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S.B. 138 Enrolled
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends age requirement provisions for obtaining certain fishing and hunting
licenses.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
. allows 11-year-old persons to obtain a combination license to hunt small game and
fish if their 12th birthday falls within the calendar year for which the license is issued;
. allows 11-year-old persons to obtain a cougar or bear hunting permit if their 12th
birthday falls within the calendar year for which the hunting permit is issued;
. allows 11-year-old persons to obtain a small game hunting license if their 12th
birthday falls within the calendar year for which the license is issued;
. allows a person 12 years of age or older, and in certain circumstances, 11-year-old
persons, to obtain a turkey hunting permit; and
. provides that $1 of each resident's turkey hunting fee be used for the hunters'
education program.
Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a coordination clause.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
23-19-17, as last amended by Chapter 22, Laws of Utah 2001
23-19-22.5, as enacted by Chapter 209, Laws of Utah 1999
23-19-25, as last amended by Chapter 22, Laws of Utah 2001
23-19-26, as last amended by Chapter 22, Laws of Utah 2001
ENACTS:
23-19-22.6, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 23-19-17 is amended to read:
23-19-17. Resident fishing and hunting license -- Use of fee.
(1) A resident 12 years of age or older, upon payment of the fee prescribed by the
Wildlife Board, may receive a combination license to fish and to hunt for small game as provided
in the rules of the Wildlife Board.
(2) A person 11 years of age, upon payment of the fee, may obtain a license to fish and to
hunt small game if that person's 12th birthday falls within the calendar year in which the license is
issued.
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program in any of the following:
(a) instructor and student training;
(b) assisting local organizations with development;
(c) maintenance of existing facilities; or
(d) operation and maintenance of the hunter education program.
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program as follows:
(i) to acquire pen-raised birds; or
(ii) to capture and transplant upland game species.
(b) The combination license fee revenue designated for the upland game program by
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the upland game program as provided by Sections 23-19-43 and 23-19-47 .
Section 2. Section 23-19-22.5 is amended to read:
23-19-22.5. Cougar or bear hunting permit.
(1) A person 12 years of age or older, upon [
Wildlife Board, may receive a permit to take cougar or bear as provided by rules of the Wildlife
Board.
(2) A person 11 years of age, upon payment of the fee, may obtain a permit to hunt
cougar or bear if that persons's 12th birthday falls within the calendar year in which the permit is
issued.
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used for the hunter education program.
Section 3. Section 23-19-22.6 is enacted to read:
23-19-22.6. Turkey hunting permit.
(1) A person 12 years of age or older, upon payment of the fee, may receive a permit to
take turkey as provided by rules of the Wildlife Board.
(2) A person 11 years of age, upon payment of the fee, may obtain a permit to hunt
turkey if that person's 12th birthday falls within the calendar year in which the permit is issued.
(3) One dollar of each turkey permit fee collected from a resident shall be used for the
hunter education program.
Section 4. Section 23-19-25 is amended to read:
23-19-25. Resident small game hunting license -- Use of fee.
(1) A resident under the age of 14 years and 12 years of age or older, upon payment of
the fee prescribed by the Wildlife Board, may receive a license to hunt small game.
(2) A person 11 years of age, upon payment of the fee, may obtain a license to hunt small
game if that person's 12th birthday falls within the calendar year in which the license is issued.
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education program.
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game program as follows:
(i) to acquire pen-raised birds; or
(ii) to capture and transplant upland game species.
(b) The small game license fee revenue designated for the upland game program by
Subsection [
the upland game program as provided by Sections 23-19-43 and 23-19-47 .
Section 5. Section 23-19-26 is amended to read:
23-19-26. Nonresident small game hunting license -- Use of fee.
(1) A nonresident 12 years of age or older, upon payment of the fee prescribed by the
Wildlife Board, may receive a license to hunt small game.
(2) A nonresident 11 years of age, upon payment of the fee, may obtain a license to hunt
small game if that person's 12th birthday falls within the calendar year in which the license is
issued.
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game program as follows:
(i) to acquire pen-raised birds; or
(ii) to capture and transplant upland game species.
(b) The small game license fee revenue designated for the upland game program by
Subsection [
the upland game program as provided by Sections 23-19-43 and 23-19-47 .
Section 6. Coordinating S.B. 138 with H.B. 235.
If this S.B. 138 and H.B. 235, Turkey Hunting Permits, both pass, it is the intent of the
Legislature that the amendments made to Section 23-19-22.6 in this bill shall supercede the
amendments made to Section 23-19-22.6 in H. B. 235.
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