shall not hunt until they are twelve (12) years
30 of age. A license of this kind may be had upon payment of a fee as specified
31 in section 36-416, Idaho Code.
32 (l) Nonresident Youth Small Game Licenses -- Hunting. A license entitling
33 a nonresident of ten (10) or eleven (11) years of age to hunt upland game
34 birds (including turkeys), migratory game birds, cottontail rabbits, pygmy
35 rabbits, and unprotected and predatory birds and animals of this state only
36 while accompanied in the field by the holder of an adult Idaho hunting license
37 may be had upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code.
38 (m) Youth Hunter Education Graduate Licenses -- Hunting -- Resident May
39 Purchase. A license entitling a person between ten (10) and seventeen (17)
40 years of age, inclusive, to hunt upland game birds (except turkeys), migratory
41 game birds, cottontail rabbits, pygmy rabbits, and unprotected and predatory
42 birds and animals of this state only when accompanied in the field by the
43 holder of an adult Idaho hunting license. A person holding this license shall
44 purchase the appropriate required permits. A license of this kind may be
45 issued to a resident or nonresident person, notwithstanding the provisions of
46 section 36-405, Idaho Code, upon payment of a fee as specified in section
47 36-416, Idaho Code.
48 SECTION 4. That Section 36-412, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
49 amended to read as follows:
50 36-412. EDUCATION PROGRAMS -- INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS -- FEE. (a) The
51 fish and game commission shall prescribe and administer education programs in
52 hunting and archery. Such programs shall provide instruction in the safe
53 handling of lawful hunting equipment. The programs shall also include instruc-
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1 tion on wildlife and natural resource conservation, good conduct and respect
2 for the rights and property of others, and survival in the outdoors. The com-
3 mission may enter into agreements with public or private agencies and individ-
4 uals in carrying out the provisions of this subsection.
5 (b) The department of fish and game shall recruit competent volunteer
6 instructors. The department shall provide training for the instructors in the
7 safe handling of legal hunting equipment, conservation of wildlife and natural
8 resources, good conduct and respect for the rights and property of others,
9 outdoor survival, and other appropriate subjects for training instructors.
10 Instructors shall be issued certificates and shall on a voluntary basis, give
11 instruction in education programs as established by the department of fish and
12 game, to all eligible applicants.
13 (c) The commission shall establish fees for each program not to exceed
14 eight dollars ($8.00) for persons who are age seventeen (17) years and under
15 and not to exceed eight dollars ($8.00) for persons age eighteen (18) years
16 and older, to be assessed each individual obtaining instruction in hunter edu-
17 cation for reimbursement for furnished materials. All students successfully
18 completing the course of instruction shall be issued a certificate of comple-
19 tion in hunter safety and good hunting conduct. The department may also issue
20 a youth hunter education graduate hunting license to students successfully
21 completing the course or allow the students successfully completing the
22 course, who are otherwise qualified to purchase a junior hunting license, to
23 purchase a junior hunting the license at a reduced fee pursuant to rules
24 adopted by the commission.
25 SECTION 5. That Section 36-416, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
26 amended to read as follows:
27 36-416. SCHEDULE OF LICENSE FEES.
28 (a) Sport Licenses
29 License Resident Non-Resident
30 Combination License $ 29.00 $ 180.00
31 Hunting License 10.00 127.00
32 Fishing License 22.00 73.00
33 Sr. Combination License (65 and Older) 3.00 N/A
34 Sportsman's Pak License 99.50 N/A
35 Jr. Combination License 14.50 N/A
36 Jr. Hunting License 5.00 N/A
37 Jr. Mentored Hunting License N/A 5.00
38 Youth Small Game License 5.00 5.00
39 Youth Hunter Education
40 Graduate Hunting License 3.00 3.00
41 Jr. Fishing License 11.00 11.00
42 Disabled Combination License 3.00 N/A
43 Disabled Fishing License 3.00 N/A
44 Military Furlough Combination License 14.50 N/A
45 Military Furlough Fishing License 14.50 N/A
46 Small Game Hunting License N/A 72.00
47 Daily Fishing (1st-day) License 9.00 9.00
48 Consecutive Day Fishing License 4.00 4.00
49 3 Day Fishing with Salmon/Steelhead Permit N/A 27.00
50 Nongame Hunting License N/A 25.00
51 (b) Sport Tags
52 Deer Tag $ 16.50 $ 233.50
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1 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran
2 Deer Tag 8.25 N/A
3 Jr. Mentored Deer Tag N/A 8.25
4 Elk Tag 27.00 337.00
5 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran
6 Elk Tag 13.50 N/A
7 Jr. Mentored Elk Tag N/A 13.50
8 Bear Tag 9.00 233.50
9 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran
10 Bear Tag 4.50 N/A
11 Jr. Mentored Bear Tag N/A 4.50
12 Turkey Tag 16.50 60.00
13 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran
14 Turkey Tag 8.25 N/A
15 Jr. Mentored Turkey Tag N/A 8.25
16 Mountain Lion Tag 9.00 233.50
17 Antelope Tag 27.00 233.50
18 Moose Tag 150.00 1,500.00
19 Sheep Tag 150.00 1,500.00
20 Goat Tag 150.00 1,500.00
21 Sandhill Crane Tag 16.50 60.00
22 (c) Sport Permits
23 Bear Baiting Permit $ 10.00 $ 10.00
24 Hound Hunter Permit 10.00 127.00
25 WMA Pheasant Permit 20.00 20.00
26 Archery Permit 15.00 15.00
27 Muzzleloader Permit 15.00 15.00
28 Salmon Permit 10.00 10.00
29 Steelhead Permit 10.00 10.00
30 Federal Migratory Bird Harvest Info. Permit 0.00 0.00
31 Handicapped Archery Permit 0.00 0.00
32 2-Pole Fishing Permit 11.00 11.00
33 Controlled Hunt Permit 5.00 5.00
34 (d) Commercial
35 Raptor Captive Breeding Permit $ 60.00 $ 60.00
36 Falconry Permit 25.00 N/A
37 Falconry Capture Permit N/A 127.00
38 Jr. Trapping License 5.00 N/A
39 Trapping License 25.00 250.00
40 Taxidermist-Fur Buyer License 35.00 125.00
41 Shooting Preserve Permit 300.00 N/A
42 Commercial Wildlife Farm License 125.00 N/A
43 Commercial Fishing License 100.00 200.00
44 Wholesale Steelhead License 150.00 150.00
45 Retail Steelhead Trout Buyer's License 30.00 30.00
46 (e) Commercial Tags
47 Bobcat Tag (Not to exceed) $ 7.50 $ 7.50
48 Lynx Tag (Not to exceed) 7.50 7.50
49 Beaver Tag (Not to exceed) 5.00 5.00
50 Net Tag 50.00 50.00
51 Crayfish/Minnow Tag 1.00 1.00
52 (f) Miscellaneous-Other Licenses
53 Duplicate License $ 5.00 $ 5.00
54 Shooting Preserve License 10.00 10.00
55 Captive Wolf License 20.00 N/A
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1 (g) Miscellaneous-Other Tags
2 Duplicate Tag $ 5.00 $ 5.00
3 Wild Bird Shooting Preserve Tag 5.00 5.00
4 (h) Miscellaneous-Other Permits
5 Falconry In-State Transfer Permit $ 5.00 $ N/A
6 Falconry Meet Permit N/A 20.00
7 Private Park Permit 20.00 20.00
8 Wildlife Import Permit 20.00 20.00
9 Wildlife Export Permit 10.00 10.00
10 Wildlife Release Permit 10.00 10.00
11 Captive Wildlife Permit 20.00 20.00
12 Fishing Tournament Permit 20.00 20.00
13 Dog Field Trial Permit 30.00 30.00
14 Live Fish Transport Permit 20.00 20.00
15 Controlled Hunt Application Fee 5.00 5.00
16 Nursing Home Fishing Permit 30.00 N/A
17 SECTION 6. That Chapter 4, Title 36, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
18 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
19 ignated as Section 36-417, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
20 36-417. GRANDFATHER CLAUSE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
21 act, any person who, on the date of passage and approval of this act, holds a
22 valid youth small game license and/or a youth hunter education graduate
23 license heretofore issued under the laws of this state, shall, for all pur-
24 poses be considered licensed under the laws of the state of Idaho pending
25 expiration of the license on December 31, 2003, unless such license is other-
26 wise earlier suspended or revoked pursuant to law.
27 SECTION 7. That Section 36-1508, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
28 amended to read as follows:
29 36-1508. SHOOTING FROM PUBLIC HIGHWAY -- CHILDREN IN POSSESSION OF FIRE-
30 ARMS. No person shall:
31 (a) Shoot from Public Highway. Discharge any firearm from or across a
32 public highway.
33 (b) Children with Firearms. No person under the age of twelve (12) years
34 shall have in his possession any shotgun, rifle or other firearm while in the
35 fields or forests or in any tent, camp, auto or any other vehicle in the state
36 of Idaho, except that the holder of a youth small game license or youth hunter
37 education graduate license, if accompanied by an adult licensed to hunt in the
38 state of Idaho, may possess a firearm for hunting while in the fields or for-
39 ests.
40 SECTION 8. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
41 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
42 passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 2003.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS12622
This legislation would amend Section 36-404, Idaho Code, to set the
age of youth at 12 years to qualify to purchase youth small game
licenses.
FISCAL IMPACT
Increasing the age limit to 12 years from 10 years of age would
reduce some funding for the Fish and Game Department.
Contact:
Name: Rep. Tom Trail
Phone: 332 1202
Name: Shirley Ringo
Phone: 332 1232
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 119