| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-00571HB0002 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0002 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Hunting license application fees increase. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural |
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| 7 | 7 | | Resources Interim Committee |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL |
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| 9 | 9 | | for |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1 AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing the game and |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2 fish commission to set application fees for hunting |
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| 12 | 12 | | 3 licenses as specified; removing minimum contribution |
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| 13 | 13 | | 4 requirements to property damage compensation fund; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 5 requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 9. W.S. 23-2-101(e) is amended to read: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 14 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00572HB00021 (e) Resident and nonresident license applicants shall |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2 pay an application fee in an amount specified by this |
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| 25 | 25 | | 3 subsection upon submission of an application for purchase |
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| 26 | 26 | | 4 of any limited quota drawing for big or trophy game license |
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| 27 | 27 | | 5 or wild bison license. pplication |
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| 28 | 28 | | 6 shall be |
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| 30 | 30 | | 8 and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 9 nonresident |
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| 33 | 33 | | 11. The application fee is in addition to the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 12 fees prescribed by subsections (f) and (j) of this section |
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| 35 | 35 | | 13 and by W.S. 23-2-107 and shall be payable to the department |
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| 36 | 36 | | 14 either directly or through an authorized selling agent of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 15 the department. At the beginning of each month, the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00573HB00021The game and fish commission shall |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2 promulgate all rules necessary to implement the provisions |
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| 47 | 47 | | 3 of this act not later than July 1, 2025. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 5. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 7 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this |
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| 52 | 52 | | 8 section, this act is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 10 (b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective |
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| 55 | 55 | | 11 immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a |
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| 56 | 56 | | 12 bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of |
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| 57 | 57 | | 13 the Wyoming Constitution. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 15 (END) |
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