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H0134.........................................by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION FISH AND GAME - Amends existing law relating to fish and game to revise the schedule of license fees; to revise the expiration date for taxidermist and fur-buyer's licenses; and to revise the vendor issuance fee. 02/08 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/09 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session - 2005IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 134 BY RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; AMENDING SECTION 36-416, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE THE 3 SCHEDULE OF LICENSE FEES; AMENDING SECTION 36-306, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE 4 THE VENDOR ISSUANCE FEE; AND AMENDING SECTION 36-602, IDAHO CODE, TO 5 REVISE THE EXPIRATION DATE FOR TAXIDERMIST AND FUR BUYER'S LICENSES. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 36-416, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 36-416. SCHEDULE OF LICENSE FEES. 10 (a) Sport Licenses 11 License Resident Non-Resident 12 Combination License $29.0033.00 $180.00204.75 13 Hunting License10.0011.50127.00144.50 14 Fishing License22.0025.00783.00 15 Sr. Combination License (65 and Older) 3.050 N/A 16 Sportsman's Pak License99.50113.00 N/A 17 Jr. Combination License14.5016.50 N/A 18 Jr. Hunting License 5.0075 N/A 19 Jr. Mentored Hunting License N/A 5.0075 20 Youth Small Game License 5.0075 5.0075 21 Youth Hunter Education 22 Graduate Hunting License 3.050 3.050 23 Jr. Fishing License11.0012.5011.0012.50 24 Disabled Combination License 3.050 N/A 25 Disabled Fishing License 3.050 N/A 26 Military Furlough Combination License14.5016.50 N/A 27 Military Furlough Fishing License14.5016.50 N/A 28 Small Game Hunting License N/A782.00 29 Daily Fishing (1st-day) License9.0010.259.0010.25 30 Consecutive Day Fishing License 4.050 4.050 31 3 Day Fishing with Salmon/Steelhead Permit N/A27.0030.75 32 Nongame Hunting License N/A25.0028.50 33 (b) Sport Tags 34 Deer Tag $16.5018.75 $233.50265.50 35 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran 36 Deer Tag8.259.50 N/A 37 Jr. Mentored Deer Tag N/A8.259.50 38 Elk Tag27.0030.75337.00383.25 39 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran 40 Elk Tag13.5015.25 N/A 41 Jr. Mentored Elk Tag N/A13.5015.25 42 Bear Tag9.0010.25233.50265.50 2 1 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran 2 Bear Tag4.505.00 N/A 3 Jr. Mentored Bear Tag N/A4.505.00 4 Turkey Tag16.5018.7560.0068.25 5 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran 6 Turkey Tag8.259.50 N/A 7 Jr. Mentored Turkey Tag N/A8.259.50 8 Mountain Lion Tag9.0010.25233.50265.50 9 Antelope Tag27.0030.75233.50265.50 10 Moose Tag150.00170.501,500.001,705.50 11 Sheep Tag150.00170.501,500.001,705.50 12 Goat Tag150.00170.501,500.001,705.50 13 Sandhill Crane Tag16.5018.7560.0068.25 14 (c) Sport Permits 15 Bear Baiting Permit $10.0011.50 $10.0011.50 16 Hound Hunter Permit10.0011.50127.00144.50 17 WMA Pheasant Permit20.0022.7520.0022.75 18 Archery Permit 157.00 157.00 19 Muzzleloader Permit 157.00 157.00 20 Salmon Permit10.0011.5010.0011.50 21 Steelhead Permit10.0011.5010.0011.50 22 Federal Migratory Bird Harvest Info. Permit 0.00 0.00 23 Handicapped Archery Permit 0.00 0.00 24 2-Pole Fishing Permit11.0012.5011.0012.50 25 Controlled Hunt Permit 6.0075 6.0075 26 (d) Commercial Licenses and Permits 27 Raptor Captive Breeding Permit $60.0068.25 $60.0068.25 28 Falconry Permit25.0028.50 N/A 29 Falconry Capture Permit N/A127.00144.50 30 Jr. Trapping License 5.0075 N/A 31 Trapping License25.0028.50250.00284.25 32 Taxidermist-Fur Buyer License 33 (Not to exceed)35.00180.00125.00640.00 34 Shooting Preserve Permit300.00341.00 N/A 35 Commercial Wildlife Farm License125.00142.00 N/A 36 Commercial Fishing License100.00113.75200.00227.50 37 Wholesale Steelhead License150.00170.75150.00170.75 38 Retail Steelhead Trout Buyer's License 304.00 304.00 39 (e) Commercial Tags 40 Bobcat Tag (Not to exceed) $78.50 $7.5017.00 41 Lynx Tag (Not to exceed)78.507.5017.00 42 Beaver Tag (Not to exceed) 5.00755.0011.50 43 Net Tag 507.00 507.00 44 Crayfish/Minnow Tag 1.0025 1.0025 45 (f) Miscellaneous-Other Licenses 46 Duplicate License $ 5.0075 $ 5.0075 47 Shooting Preserve License10.0011.5010.0011.50 48 Captive Wolf License20.0022.75 N/A 49 (g) Miscellaneous-Other Tags 50 Duplicate Tag $ 5.0075 $ 5.0075 51 Wild Bird Shooting Preserve Tag 5.0075 5.0075 52 (h) Miscellaneous-Other Permits 53 Falconry In-State Transfer Permit $ 5.0075 $ N/A 54 Falconry Meet Permit N/A20.0022.75 55 Private Park Permit20.0022.7520.0022.75 3 1 Wildlife Import Permit20.0022.7520.0022.75 2 Wildlife Export Permit10.0011.5010.0011.50 3 Wildlife Release Permit10.0011.5010.0011.50 4 Captive Wildlife Permit20.0022.7520.0022.75 5 Fishing Tournament Permit20.0022.7520.0022.75 6 Dog Field Trial Permit 304.00 304.00 7 Live Fish Transport Permit20.0022.7520.0022.75 8 Controlled Hunt Application Fee4.505.004.505.00 9 Nursing Home Fishing Permit 304.00 N/A 10 SECTION 2. That Section 36-306, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 11 amended to read as follows: 12 36-306. VENDOR FEE. All persons authorized to issue licenses shall charge 13 a vendor issuance fee of one dollar andfiftyseventy-five cents ($1.5075) 14 upon all licenses issued, not less than one-half (1/2) to be retained by them 15 as compensation for the issuance of such licenses as may be specified by con- 16 tract between the license vendor and the department for license issuance ser- 17 vices performed by the vendor; provided that the vendor fee for an eighth 18 class license as that license is provided for in section 36-406(f), Idaho 19 Code, shall be equal to one-half (1/2) the total vendor fee had each license, 20 tag, permit or stamp been separately issued; provided further, the director 21 may waive the vendor issuance fee for a license not issued by the department's 22 computerized licensing system. The amount of the vendor fee retained by the 23 department shall be deposited in the fish and game account and shall be used 24 to help offset the cost of the computerized licensing system. Such vendor fee 25 shall be charged in addition to the regular cost of the license. However, in 26 the case of crayfish or minnow traps, beaver, bobcat or lynx tags the vendor 27 fee shall be charged for each issuance of tags for each species regardless of 28 the number of tags issued in said transaction. Proceeds from department issued 29 licenses may be set aside for the department's special operations program, 30 including citizens against poaching. 31 SECTION 3. That Section 36-602, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 32 amended to read as follows: 33 36-602. LICENSE FEES -- EXPIRATION. (a) Resident Taxidermist and Fur 34 Buyer's License. A fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, shall be 35 charged for a resident taxidermist and fur buyer's license. 36 (b) Nonresident Taxidermist and Fur Buyer's License. Nonresidents shall 37 pay an amount equal to that charged Idaho residents in the state of the appli- 38 cant for the license. In cases where the state of the applicant requires more 39 than one (1) license, the cost shall be the total of all licenses required of 40 an Idaho resident to engage in similar activities in the state of the appli- 41 cant. In no case shall this amount be less than the fee as specified in sec- 42 tion 36-416, Idaho Code. The department shall promulgate rules implementing 43 the provisions of this section. 44 (c) The expiration date for taxidermist and fur buyer's licenses shall be 45 June 30 of the fifth year next following the date of issuance.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 14826 This bill would provide a small fee adjustment effective the start of FY 06. The last fee increase was effective on May 1, 2000. These fees are necessary to continue the department activities sportsmen are familiar with and support. It would also provide about $611,000 for improving activities that sportsmen have said are very important but which the department needs to improve, such as access to private land, fish and wildlife enforcement, communications to and from sportsmen about wildlife and mule deer habitat restoration. Since 2000 the Department of Fish and Game has implemented several "better business practices" to hold down expenses while providing fishing, hunting, and trapping opportunities. The proposed fee increase would provide enough funding to continue services through June 30, 2006. FISCAL NOTE Based on current forecasts, the commission estimates that the FY 06ee adjustment would generate about $4.2 million more in FY 06 than was actually received two years earlier in FY 04. This increase would fund the commission's FY 06 budget for the department. It would also provide 25 cents per document to those businesses that sell fish and game licenses to help offset their expenses since 1995 when the current issuance fee was established. Contact Name: Steve Barton, Fish and Game, Department of Phone: 287-2798 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 134