Agency: Natural Resources

Line Item: License Reimbursement

Function

UCA 23-19-39 requires the Division of Wildlife Resources to request General Fund from the Legislature, to reimburse the Wildlife Resources Restricted Account, a sum equal to the fees that were lost by the mandated issuance of free/reduced price licenses to:

• Those 65 years of age or older,
• Residents of the State Developmental Center, State Hospital, a veteran's hospital or nursing home, a mental health center, and certain other institutions,
• The blind, paraplegic, mentally retarded, permanently disabled, and terminally ill,
• Children in custody of the state,
• Youth in custody of the Division of Youth Corrections.

Funding Detail

Since budget cuts took place in FY 2003, the Legislature hasn't been reimbursing the full amount of DWR losses.