HOUSE BILL 305

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Jim R. Trujillo

AN ACT

RELATING TO WILDLIFE; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978 TO CHANGE THE FEE FOR AN ADDITIONAL DEER LICENSE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 17-3-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1964 (1st S.S.), Chapter 17, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:

     "17-3-15. ADDITIONAL DEER LICENSE.--

          A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to procure or use more than one license to hunt big game in one year, except as provided in this section, or to use any tag after it has been used once.

          B. For the purpose of effectuating better game management and control, the state game commission may by regulation authorize the sale of not more than one additional deer license each year to any person holding a license [which] that entitled [him] the person to hunt deer during that year. [A fee of not more than five dollars ($5.00) for residents and not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for nonresidents shall be collected for each additional deer license.] The fee for an additional deer license shall be the resident or nonresident deer license fee pursuant to Section 17-3-13 NMSA 1978.

          C. It is a misdemeanor for any person to take or attempt to take a deer with an additional deer license unless [he] the person has the additional deer license and the other license [which] that entitled [him] the person to hunt deer for that year in [his] the person's possession. Possession of an additional deer license without the other license [which] that entitled [him] the person to hunt deer for that year is prima facie evidence of violation of this section."

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