0001| SENATE BILL 77
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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; CREATING A TEMPORARY SMALL GAME
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0012| LICENSE; IMPOSING A FEE; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. Section 17-3-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1964
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0016| (1st S.S.), Chapter 17, Section 2, as amended) is amended to
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0017| read:
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0018| "17-3-2. CLASSES OF LICENSES.--
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0019| A. As used with reference to licenses in Chapter
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0020| 17 NMSA 1978:
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0021| (1) "fishing" entitles the licensee to fish
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0022| for game fish during the open seasons for each species;
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0023| (2) "small game" entitles the licensee to
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0024| hunt game birds, other than wild turkey, and squirrel during
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0025| the open seasons for each;
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0001| (3) "deer" entitles the licensee to hunt deer
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0002| during the open season;
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0003| (4) "general hunting" entitles the licensee
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0004| to hunt deer, squirrel and game birds during the open seasons
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0005| for each;
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0006| (5) "general hunting and fishing" entitles
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0007| the licensee to hunt deer, squirrel and game birds and to fish
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0008| for game fish during the open seasons for each;
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0009| (6) "antelope" entitles the licensee to hunt
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0010| antelope during the open season;
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0011| (7) "elk" entitles the licensee to hunt elk
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0012| during the open season;
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0013| (8) "bighorn sheep" entitles the licensee to
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0014| hunt bighorn sheep during the open season;
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0015| (9) "Barbary sheep" entitles the licensee to
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0016| hunt Barbary sheep during the open season;
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0017| (10) "javelina" entitles the licensee to hunt
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0018| javelina during the open season;
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0019| (11) "bear" entitles the licensee to hunt
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0020| bear during the open season;
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0021| (12) "nongame" entitles the licensee to hunt
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0022| or take any animal or bird not protected by law;
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0023| (13) "temporary fishing" entitles the
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0024| licensee to fish for game fish during a specific period of
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0025| time indicated on the license;
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0001| (14) "bison" entitles the licensee to hunt
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0002| bison during the open season;
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0003| (15) "oryx" entitles the licensee to hunt
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0004| oryx during the open season;
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0005| (16) "ibex" entitles the licensee to hunt
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0006| ibex during the open season;
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0007| (17) "cougar" entitles the licensee to hunt
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0008| cougar during the open season;
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0009| (18) "turkey" entitles the licensee to hunt
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0010| turkey during the open season;
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0011| (19) "special season turkey" entitles the
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0012| licensee to hunt turkey during special seasons designated by
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0013| the state game commission;
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0014| (20) "quality elk" entitles the licensee to
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0015| hunt elk during a special quality elk season, to be
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0016| established by the state game commission, when the timing of
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0017| the season and hunter density is specially regulated and the
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0018| elk population is managed with an intent to provide the
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0019| licensee an increased opportunity to take a mature elk;
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0020| (21) "quality deer" entitles the licensee to
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0021| hunt deer during a special quality deer season, to be
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0022| established by the state game commission, when the timing of
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0023| the season and hunter density is specially regulated and the
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0024| deer population is managed with an intent to provide the
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0025| licensee an increased opportunity to take a mature deer;
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0001| [and]
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0002| (22) "gazelle" entitles the licensee to hunt
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0003| gazelle during the open season; and
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0004| (23) "temporary small game" entitles the
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0005| licensee to hunt game birds, except wild turkey, and squirrel
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0006| during a specific period of time indicated on the license.
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0007| B. No hunting license entitles the licensee to
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0008| hunt, kill or take game animals or birds within or upon any
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0009| park or enclosure licensed or posted as provided by law or
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0010| within or upon any privately owned enclosure without consent
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0011| of the owner or within or upon any game refuge or game
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0012| management area.
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0013| C. No fishing license entitles the licensee to
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0014| fish for or take fish within or upon any park or enclosure
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0015| licensed or posted as provided by law or within or upon any
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0016| privately owned enclosure without consent of the owner or in
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0017| or on any closed waters.
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0018| D. A junior-senior fishing license may be
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0019| purchased by any resident who has reached his twelfth birthday
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0020| but has not reached his fifteenth birthday or by any resident
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0021| who has reached his sixty-fifth birthday. A junior-senior
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0022| fishing license entitles the licensee to fish for game fish
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0023| during the open season for each species.
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0024| E. A nonresident junior fishing license may be
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0025| purchased by any nonresident who has reached his twelfth
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0001| birthday but has not reached his fifteenth birthday. A
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0002| nonresident junior fishing license entitles the licensee to
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0003| fish for game fish during the open season for each species.
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0004| [F. None of the classes of trout stamps provided
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for in Subsection A of this section is required of any person
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fishing on lands of any Indian pueblo or tribe.
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G.] F. A senior general hunting license may be
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0008| purchased by any resident who has reached his sixty-fifth
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0009| birthday. A senior general hunting license entitles the
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0010| licensee to hunt for deer, squirrel and game birds during the
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0011| open seasons for each species.
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0012| [H.] G. A handicapped fishing license may be
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0013| purchased by any resident who has a severe physical impairment
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0014| that substantially limits one or more major life activities
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0015| and who can furnish adequate proof of this disability to the
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0016| state game commission. A handicapped fishing license may be
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0017| purchased by any resident who has a developmental disability
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0018| as defined in Subsection H of Section 43-1-3 NMSA 1978 and who
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0019| can furnish adequate proof of this disability to the state
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0020| game commission. A handicapped fishing license entitles the
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0021| licensee to fish for game fish during the open season for each
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0022| species [provided, however, the class C trout stamp would
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apply].
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0024| [I.] H. A handicapped general hunting license
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0025| may be purchased by any resident who has a severe physical
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0001| impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
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0002| activities and who can furnish adequate proof of this
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0003| disability to the state game commission. A handicapped
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0004| general hunting license entitles the licensee to hunt for
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0005| deer, squirrel and game birds during the open season for each
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0006| species.
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0007| [J.] I. A fishing license may be obtained at
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0008| no cost by any resident who has reached his seventieth
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0009| birthday."
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0010| Section 2. Section 17-3-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1964
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0011| (1st S.S.), Chapter 17, Section 5, as amended) is amended to
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0012| read:
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0013| "17-3-13. LICENSE FEES.--
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0014| A. The director of the department of game and fish
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0015| shall keep a record of all money received and licenses and
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0016| permits issued by him, numbering each class separately. Upon
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0017| satisfactory proof that any license or permit has been lost
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0018| before its expiration, he may issue a duplicate and collect a
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0019| just and reasonable fee for it as determined by regulation of
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0020| the state game commission.
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0021| B. The director of the department of game and fish
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0022| shall collect the following fees for each license of the class
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0023| indicated:
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0024| Resident, fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17.50
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0025| Resident, small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00
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0001| Resident, deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.00
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0002| Resident, general hunting . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
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0003| Resident, general hunting and fishing . . . . . 37.50
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0004| Resident, junior-senior handicapped,
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0005| general hunting and fishing . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
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0006| Resident, antelope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
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0007| Resident, elk cow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.00
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0008| Resident, elk bull or either sex. . . . . . . . 60.00
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0009| Resident, bighorn sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.00
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0010| Resident, Barbary sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.00
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0011| Resident, bear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
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0012| Resident, turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
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0013| Resident, cougar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
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0014| Resident, bison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00
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0015| Resident, oryx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00
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0016| Resident, ibex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
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0017| Resident, gazelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
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0018| Resident, javelina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00
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0019| Resident, fur dealer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
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0020| Resident, furbearer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00
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0021| Resident, junior furbearer. . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
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0022| Nonresident, fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.00
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0023| Nonresident, junior fishing . . . . . . . . . . 18.50
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0024| Nonresident, small game . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00
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0025| Nonresident, deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180.00
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0001| Nonresident, quality deer . . . . . . . . . . .300.00
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0002| Nonresident, bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150.00
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0003| Nonresident, cougar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200.00
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0004| Nonresident, turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00
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0005| Nonresident, antelope . . . . . . . . . . . . .186.00
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0006| Nonresident, elk cow. . . . . . . . . . . . . .275.00
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0007| Nonresident, elk bull or either sex . . . . . .465.00
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0008| Nonresident, quality elk. . . . . . . . . . . .750.00
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0009| Nonresident, bighorn sheep. . . . . . . . . .3,000.00
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0010| Nonresident, Barbary sheep. . . . . . . . . . .300.00
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0011| Nonresident, bison. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000.00
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0012| Nonresident, oryx . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,500.00
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0013| Nonresident, ibex . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,500.00
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0014| Nonresident, gazelle. . . . . . . . . . . . .3,000.00
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0015| Nonresident, javelina . . . . . . . . . . . . .140.00
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0016| Nonresident, fur dealer . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00
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0017| Nonresident, furbearer. . . . . . . . . . . . .300.00
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0018| Nonresident, nongame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
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0019| Resident, junior-senior handicapped,
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0020| fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.00
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0021| Temporary fishing, one day. . . . . . . . . . . .8.00
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0022| Temporary fishing, five days. . . . . . . . . . 16.00
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0023| Resident, junior-senior handicapped,
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0024| general hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
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0025| Temporary small game, four days. . . . . . . 35.00."
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0001| Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0002| provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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