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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.
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]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session - 2005
IN 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 License 10.0011.50 127.00144.50
14 Fishing License 22.0025.00 783.00
15 Sr. Combination License (65 and Older) 3.050 N/A
16 Sportsman's Pak License 99.50113.00 N/A
17 Jr. Combination License 14.5016.50 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 License 11.0012.50 11.0012.50
24 Disabled Combination License 3.050 N/A
25 Disabled Fishing License 3.050 N/A
26 Military Furlough Combination License 14.5016.50 N/A
27 Military Furlough Fishing License 14.5016.50 N/A
28 Small Game Hunting License N/A 782.00
29 Daily Fishing (1st-day) License 9.0010.25 9.0010.25
30 Consecutive Day Fishing License 4.050 4.050
31 3 Day Fishing with Salmon/Steelhead Permit N/A 27.0030.75
32 Nongame Hunting License N/A 25.0028.50
33 (b) Sport Tags
34 Deer Tag $ 16.5018.75 $ 233.50265.50
35 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran
36 Deer Tag 8.259.50 N/A
37 Jr. Mentored Deer Tag N/A 8.259.50
38 Elk Tag 27.0030.75 337.00383.25
39 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran
40 Elk Tag 13.5015.25 N/A
41 Jr. Mentored Elk Tag N/A 13.5015.25
42 Bear Tag 9.0010.25 233.50265.50
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1 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran
2 Bear Tag 4.505.00 N/A
3 Jr. Mentored Bear Tag N/A 4.505.00
4 Turkey Tag 16.5018.75 60.0068.25
5 Jr. or Sr. or Disabled American Veteran
6 Turkey Tag 8.259.50 N/A
7 Jr. Mentored Turkey Tag N/A 8.259.50
8 Mountain Lion Tag 9.0010.25 233.50265.50
9 Antelope Tag 27.0030.75 233.50265.50
10 Moose Tag 150.00170.50 1,500.001,705.50
11 Sheep Tag 150.00170.50 1,500.001,705.50
12 Goat Tag 150.00170.50 1,500.001,705.50
13 Sandhill Crane Tag 16.5018.75 60.0068.25
14 (c) Sport Permits
15 Bear Baiting Permit $ 10.0011.50 $ 10.0011.50
16 Hound Hunter Permit 10.0011.50 127.00144.50
17 WMA Pheasant Permit 20.0022.75 20.0022.75
18 Archery Permit 157.00 157.00
19 Muzzleloader Permit 157.00 157.00
20 Salmon Permit 10.0011.50 10.0011.50
21 Steelhead Permit 10.0011.50 10.0011.50
22 Federal Migratory Bird Harvest Info. Permit 0.00 0.00
23 Handicapped Archery Permit 0.00 0.00
24 2-Pole Fishing Permit 11.0012.50 11.0012.50
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 Permit 25.0028.50 N/A
29 Falconry Capture Permit N/A 127.00144.50
30 Jr. Trapping License 5.0075 N/A
31 Trapping License 25.0028.50 250.00284.25
32 Taxidermist-Fur Buyer License
33 (Not to exceed) 35.00180.00 125.00640.00
34 Shooting Preserve Permit 300.00341.00 N/A
35 Commercial Wildlife Farm License 125.00142.00 N/A
36 Commercial Fishing License 100.00113.75 200.00227.50
37 Wholesale Steelhead License 150.00170.75 150.00170.75
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) 78.50 7.5017.00
42 Beaver Tag (Not to exceed) 5.0075 5.0011.50
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 License 10.0011.50 10.0011.50
48 Captive Wolf License 20.0022.75 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/A 20.0022.75
55 Private Park Permit 20.0022.75 20.0022.75
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1 Wildlife Import Permit 20.0022.75 20.0022.75
2 Wildlife Export Permit 10.0011.50 10.0011.50
3 Wildlife Release Permit 10.0011.50 10.0011.50
4 Captive Wildlife Permit 20.0022.75 20.0022.75
5 Fishing Tournament Permit 20.0022.75 20.0022.75
6 Dog Field Trial Permit 304.00 304.00
7 Live Fish Transport Permit 20.0022.75 20.0022.75
8 Controlled Hunt Application Fee 4.505.00 4.505.00
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 and fifty seventy-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