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Game and fish-pioneer licenses. |
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FISCAL NOTE
Source of revenue decrease:
Proposed legislation would exempt residents qualifying for any pioneer or heritage license from having to purchase an annual conservation stamp. Currently, residents must qualify by license type to be exempt from the annual conservation stamp. Accordingly, if a resident qualifies for and has a pioneer small game/fishing license, but does not qualify for a pioneer or heritage big game license, he would be required to purchase an annual conservation stamp if he wanted to hunt big game or trophy game species.
Assumptions:
On the sportsmen data base, all residents purchasing a license who were 65 years of age or older with 30 years or more of residency and who did not qualify for the pioneer or heritage big game license, would have purchased a conservation stamp and would not be required under the proposed legislation to purchase a conservation stamp. This number was 3,150 and the January 1, 2008 annual conservation stamp fee is $12.00, for a total revenue decrease of $37,800. Per W.S. 23-2-306(a) 37 ½% of conservation stamp fee is deposited into the Game and Fish Fund; 25% into the Game and Fish Access Fund and 37½% to the Game and Fish Trust Account.
Prepared by: Richard A. Reynders, Game and Fish Phone: 777-4517