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AGE AMENDMENTS FOR HUNTING BIG GAME

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2007 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Curtis Oda

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Senate Sponsor: Margaret Dayton

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill changes the age requirement for hunting big game.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    changes the age requirement to hunt big game from 14 to 12;
             13          .    prohibits a person under the age of 14 from obtaining certain permits; and
             14          .    makes technical changes.
             15      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             16          None
             17      Other Special Clauses:
             18          None
             19      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             20      AMENDS:
             21          23-19-22, as last amended by Chapter 259, Laws of Utah 1995
             22     
             23      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             24          Section 1. Section 23-19-22 is amended to read:
             25           23-19-22. Big game hunting permit.
             26          (1) A person [14] who is at least 12 years [of age or older] old, upon paying the fee
             27      prescribed by the Wildlife Board, may receive a permit to hunt big game as provided by rules
             28      of the Wildlife Board.
             29          (2) (a) A person [13] who is 11 years [of age] old may apply for or obtain a permit to


             30      hunt big game if that person's [14th] 12th birthday falls within the calendar year for which the
             31      permit is issued.
             32          (b) A person may not use a permit to hunt big game before the person's 12th birthday.
             33          (3) (a) Except as provided by Subsection (3)(b), a person who is younger than 14 years
             34      old may not apply for or obtain the following types of big game permits issued by the division
             35      through a public drawing:
             36          (i) premium limited entry;
             37          (ii) limited entry;
             38          (iii) once-in-a-lifetime; and
             39          (iv) cooperative wildlife management unit.
             40          (b) A person who is 13 years old may obtain a type of permit listed in Subsection (3)(a)
             41      if that person's 14th birthday falls within the calendar year for which the permit is issued.
             42          [(3)] (4) One dollar of each big game permit fee collected from a resident shall be used
             43      for the hunter education program as provided in Section 23-19-17 .


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