This bill changes the provisions of law governing a resident and the resident's immediate family hunting, trapping or fishing without a license on land on which they are legally domiciled so that all of the provisions require the land to be 10 or more contiguous acres in size. The bill also repeals the provisions requiring that the land be used exclusively for agricultural purposes in order for the resident and the resident's immediate family to hunt, trap or fish on the land without a license. The bill also amends the provision of law governing hunting without a license to clarify that the provision applies to a license to hunt with a firearm. The bill also amends the definition of "family member" in the provision governing transfers of moose permits to family members to include the transferor's sibling's child; the transferor's spouse's sibling's child; and the transferor's parent's sibling or that sibling's spouse. The bill removes half-siblings as eligible persons under this provision. The bill also amends the provision governing deferment of moose permits to the next moose hunting season when a member of the permit holder's household also holds a valid moose permit for that same hunting season to provide that spouses and siblings of the permit holder sharing the same legal address as the permit holder are considered members of the permit holder's household.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 27, SP 42: 12.11108, 12.11154, 12.12202, 12.12503