H.B. 140

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HUNTING PERMITS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
2 1997 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Brian R. Allen
5 AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; ALLOWING CERTAIN DISABLED PERSONS
6 TO TRANSFER THEIR HUNTING LICENSES, PERMITS, AND TAGS TO OTHERS AS
7 AUTHORIZED BY THE WILDLIFE BOARD.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 23-19-1, as last amended by Chapter 211, Laws of Utah 1995
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 23-19-1 is amended to read:
13 23-19-1. Possession of licenses, certificates of registration, permits, and tags required
14 -- Nonassignability -- Exceptions -- Free fishing day.
15 (1) A person may not engage in hunting, trapping, fishing, or seining protected wildlife
16 or in the sale, trade, or barter of protected wildlife or their parts without first having procured the
17 necessary licenses, certificates of registration, permits, and tags as provided under this chapter and
18 having at the same time the licenses, certificates of registration, permits, and tags on his or her
19 person, except as provided under Subsection (3).
20 (2) [A] (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b) a person may not:
21 (i) lend, transfer, sell, give, or assign licenses, certificates of registration, permits, or tags
22 belonging to the person or the rights granted by licenses, certificates of registration, permits, or
23 tags; or
24 (ii) use or attempt to use a license, certificate of registration, permit, or tag of another
25 person[, except as may be authorized by the Wildlife Board for purposes of transporting wildlife
26 or taking a deer for a blind person].
27 (b) The Wildlife Board may make exceptions to the prohibitions specified in Subsection

1 (2)(a) for purposes of:
2 (i) transporting wildlife; or
3 (ii) taking a deer or elk for a person who is blind or a quadriplegic.
4 (3) The Wildlife Board may establish each year a free fishing day under rules prescribed
5 by the board.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-29-97 5:36 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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