H.B. 223

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HUNTING LICENSE FEE REFUND
2 2002 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Michael R. Styler
5 This act modifies the Wildlife Resources Code to allow armed forces h , public health, or public
5a safety organization h members, in certain
6 situations, to receive a hunting or fishing license, certificate, tag, or permit fee refund, or an
7 opportunity to draw a permit in a future draw.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 ENACTS:
10 23-19-38.2, Utah Code Annotated 1953
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 23-19-38.2 is enacted to read:
13 23-19-38.2. Refunds for armed forces members -- Criteria.
14 (1) A member of the United States Armed Forces h OR PUBLIC HEALTH OR PUBLIC
14a SAFETY ORGANIZATION h who is mobilized h OR DEPLOYED h on order in the interest
15 of national defense h OR EMERGENCY h and is precluded from participating in the hunting or
15a fishing activity for which
16 the person purchased a license, certificate, tag, or permit, may, as provided in Subsection (2):
17 (a) receive a refund from the division; and
18 (b) if the person has drawn a permit, have all opportunities to draw that permit in a future
19 draw reinstated.
20 (2) To qualify, the person or a legal representative must:
21 (a) notify the division within a reasonable amount of time that the person is applying for
22 a refund;
23 (b) surrender the license, certificate, tag, or permit to the division; and
24 (c) furnish satisfactory proof to the division that the person:
25 (i) is a member of

25a h (A) h the United States Armed Forces;