Game and fish-indexing of license fees.

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FISCAL NOTE

 

 

 

FY 2014

FY 2015

FY 2016

NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT

 

 

 

Anticipated Revenue Increase:

 

 

 

GAME & FISH FUND        

0

302,574

1,311,156

GAME & FISH LIFETIME LIC

0

2,852

12,359

GAME & FISH TRUST ACCT  

0

8,378

36,304

GAME AND FISH ACCESS FUND

0

5,678

24,603

 

Source of revenue increase:  This bill provides for an indexing adjustment in Game and Fish Department license, stamp, permit and tag fees charged to all nonresidents and residents, excluding youth, pioneer, and heritage licenses.  The Lifetime License Fund and the Wildlife Trust Account are permanent, inviolate funds, with the revenue shown above adding to the corpus and accordingly is not expendable for current operations.

 

Assumptions: Estimates are based on volumes of the last complete hunt year, 2011. Figures assume a decrease in license volume for antelope and deer licenses of 15%. Fee adjustment legislation is effective at the beginning of the calendar year to minimize the effect to sportsmen and license agents of fee adjustments; accordingly, the FY2015 figures are for a partial year of the fee increase, calculations based on historic data of what types of license are purchased between January and May (agents report and transmit fees for sales in the month following the sale). The estimated inflationary increase for the indexing is 3.5% for FY2015 and FY2016.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepared by:   Alex Kean, LSO Phone: 777-7881

(Information provided by: Richard Reynders, Game and Fish Phone: 777-4517)