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S.F. No. 0083 |
Game & fish-resident preference
points. |
Sponsored
By: Senator(s) Hicks and Representative(s)
Burkhart, Jaggi and Loucks
AN ACT relating to game and fish; requiring preference
point programs for resident antelope, deer and elk licenses; providing for
fees; providing for rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.
1/10/2011 Bill Number Assigned
1/11/2011 S Received for Introduction
1/11/2011 S Introduced and Referred to S06
1/25/2011 S06 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Burns, Christensen, Dockstader, Driskill and Esquibel, F.
Ayes 5 Nays
0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
1/25/2011 S Placed on General File
SF0083SS001/ADOPTED
Page 1-line 8 Delete "23‑1‑703(g)" insert "23‑1‑703(b) and (g)";
delete "23‑2‑101(m)" insert "23‑2‑101(g)
and (m)".
Page 1-after
line 13 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) ram 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 resident and 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, or pay the applicable fee in lieu of
applying, 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 2-after
line 18 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, from requiring a preference point fee
from residents and nonresidents only pursuant to subsection (m) of this section
or from issuing reduced price ewe and lamb bighorn sheep licenses as provided
in subsection (d) of this section.".
BURNS, CHAIRMAN
1/26/2011 S
Failed CoW; Indef Postponed
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Barnard, Burns, Christensen, Coe, Dockstader, Driskill,
Hicks,
Nays:
Senator(s)
Excused:
Senator(s) Meier
Ayes 12 Nays
17 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts
0