0001|                           SENATE BILL 164
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           PATRICK H. LYONS
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO GAME AND FISH; PROVIDING FOR ELK ENHANCEMENT
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0012|     PERMITS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  ELK ENHANCEMENT PERMIT--ISSUANCE--USE.--
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0016|               A.  The state game commission shall direct the
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0017|     department of game and fish to authorize not more than two of
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0018|     the elk permits available for issuance in the license year for
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0019|     the taking of two elk bulls for the purpose of raising funds
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0020|     for programs and projects to benefit elk.
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0021|               B.  The state game commission shall prescribe by
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0022|     regulation the form, design and manner of issuance of the elk
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0023|     enhancement permits.  The issuance of one permit shall be
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0024|     subject to auction by the department or by an incorporated
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0025|     nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation of wildlife,
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0001|     as determined by the commission, and shall be sold to the
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0002|     highest bidder.  The issuance of the other permit shall be
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0003|     subject to a lottery by the department or by an unincorporated
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0004|     nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation of wildlife,
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0005|     as determined by the commission.
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0006|               C.  All money collected from the issuance and sale
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0007|     of the elk enhancement permits shall be credited to the game
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0008|     protection fund to be used exclusively for elk preservation,
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0009|     restoration and management.
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