SF0012 - Game damage licenses.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0109

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO.  SF0012

 

 

Game damage licenses.

 

Sponsored by:  Senator(s) Geis

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to game and fish; modifying game damage
 2  awards to landowners by authorizing the issuance of hunting
 3  licenses instead of monetary payments; specifying procedure
 4  and delegating rulemaking authority; and providing for an
 5  effective date.

 6 

 7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

 8 

 9         Section 1.  W.S. 23-1-901 by creating a new subsection
10  (g) is amended to read:

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12         23-1-901.  Owner of damaged property to report damage;
13  claims for damages; time for filing; determination; appeal;
14  arbitration; issuance of hunting licenses instead of
15  payment.

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 1         (g)  Instead of payment for the amount of verified
 2  damages under subsection (c) of this section, the claimant
 3  may request payment be made by the issuance of hunting
 4  licenses as authorized under this subsection.  A request
 5  for additional hunting licenses shall be made to the
 6  department at the time the verified claim for damages is
 7  submitted under subsection (b) of this section.  Upon
 8  receipt and after investigation of the claim pursuant to
 9  subsection (c) of this section, the department shall submit
10  the request to the commission. Following review of the
11  request and claim, and subject to conditions imposed upon
12  claimants for damage awards under subsection (c) of this
13  section, the commission may award hunting licenses for
14  antelope, deer and elk to the claimant as payment for
15  verified damages under this section instead of awarding a
16  payment for the amount of verified damages. The award shall
17  require the claimant to notify the department of the name
18  of the individual to be attached to each awarded license
19  and the big game species for which each license is to be
20  issued.  Each license issued by the department under this
21  subsection shall be valid for the hunt area of the big game
22  species in which the major portion of the lands affected by
23  the game damage are located. The department shall by rule
24  and regulation establish a schedule specifying the number

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 1  of licenses awarded under this section in relation to the
 2  total dollar amount of verified damages involved in the
 3  claim, differentiated by big game species. In no case shall
 4  the total number of hunting licenses for all big game
 5  species issued to any one (1) claimant during any one (1)
 6  hunting season exceed four (4). Licenses issued under this
 7  subsection shall be in addition to limitations imposed by
 8  the commission under W.S. 23-1-703 and hunting licenses
 9  issued to the claimant under W.S. 23-2-101. By requesting
10  hunting licenses in lieu of game damage payments pursuant
11  to this subsection, the claimant waives any right to
12  arbitration or appeal under subsections (d) and (e) of this
13  section.

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15         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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17                         (END)

 

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