H.B. 140 Enrolled

HUNTING PERMITS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
1997 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Brian R. Allen
AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; ALLOWING CERTAIN DISABLED PERSONS
TO TRANSFER THEIR HUNTING LICENSES, PERMITS, AND TAGS TO OTHERS
AS AUTHORIZED BY THE WILDLIFE BOARD.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
23-19-1, as last amended by Chapter 211, Laws of Utah 1995
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 23-19-1 is amended to read:
23-19-1. Possession of licenses, certificates of registration, permits, and tags required
-- Nonassignability -- Exceptions -- Free fishing day.
(1) A person may not engage in hunting, trapping, fishing, or seining protected wildlife
or in the sale, trade, or barter of protected wildlife or their parts without first having procured the
necessary licenses, certificates of registration, permits, and tags as provided under this chapter and
having at the same time the licenses, certificates of registration, permits, and tags on his or her
person, except as provided under Subsection (3).
(2) [A] (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b) a person may not:
(i) lend, transfer, sell, give, or assign licenses, certificates of registration, permits, or tags
belonging to the person or the rights granted by licenses, certificates of registration, permits, or
tags; or
(ii) use or attempt to use a license, certificate of registration, permit, or tag of another
person[, except as may be authorized by the Wildlife Board for purposes of transporting wildlife
or taking a deer for a blind person].
(b) The Wildlife Board may make exceptions to the prohibitions specified in Subsection
(2)(a) for purposes of:
(i) transporting wildlife; or

(ii) taking a deer or elk for a person who is blind or a quadriplegic.
(3) The Wildlife Board may establish each year a free fishing day under rules prescribed by
the board.

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