25.0379.02000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Cleary, Bekkedahl
Representatives Bosch, Steiner
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 20.1-03-11 of the North Dakota
Century Code, relating to gratis antelope licenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 5 of section 20.1-03-11 of the North Dakota
Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
5.a.A resident that is an individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited
liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or life estate, and has
executed a lease for at least one hundred fifty acres [60.70 hectares] of land that
the resident actively farms or ranches; or a resident that is an individual,
corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited
partnership, partnership, trust, or life estate, and holds title to at least one
hundred fifty acres [60.70 hectares] of land, is eligible to submit one application
for a license to hunt antelope without charge upon filing a signed application
describing that land. The land must be within a unit open for the hunting of
antelope. The license must include a legal description of the eligible land
described in the completed application and may be used to hunt antelope only
upon that land. Upon request, a lessee shall provide proof that the land described
in the completed application is leased for agricultural purposes. If not otherwise
specified in an agricultural lease, the landowner is entitled to receive the license.
An individual licensed under this subsection must be a resident.
b.If the eligible applicant is a corporation, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or life estate, only one license
may be issued, and the license must be issued in the name of an individual
shareholder, member, partner, beneficiary, or holder of a life estate.
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c.A resident who is eligible for a license under this subsection may transfer that
eligibility for the license to a spouse or legal dependent residing customarily with
the resident, but no more than one license may be issued under this subsection
for any qualifying land. A resident transferring eligibility under this subsection may
not receive a license under this subsection for the season for which eligibility was
transferred. If not otherwise specified in an agricultural lease, the landowner is
entitled to receive the license.
d.The number of licenses issued without charge under this subsection may not
exceed the total numberone-half of buck licenses prescribed for each district or
unit in the governor's proclamation. If the number of eligible persons who apply
for licenses issued without charge under this subsection exceeds the number of
licenses prescribed for the district or unit in the governor's proclamation less any
licenses that are otherwise designated to be issued with a charge under this
subsection, the licenses to be issued without charge must be issued by lottery as
prescribed in the governor's proclamation. If the number of licenses prescribed
for the district or unit in the governor's proclamation exceeds fifty and if the
number of applications for these licenses exceeds the number of licenses
prescribed for the district or unit in the governor's proclamation, then one-half of
the licenses exceeding fifty must be issued by lottery as prescribed in the
governor's proclamation and may not be issued to landowners without charge.
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