H.B. No. 0073 |
Preference points for hunting licenses. |
Sponsored
By: Joint
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee
AN ACT relating to game and fish; granting the game and fish
commission authority to establish preference point programs for hunting
licenses and permits; authorizing the establishment of fees; making conforming
amendments; and providing for effective dates.
12/31/2002 Bill Number
Assigned
1/14/2003 H Received
for Introduction
1/14/2003 H
Introduced and Referred to H06
1/23/2003 H06
Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Representative(s) Baker, Edwards, Harshman,
Iekel, McMurtrey, Morgan, Powers, Slater and Thompson
Ayes 9 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0
Conflicts 0
1/23/2003 H Placed on
General File
1/27/2003 H
Amendments Considered
HB0073HS001/A ADOPTED
Page 1-line 9 After
"23‑1‑703" insert "(b),".
Page 1-line 11 After
"23‑2‑101" insert "(g),".
Page 2-after
line 17 Insert:
"(b) Except as
specifically provided under this subsection, subsection (f) of this section or
W.S. 23‑1‑705(a), no person may apply for and receive more than one
(1) moose or one (1) bighorn sheep license in any consecutive five (5) year
period. Effective for the 1995 hunting
season and each hunting season thereafter, licenses issued under this
subsection shall be based upon the number of points assigned to each applicant
for a particular species. Effective January 1, 2000, licenses issued under this
subsection shall be issued partially through a preference point drawing and
partially through a random drawing of all remaining unsuccessful applicants for
that year. The department shall assign
points to each license applicant for a specific species by multiplying the
number of years the applicant has unsuccessfully applied for a license times
one (1). The calculation used to assign points to an applicant for a particular
species under this subsection shall include any year the applicant does not
apply for a big or trophy game animal hunting license for that species, provided
in the case of a resident the applicant pays the fee specified in W.S.
23‑2‑101(k) and in the case of a nonresident the applicant pays
the appropriate fee established by the commission under W.S. 23‑2‑101(m).
License applicants within each hunt area for a species shall be grouped
according to the number of assigned points for that species. Not less than
seventy-five percent (75%) of available licenses within any hunt area shall be
randomly selected through a preference point drawing from among the group of applicants
with the largest number of assigned points and shall continue until all
applicants within that group have been exhausted or until all available
licenses have been issued, whichever first occurs. If any applicant grouping
has been exhausted and licenses remain available within that hunt area,
selection shall continue from among the group of applicants with the next
largest number of assigned points. After the selections through the preference
point drawing have been completed within a hunt area, the remaining licenses
available from that drawing and the licenses available for the random drawing
for that hunt area will be issued through a random selection from among all
applicants in the hunt area who were not selected for issuance of a license for
the species through the preference point drawing in that hunt area. For
purposes of assigning points under this subsection, any unsuccessful license
applicant failing to apply for a license during the second calendar year shall
be considered to be a first year applicant for any subsequent calendar year in
which the applicant submits license application for that particular
species.".
Page 3-after line 15 Insert:
"(g) In
promulgating rules and regulations for the taking of bighorn sheep and moose,
the commission shall not discriminate between residents and nonresidents
regarding the maturity, horn size or sex of the animals which may be taken.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the commission
from issuing a different number of licenses for residents and nonresidents or
from requiring a preference point fee from nonresidents only pursuant to
subsection (m) of this section.".
Page 3-line 17 Strike
"person" insert "resident".
Page 4-line 6 After
"antelope," insert "nonresident big horn sheep,
nonresident moose,".
Page 4-line 20 After
"dates." insert "Nothing in this subsection authorizes
the commission to establish or retain a fee for resident moose or resident big
horn sheep license preference points in addition to the fee established by
subsection (k) of this section or to establish rules for big horn sheep or
moose preference point drawings in conflict with the provisions of W.S. 23‑1‑703(b). For nonresident big horn sheep and
nonresident moose licenses, the commission may establish by rule a
nonrefundable preference point fee to be retained from the license fee
submitted and may establish a fee in lieu of making application in an amount
greater than that established under subsection (k) of this section, but neither
fee shall exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).". BAKER, CHAIRMAN
1/27/2003 H Passed
CoW
1/28/2003 H Passed
2nd Reading
1/29/2003 H Passed
3rd Reading
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R.,
Bagby, Baker, Berger, Boswell, Brechtel, Buchanan, Childers, Cohee, Cooper,
Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gentile, Gilmore, Harshman, Harvey, Hinckley,
Iekel, Illoway, Jansen, Johnson, L., Johnson, W., Jones, Jorgensen, Landon,
Law, Lockhart, Luthi, Martin, McMurtrey, McOmie, Meuli, Meyer, Miller, D.,
Morgan, Nicholas, Olsen, Osborn, Parady, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Prosser,
Reese, Robinson, Ross, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Tipton, Walsh and Warren.
Nays: Representative(s) Bucholz, Hageman, Latta,
Semlek, Wasserburger and Wostenberg.
Ayes 54 Nays 6 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/30/2003 S Received
for Introduction
2/3/2003 S
Introduced and Referred to S06
2/14/2003 S06
Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Boggs, Burns, Hanes and Roberts
Nays: Senator(s) Goodenough
Ayes 4 Nays 1 Excused 0 Absent 0
Conflicts 0
2/14/2003 S Placed on
General File
2/24/2003 S
Amendments Considered
HB0073SS001/AE (TO ENGROSSED COPY) ADOPTED
Page 4-line 16 After
"license" insert "or paying the applicable fee in lieu of
applying,".
Page 7-line 6 After
"subsection" insert "for antelope, deer or elk". ROBERTS, CHAIRMAN
2/24/2003 S Failed
CoW; Indef Postponed
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Barrasso, Boggs,
Burns, Decaria, Hanes, Larson, Massie, Meier, Peck, Roberts, Scott, Sessions
and Vasey.
Nays: Senator(s) Barton, Caller, Case, Cathcart,
Coe, Devin, Erb, Geis, Goodenough, Hawks, Hines, Job, Kunz, Mockler, Northrup
and Schiffer.
Ayes 14 Nays 16 Excused 0 Absent 0
Conflicts 0