25.0379.03001
Title.04000
Adopted by the House Energy and
Natural Resources Committee
Sixty-ninth
March 27, 2025
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.
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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.
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.TheExcept as provided in paragraph 2, the number of licenses issued without
charge under this subsection may not exceed the total numberone-half of the
number of licenses of any pronghorn license type prescribed for each district or
unit in the governor's proclamation.
(1)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.
(2)If an eligible person is unsuccessful in receiving a license without charge
under paragraph 1, the application for a license without charge must may be
included in a lottery for remaining licenses issued for the district or unit as
prescribed by the governor's proclamation.
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