0001|                           SENATE BILL 118
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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 BIG GAME PERMITS; AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE
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0012|     DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH TO ISSUE LANDOWNER PERMITS FOR THE
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0013|     LAWFUL TAKING OF CERTAIN BIG GAME SPECIES; ENACTING A NEW
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0014|     SECTION OF CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 3 NMSA 1978.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  A new section of Chapter 17, Article 3 NMSA
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0018|     1978 is enacted to read:
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0019|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] LANDOWNER PERMITS--MANAGEMENT OF
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0020|     CERTAIN BIG GAME SPECIES.--The director of the department of
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0021|     game and fish may issue landowner permits for the lawful
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0022|     taking of elk, antelope, oryx, bighorn sheep, barbary sheep
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0023|     and deer.  The permits may be issued when, in the
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0024|     determination of the director, they are necessary to
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0025|     effectively reduce conflicts between humans and wildlife and
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0001|     provide sport-hunting opportunities in accordance with
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0002|     regulations of the state game commission."
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0003|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0004|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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