HB 1462 Summary

• Amends North Dakota Century Code section 20.1-05.1-01 to authorize annual special allocation hunting licenses distributed to qualified organizations for various wildlife species.

• Provides four any deer licenses and six any white-tailed deer licenses to the injured military wildlife project, valid during deer bow season.

• Allocates one license each per year to national wild turkey federation, North American wildlife enforcement memorial museum, rocky mountain elk foundation, and mule deer foundation through raffles or auctions open to residents and nonresidents.

• Grants up to two turkey licenses annually to outdoor adventure foundation for youth with cancer or life-threatening illnesses, and one antelope license to North Dakota hunter educators association (residents only) for youth mentoring and firearms safety programs.

• Requires recipient organizations to submit annual reports including hunter names, hunt dates, and species harvested, with penalties including one-year license suspension for criminal hunting violations or failure to report.