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ID H0230
Bill
Status
3/27/2017
Primary Sponsor
Health and Welfare Committee
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AI Summary
HB 230 Summary
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Establishes new license endorsements requiring hunters and anglers to pay additional fees ($2–$20 depending on license type) to fund wildlife depredation compensation, prevention programs, and sportsmen access initiatives.
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Allocates endorsement revenue as follows: $500,000 annually to the expendable big game depredation fund, next $500,000 for depredation control, and remainder for sportsmen access programs.
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Increases fish hatchery and fishing access funding from $25 per applicable license and revises depredation claim deductibles from $1,000 to $750 for crop damages and $750 for forage damages.
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Authorizes verbal or electronic reporting of wildlife damage (previously written-only) and allows exclosure cages or other devices to determine forage damage caused by grazing wildlife.
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Adds three-year nonresident junior fishing licenses and increases various sport license and tag fees effective December 1, 2017, with most other provisions effective May 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the use of moneys for fishing access; to revise provisions regarding moneys paid into the Fish and Game Set-Aside Account; to provide for the use of moneys derived from certain license endorsements; to revise provisions regarding the transfer of certain amounts from the Expendable Big Game Depredation Fund; to revise conditions and requirements regarding payment for certain damages due to depredation; to revise certain deposit provisions regarding the Fish and Game Set-Aside Account; to provide for 3-year nonresident junior fishing licenses; to provide for license endorsements to fund wildlife depredation compensation and prevention and sportsmen access programs; to revise certain license fees; to revise provisions regarding procedures associated with depredation claims; and to provide that methods of determining forage utilization and damage or loss due to wildlife may include exclosure cages or other devices.
FISH AND GAME
Last Action
Reported Signed by Governor on March 27, 2017 Session Law Chapter 195 Effective: 05/01/2017 SECTION 1-6, 8, 9, 11; 12/01/2017 SECTION 7 & 10
3/27/2017