HB 1430 Summary

• Creates section 20.1-03-11.6 to establish free big game hunting licenses for landowners holding or leasing at least 150 acres of land, with nonresident landowners required to pay the nonresident big game license fee for deer.

• Allows eligible landowners (individuals, corporations, trusts, partnerships, and life estates) to transfer hunting license eligibility to a spouse or legal dependent, with only one license issued per qualifying property.

• Establishes preferential hunting licenses for antelope and moose on qualifying lands, with lottery systems when applications exceed available licenses, except for moose where only 15 percent of licenses may go to landowners.

• Adds provisions allowing disabled persons to convert one deer license to take any sex or species of deer regardless of prior year licenses, and permits those holding valid deer licenses to hunt the same species on adjoining units where they qualify for free licenses.

• Modifies nonresident big game hunting license fees to $250 for general licenses and $50 for those participating in resident lotteries for remaining deer licenses.