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1		-	Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2		-	In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3		-	SENATE BILL NO. 2155
4		-	(Senators Cleary, Bekkedahl)
5		-	(Representatives Bosch, Steiner)
6		-	AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 20.1-03-11 of the North Dakota Century Code,
7		-	relating to gratis antelope licenses.
	1	+	25.0379.03001
	2	+	Title.04000
	3	+	Adopted by the House Energy and
	4	+	Natural Resources Committee
	5	+	Sixty-ninth
	6	+	March 27, 2025
	7	+	Legislative Assembly
	8	+	of North Dakota
	9	+	Introduced by
	10	+	Senators Cleary, Bekkedahl
	11	+	Representatives Bosch, Steiner
	12	+	A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 20.1-03-11 of the North Dakota
	13	+	Century Code, relating to gratis antelope licenses.
8	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
9		-	SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 5 of section 20.1-03-11 of the North Dakota Century Code
10		-	is amended and reenacted as follows:
11		-	5.a.A resident that is an individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability
12		-	partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or life estate, and has executed a
13		-	lease for at least one hundred fifty acres [60.70 hectares] of land that the resident
14		-	actively farms or ranches; or a resident that is an individual, corporation, limited liability
15		-	company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or life estate,
16		-	and holds title to at least one hundred fifty acres [60.70 hectares] of land, is eligible to
17		-	submit one application for a license to hunt antelope without charge upon filing a signed
18		-	application describing that land. The land must be within a unit open for the hunting of
19		-	antelope. The license must include a legal description of the eligible land described in the
20		-	completed application and may be used to hunt antelope only upon that land. Upon
21		-	request, a lessee shall provide proof that the land described in the completed application
22		-	is leased for agricultural purposes. If not otherwise specified in an agricultural lease, the
23		-	landowner is entitled to receive the license. An individual licensed under this subsection
24		-	must be a resident.
	15	+	SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 5 of section 20.1-03-11 of the North Dakota
	16	+	Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
	17	+	5.a.A resident that is an individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited
	18	+	liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or life estate, and has
	19	+	executed a lease for at least one hundred fifty acres [60.70 hectares] of land that
	20	+	the resident actively farms or ranches; or a resident that is an individual,
	21	+	corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited
	22	+	partnership, partnership, trust, or life estate, and holds title to at least one
	23	+	hundred fifty acres [60.70 hectares] of land, is eligible to submit one application
	24	+	for a license to hunt antelope without charge upon filing a signed application
	25	+	describing that land. The land must be within a unit open for the hunting of
	26	+	antelope. The license must include a legal description of the eligible land
	27	+	described in the completed application and may be used to hunt antelope only
	28	+	upon that land. Upon request, a lessee shall provide proof that the land described
	29	+	in the completed application is leased for agricultural purposes. If not otherwise
	30	+	specified in an agricultural lease, the landowner is entitled to receive the license.
	31	+	An individual licensed under this subsection must be a resident.
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	33	+	ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 2155
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25	57		b.If the eligible applicant is a corporation, limited liability company, limited liability
26		-	partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or life estate, only one license may be
27		-	issued, and the license must be issued in the name of an individual shareholder,
28		-	member, partner, beneficiary, or holder of a life estate.
29		-	c.A resident who is eligible for a license under this subsection may transfer that eligibility
30		-	for the license to a spouse or legal dependent residing customarily with the resident, but
31		-	no more than one license may be issued under this subsection for any qualifying land. A
32		-	resident transferring eligibility under this subsection may not receive a license under this
33		-	subsection for the season for which eligibility was transferred. If not otherwise specified
34		-	in an agricultural lease, the landowner is entitled to receive the license.
35		-	d.TheExcept as provided in paragraph 2, the number of licenses issued without charge
36		-	under this subsection may not exceed the total numberone-half of the number of licenses
37		-	of any pronghorn license type prescribed for each district or unit in the governor's
38		-	proclamation.
39		-	(1)If the number of eligible persons who apply for licenses issued without charge under
40		-	this subsection exceeds the number of licenses prescribed for the district or unit in
41		-	the governor's proclamation less any licenses that are otherwise designated to be
42		-	issued with a charge under this subsection, the licenses to be issued without charge
43		-	must be issued by lottery as prescribed in the governor's proclamation. If the
44		-	number of licenses prescribed for the district or unit in the governor's proclamation
45		-	exceeds fifty and if the number of applications for these licenses exceeds the
46		-	number of licenses prescribed for the district or unit in the governor's proclamation,
47		-	then one-half of the licenses exceeding fifty must be issued by lottery as prescribed S. B. NO. 2155 - PAGE 2
48		-	in the governor's proclamation and may not be issued to landowners without
	58	+	partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or life estate, only one license
	59	+	may be issued, and the license must be issued in the name of an individual
	60	+	shareholder, member, partner, beneficiary, or holder of a life estate.
	61	+	c.A resident who is eligible for a license under this subsection may transfer that
	62	+	eligibility for the license to a spouse or legal dependent residing customarily with
	63	+	the resident, but no more than one license may be issued under this subsection
	64	+	for any qualifying land. A resident transferring eligibility under this subsection may
	65	+	not receive a license under this subsection for the season for which eligibility was
	66	+	transferred. If not otherwise specified in an agricultural lease, the landowner is
	67	+	entitled to receive the license.
	68	+	d.TheExcept as provided in paragraph 2, the number of licenses issued without
	69	+	charge under this subsection may not exceed the total numberone-half of the
	70	+	number of licenses of any pronghorn license type prescribed for each district or
	71	+	unit in the governor's proclamation.
	72	+	(1)If the number of eligible persons who apply for licenses issued without
	73	+	charge under this subsection exceeds the number of licenses prescribed for
	74	+	the district or unit in the governor's proclamation less any licenses that are
	75	+	otherwise designated to be issued with a charge under this subsection, the
	76	+	licenses to be issued without charge must be issued by lottery as prescribed
	77	+	in the governor's proclamation. If the number of licenses prescribed for the
	78	+	district or unit in the governor's proclamation exceeds fifty and if the number
	79	+	of applications for these licenses exceeds the number of licenses prescribed
	80	+	for the district or unit in the governor's proclamation, then one-half of the
	81	+	licenses exceeding fifty must be issued by lottery as prescribed in the
	82	+	governor's proclamation and may not be issued to landowners without
49	83		charge.
50		-	(2)If an eligible person is unsuccessful in receiving a license without charge under
51		-	paragraph 1, the application for a license without charge may be included in a
52		-	lottery for remaining licenses issued for the district or unit as prescribed by the
53		-	governor's proclamation. S. B. NO. 2155 - PAGE 3
54		-	____________________________ ____________________________
55		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
56		-	____________________________ ____________________________
57		-	Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House
58		-	This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North
59		-	Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No. 2155.
60		-	Senate Vote:Yeas 30 Nays 16 Absent 1
61		-	House Vote: Yeas 75 Nays 14 Absent 5
62		-	____________________________
63		-	Secretary of the Senate
64		-	Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
65		-	Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
66		-	____________________________
67		-	Governor
68		-	Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
69		-	at ________ o’clock ________M.
70		-	____________________________
71		-	Secretary of State
	84	+	(2)If an eligible person is unsuccessful in receiving a license without charge
	85	+	under paragraph 1, the application for a license without charge must may be
	86	+	included in a lottery for remaining licenses issued for the district or unit as
	87	+	prescribed by the governor's proclamation.
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