SENATE BILL 246

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics

AN ACT

RELATING TO GAME AND FISH; AMENDING SECTION 17-3-1 NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS 1964 (1ST S.S.), CHAPTER 17, SECTION 1, AS AMENDED) TO PROVIDE THAT LICENSES SHALL BE ISSUED FOR ONE CALENDAR YEAR FOLLOWING THE DATE OF ISSUANCE.

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

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

     "17-3-1. CURRENT LICENSE REQUIRED.--Each license issued under Chapter [53 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1953 Compilation] 17 NMSA 1978 runs from [April 1 through March 31 of the following] the date of issuance for one calendar year. No person shall shoot, hunt, kill, injure or take, in any manner, any game animal, game bird or game fish without paying for, and having in [his] the person's possession, the proper license required by law for the year in which the shooting, hunting, fishing or taking is done. No nonresident shall shoot, hunt, kill or take, in any manner, any nongame animal or nongame bird without paying for, and having in [his] the nonresident's possession, any one of the nonresident hunting licenses listed in Section [5336 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1953 Compilation] 17-3-13 NMSA 1978 required by law for the year in which the shooting, hunting or taking is done."

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