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                               STATE OF WYOMING
                              SENATE FILE NO. SF0103
     Resident and nonresident hunting license issuance and fees.
     Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hicks, Kolb, McKeown and Schuler and Representative(s) Burkhart, Harshman,
                   Henderson, Laursen, Stith, Styvar and Wharff
                                         A BILL
                                           for
 AN   ACT    relating to   game and fish;   modifying provisions
 governing resident and nonresident hunters;    modifying
 resident and nonresident license reservations; increasing
 resident and nonresident fees as    specified;   repealing
 nonresident license reservation requirements for elk, deer
 and antelope; making a conforming amendment; and providing
 for an effective date.
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 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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        Section 1.      W.S. 23-1-703(e), 23-2-101(e), (j)(intro),
 (xv),      (xvii),     (xix),      (xxi),    (xxiii),   (xxv),    (xxvii),
 (xxix), (xxxi), (xxxiii), (xxxviii), (xxxix) and (k) and
 23-2-107(c)(intro) and (e) are amended to read:
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        23-1-703.      Limitation of number of certain licenses;
 reservation of   certain licenses;        reservation of   certain
 unused licenses.
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        (e)    The commission shall reserve eighty percent (80%)
 of the moose and seventy-five percent (75%) of the ram and
 ewe and lamb bighorn sheep, mountain goat not less than
 ninety percent (90%) of the limited quota big game animal,
 wild bison and grizzly bear licenses to be issued in any
 one (1) year for resident hunters in the initial license
 drawings.        In any hunt area with less than ten     (10)
 licenses available,     the commission shall not issue any
 licenses to nonresident hunters under this subsection. The
 commission shall determine the allocation of resident and
 nonresident mountain lion harvest.
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        23-2-101.      Fees; restrictions; nonresident application
 fee;    nonresident licenses;       verification of     residency
 required.
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        (e)    Resident and nonresident license applicants shall
 pay an    application fee in   an amount specified by   this
 subsection upon submission of an application for purchase
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 of any limited quota drawing for big or trophy game license
 or wild bison license.              The resident application fee shall
 be five dollars     ($5.00)      seven dollars      ($7.00)       and the
 nonresident application fee shall be     fifteen dollars
 ($15.00) seventeen dollars ($17.00). The application fee is
 in addition to the fees prescribed by subsections (f) and
 (j)    of this section and by    W.S.         23-2-107     and shall be
 payable to the department either directly or through an
 authorized selling agent of       the department.        At the
 beginning of each month, the commission shall set aside all
 of the fees collected during calendar year 1980 and not to
 exceed twenty-five percent       (25%)     of the fees collected
 thereafter pursuant to   this subsection to    establish and
 maintain a working balance of five hundred thousand dollars
 ($500,000.00), to compensate owners or lessees of property
 damaged by game animals and game birds.
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        (j)    Subject to W.S. 23-2-101(f), 23-1-705(e) and the
 applicable fee under W.S. 23-1-701, the following hunting
 licenses and tags may be purchased for the fee indicated
 and subject to the limitations provided:
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               (xv)     Nonresident deer license; one (1) deer
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372.00 655.00
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          (xvii)    Nonresident youth deer license; one (1)
 deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            110.00 150.00
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          (xix)     Nonresident elk license;       one   (1)     elk,
 fishing privileges . . . . . . . . . . . .          690.00 1,100.00
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          (xxi)     Nonresident youth elk license;       one    (1)
 elk, fishing privileges . . . . . . . . . . . 275.00 300.00
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          (xxiii)    Nonresident bighorn sheep license;      one
 (1) bighorn sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,318.00 3,000.00
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          (xxv)     Nonresident mountain goat license; one (1)
 mountain goat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,160.00 2,750.00
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          (xxvii)    Nonresident moose license; one (1) moose
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,980.00 2,750.00
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          (xxix)    Nonresident grizzly bear license; one (1)
 grizzly bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         6,000.00 7,500.00
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              (xxxi)    Nonresident antelope license;    one   (1)
 antelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         324.00 600.00
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              (xxxiii)    Nonresident youth antelope license; one
 (1) antelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         110.00 125.00
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              (xxxviii)   Resident turkey license .    14.00 20.00
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              (xxxix)    Nonresident turkey license . 72.00 75.00
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        (k)   Any resident qualified to purchase a moose or ram
 big horn sheep hunting license under subsection (j) of this
 section may pay a fee of seven dollars ($7.00) ten dollars
 ($10.00) in lieu of applying for a moose or ram big horn
 sheep hunting license.       Payment of the fee for a particular
 species under this subsection shall authorize the person to
 accumulate points under W.S. 23-1-703(b) for that year in
 the same manner as if he had unsuccessfully applied for a
 hunting license for that species. Payment of the fee shall
 be made in compliance with application dates.
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        23-2-107.   Wild bison licenses.
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        (c)   Subject to     the limitations imposed by   W.S.
 23-1-703(e),        the commission shall promulgate reasonable
 rules and regulations regulating wild bison licenses and
 the management of wild bison.              The rules shall provide for:
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        (e)   A resident applicant shall pay a license fee of
 four hundred twelve dollars   ($412.00)     for    a license to
 harvest any wild bison or two hundred fifty-eight dollars
 ($258.00) for a license to harvest a female or calf wild
 bison and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23-2-101(e).
 A nonresident applicant shall pay a license fee of four
 thousand four hundred dollars       ($4,400.00)   six thousand
 dollars ($6,000.00) for a license to harvest any wild bison
 or two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($2,750.00) for
 a license to harvest a female or calf wild bison and shall
 pay the fee required by W.S. 23-2-101(e). The fee charged
 under W.S. 23-1-701 shall be in addition to the fee imposed
 under this subsection.
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        Section 2.         W.S. 23-2-101(f) is repealed.
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        Section 3.   This act is effective January 1, 2022.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 23-1-703, 23-2-101, 23-2-107