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H0574..............................................................by TRAIL
FISH AND GAME - YOUTH LICENSE - Amends existing law to permit holders of
youth licenses to hunt turkeys; and to authorize a reduced cost license to
junior aged graduates of hunter safety courses.
01/28 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/29 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
02/06 Rpt out - ref'd to W/M
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 574
BY TRAIL
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; AMENDING SECTION 36-407, IDAHO CODE, TO PERMIT
3 HOLDERS OF YOUTH LICENSES TO HUNT TURKEYS; AMENDING SECTION 36-412, IDAHO
4 CODE, TO AUTHORIZE A REDUCED COST LICENSE TO JUNIOR AGED GRADUATES OF
5 HUNTER SAFETY COURSES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING A RETROACTIVE
6 EFFECTIVE DATE.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 36-407, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 36-407. NONRESIDENT COMBINATION, FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING LICENSES
11 -- FEES -- RIGHTS UNDER. Licenses of the sixth class shall be issued to non-
12 residents in the several kinds and for fees as follows:
13 (a) Nonresident Hunting License. A license issued only to a person twelve
14 (12) years of age or older entitling said person to pursue, hunt, or kill game
15 birds, small game animals, unprotected birds and animals and predatory birds
16 and animals and to purchase game tags as provided in section 36-409(b), Idaho
17 Code. Provided, that a license may be issued to qualified persons who are
18 eleven (11) years of age to allow the application for a controlled hunt per-
19 mit; however, said persons shall not hunt until they are twelve (12) years of
20 age. A license of this kind may be had upon payment of a fee as specified in
21 section 36-416, Idaho Code.
22 (b) Nonresident Season Fishing License. A license entitling a person to
23 fish in the public waters of the state. A license of this kind may be had upon
24 payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code.
25 (c) Nonresident Trapping License. A license entitling a person to trap
26 fur-bearing, unprotected, and predatory animals. A license of this kind may be
27 had upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, provid-
28 ing the state of residence of said person grants similar trapping license
29 privileges to residents of Idaho.
30 (d) Nonresident Nongame License. A license entitling a person to carry a
31 shotgun or rifle for the protection of livestock, or to pursue, hunt and kill
32 unprotected birds and animals and predatory birds and animals of this state. A
33 license of this kind may be had by a nonresident person who is twelve (12)
34 years of age or older upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416,
35 Idaho Code. This license shall be valid only during the period of January 1 to
36 August 31 of the calendar year in which issued, unless verified by the direc-
37 tor that the licensee requires such a license to authorize him to carry a
38 shotgun or rifle for the protection of livestock, in which case said license
39 shall be valid until December 31 of the year in which issued.
40 (e) Nonresident Two Day Small Game Hunting License. A license issued only
41 to a person twelve (12) years of age or older, entitling the person to hunt
42 upland game birds (to include turkeys), migratory game birds, cottontail rab-
43 bits, and pygmy rabbits. A person holding this license shall purchase the
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1 appropriate required tags and permits, and may not hunt pheasants in an area
2 during the first five (5) days of the pheasant season in that area. A license
3 of this type may be had upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416,
4 Idaho Code.
5 (f) Falconry Meet Permit. The director may issue a special permit for a
6 regulated meet scheduled for a specific number of days upon payment of a fee
7 as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code. Only trained raptors may be used
8 under the special permit issued under the provisions of this subsection.
9 (g) Daily Fishing License -- Resident May Purchase. A license entitling a
10 person to fish in the waters of the state on a day-to-day basis. A license of
11 this kind may be had by a resident or nonresident person (the provisions of
12 section 36-405, Idaho Code, notwithstanding), upon payment of a fee as speci-
13 fied in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for the first effective day and a fee as
14 specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for each consecutive day thereafter.
15 (h) Nonresident Three Day Fishing License with Steelhead or Salmon Per-
16 mit. A license entitling a nonresident to fish in the waters of the state for
17 a period of three (3) consecutive days for any fish, including steelhead trout
18 or anadromous salmon during an open season for those fish may be had upon pay-
19 ment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code. The three (3) day
20 license holder may fish for any species of fish, steelhead trout and anadro-
21 mous salmon subject to the limitations prescribed in rules promulgated by the
22 commission. A nonresident may purchase as many of the licenses provided in
23 this subsection as he desires provided that the nonresident is otherwise eli-
24 gible to do so.
25 (i) Nonresident Junior Fishing License. A license entitling a nonresident
26 who is less than eighteen (18) years of age to fish in the waters of this
27 state may be had upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho
28 Code.
29 (j) Nonresident Combination Licenses. A license entitling the person to
30 hunt and fish for game animals, game birds, fish and unprotected and predatory
31 animals of the state may be had by a person twelve (12) years of age or older
32 upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code. A license
33 may be issued to a qualified person who is eleven (11) years of age to allow
34 the application for a controlled hunt permit; however, the person shall not
35 hunt until he is twelve (12) years of age.
36 (k) Nonresident Junior Mentored Hunting License. A license entitling a
37 nonresident between twelve (12) and seventeen (17) years of age, inclusive, to
38 hunt game animals, upland game birds (including turkeys), migratory game
39 birds, cottontail rabbits, pygmy rabbits, and unprotected and predatory birds
40 and animals of this state only when accompanied in the field by the holder of
41 an adult Idaho hunting license. A person holding this license shall purchase
42 the appropriate required tags as provided in section 36-409(b), Idaho Code,
43 and permits. Provided, that a license may be issued to qualified persons who
44 are eleven (11) years of age to allow the application for a controlled hunt
45 permit; however, said persons shall not hunt until they are twelve (12) years
46 of age. A license of this kind may be had upon payment of a fee as specified
47 in section 36-416, Idaho Code.
48 (l) Nonresident Youth Small Game Licenses -- Hunting. A license entitling
49 a nonresident of ten (10) or eleven (11) years of age to hunt upland game
50 birds (including turkeys), migratory game birds, cottontail rabbits, pygmy
51 rabbits, and unprotected and predatory birds and animals of this state only
52 while accompanied in the field by the holder of an adult Idaho hunting license
53 may be had upon payment of a fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code.
54 (m) Youth Hunter Education Graduate Licenses -- Hunting -- Resident May
55 Purchase. A license entitling a person between ten (10) and seventeen (17)
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1 years of age, inclusive, to hunt upland game birds (except including turkeys),
2 migratory game birds, cottontail rabbits, pygmy rabbits, and unprotected and
3 predatory birds and animals of this state only when accompanied in the field
4 by the holder of an adult Idaho hunting license. A person holding this license
5 shall purchase the appropriate required permits. A license of this kind may be
6 issued to a resident or nonresident person, notwithstanding the provisions of
7 section 36-405, Idaho Code, upon payment of a fee as specified in section
8 36-416, Idaho Code.
9 SECTION 2. That Section 36-412, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 36-412. EDUCATION PROGRAMS -- INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS -- FEE. (a) The
12 fish and game commission shall prescribe and administer education programs in
13 hunting and archery. Such programs shall provide instruction in the safe
14 handling of lawful hunting equipment. The programs shall also include instruc-
15 tion on wildlife and natural resource conservation, good conduct and respect
16 for the rights and property of others, and survival in the outdoors. The com-
17 mission may enter into agreements with public or private agencies and individ-
18 uals in carrying out the provisions of this subsection.
19 (b) The department of fish and game shall recruit competent volunteer
20 instructors. The department shall provide training for the instructors in the
21 safe handling of legal hunting equipment, conservation of wildlife and natural
22 resources, good conduct and respect for the rights and property of others,
23 outdoor survival, and other appropriate subjects for training instructors.
24 Instructors shall be issued certificates and shall on a voluntary basis, give
25 instruction in education programs as established by the department of fish and
26 game, to all eligible applicants.
27 (c) The commission shall establish fees for each program not to exceed
28 eight dollars ($8.00) for persons who are age seventeen (17) years and under
29 and not to exceed eight dollars ($8.00) for persons age eighteen (18) years
30 and older, to be assessed each individual obtaining instruction in hunter edu-
31 cation for reimbursement for furnished materials. All students successfully
32 completing the course of instruction shall be issued a certificate of comple-
33 tion in hunter safety and good hunting conduct. The department may also issue
34 a youth hunter education graduate hunting license to students successfully
35 completing the course or allow the students successfully completing the
36 course, who are otherwise qualified to purchase a junior hunting license, to
37 purchase a junior hunting the license at a reduced fee pursuant to rules
38 adopted by the commission.
39 SECTION 3. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
40 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
41 passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 2004.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 13780
This legislation would amend Section 36-404, Idaho Code, to make
it clear that a youth hunter granted a hunting license would be
accompanied by an adult with an Idaho Hunting License and be
close enough to the youth in the field to adequately control as
well as teach the youth while hunting.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no fiscal impact on the General Fund.
Contact
Name: Representative Tom Trail
Phone: 332-1000
Representative Shirley Ringo
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 574