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AZ HB2072

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2012

Primary Sponsor

Jerry Weiers

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2012)

AI Summary

  • Establishes a program allowing the Arizona Game and Fish Department to sell bulk rights to reserved big game hunt tags to a qualified nonprofit organization for resale through auction and raffle at annual sportsmen expositions and county chapter banquets.

  • Creates three categories of reserved tags: Governor tags (2 tags each for elk, mule deer, whitetail deer, bison, and bear; 1 tag each for bighorn sheep, pronghorn, and turkey species), Legislator tags (minimum 10 bull elk tags plus tags for other species in specific hunt areas), and Sportsmen tags (21+ bull elk tags, deer tags for each hunt number, antelope, turkey, peccary, and antlerless elk tags).

  • Requires the qualified organization to pay a $10,000 nonrefundable fee to the department and a $25,000 advance deposit for the first bulk sale, with tags sold at standard resident hunting license fees; nonresidents purchasing at auction must pay the difference between resident and nonresident fees.

  • Directs proceeds from tag resale to first cover exposition and banquet costs, then to youth education programs, habitat enhancement, sportsmen access initiatives, wildlife communications, and other conservation purposes that align with North American wildlife conservation models.

  • Requires the qualified organization to file annual reports by March 31 detailing revenue, expenses, and allocation of proceeds to the six authorized purposes, and exempts the Game and Fish Commission from standard rulemaking procedures for six months to expedite implementation.

Legislative Description

Sale of big game tags

Last Action

Referred to House COM Committee

1/10/2012

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