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Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
                                           Act 755 of the Regular Session
 1   State of Arkansas
 2   94th General Assembly                        A Bill
 3   Regular Session, 2023                                                             HOUSE BILL 1763
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 5   By: Representative Wardlaw
 6   By: Senator Irvin
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 8                                     For An Act To Be Entitled
 9                   AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING HUNTING AND FISHING
10                   LICENSES; TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM FEES FOR A YOUTH
11                   LIFETIME HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSE FOR RESIDENTS
12                   TEN (10) YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER; TO AUTHORIZE THE
13                   ARKANSAS STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION TO ASSESS A
14                   TRANSACTION FEE FOR CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO
15                   HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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19                           TO ESTABLISH MAXIMUM FEES FOR A YOUTH
20                           LIFETIME HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSE FOR
21                           RESIDENTS TEN (10) YEARS OF AGE OR
22                           YOUNGER; AND TO AUTHORIZE A TRANSACTION
23                           FEE FOR CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS FOR HUNTING
24                           AND FISHING LICENSES.
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27   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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29           SECTION 1.      Arkansas Code § 15-42-104(d)(1)(B), concerning hunting and
30   fishing licenses for residents, is amended to read as follows:
31                           (B)   May provide for the issuance of:
32                                  (i)    A lifetime hunting and fishing license, with an
33   optional lifetime trout stamp and lifetime state duck stamp, to a resident of
34   this state who is ten (10) years of age or younger for a one-time fee of five
35   hundred dollars ($500.00);
36                                  (ii)    A lifetime hunting-only license or a lifetime
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 1   fishing-only license for a fee that shall not exceed the fee that the
 2   resident would be charged otherwise for the issuance of a lifetime license
 3   under subdivision (d)(1)(A) of this section;
 4                              (ii) (iii) An annual resident sportsman hunting
 5   license to a resident of the state who is sixty-five (65) years of age or
 6   older for a fee not to exceed three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50);
 7                              (iii)   (iv) An annual resident fishing license to a
 8   resident of the state who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older for a fee
 9   not to exceed three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50); and
10                              (iv) (v) An annual resident combination hunting and
11   fishing license to a resident of the state who is sixty-five (65) years of
12   age or older for a fee not to exceed four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50).
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14        SECTION 2.     Arkansas Code § 15-42-104(d)(2), concerning lifetime
15   hunting and fishing licenses for residents, is amended to read as follows:
16        (2)     The commission shall offer a resident issued a lifetime hunting
17   and fishing license under subdivision (d)(1)(A) of this section or
18   subdivision (d)(1)(B)(i) of this section, a lifetime hunting-only license or
19   a lifetime fishing-only license under subdivision (d)(1)(B) of this section,
20   or a lifetime hunting license or a lifetime fishing license issued under §
21   15-42-128:
22                       (A)   A lifetime trout stamp for a one-time fee of ten
23   dollars ($10.00);
24                       (B)   A lifetime state duck stamp for a one-time fee of
25   seven dollars ($7.00); or
26                       (C)   Both a lifetime trout stamp and a lifetime state duck
27   stamp for a one-time fee of seventeen dollars ($17.00).
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29        SECTION 3.     Arkansas Code § 15-42-104, concerning hunting and fishing
30   licenses for residents, is amended to add subsection (f) to read as follows:
31        (f)(1)      When a resident purchases a license, permit, or stamp with an
32   approved credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment method, the
33   commission may assess a transaction fee not to exceed the fee the payment
34   processor charges the commission for allowing the commission to accept the
35   approved credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment method as the
36   resident's payment for the license, permit, or stamp.
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 1        (2)   The transaction fee authorized under subdivision (f)(1) of this
 2   section shall be in addition to the fees and maximum fees set forth in this
 3   chapter.
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Statutes affected: 
HB 1763: 15-42-104(d), 15-42-104
Act 755: 15-42-104(d), 15-42-104