(HB 1024)
Hunting licenses and
preference point administrative requirements changed.
Section
1.
That
§
41-6-73
be amended to read as follows:
41-6-73.
No person may at any time
apply for,
procure
,
or possess a license
or preference point
under an assumed name or in which an address other than
his
the person's
regular place of
residence is given, or make any false statement whatsoever in securing a license
or preference
point
, lend a license or tag to another, or knowingly issue or aid in securing a license
or preference
point
for himself
or herself
or any other person not legally entitled to it. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Section
2.
That
§
41-6-75.2
be amended to read as follows:
41-6-75.2.
A person whose hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges have been suspended
and
who hunts, traps, or fishes in this state or who applies for or purchases any licenses or permits to
hunt, trap, or fish in this state, is guilty of
is prohibited from exercising the suspended privilege,
or applying for a license, permit, or preference point that corresponds to the suspended privilege.
A violation of this section is
a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Section
3.
That
§
41-6-12
be amended to read as follows:
41-6-12.
Any person who is a resident of this state, as defined by this title, qualifies as resident
for securing any resident hunting or fishing license
or preference points
. All other persons shall
secure the applicable nonresident hunting and fishing licenses
or preference points
. No person
under the age of twelve years may be granted any hunting license
or preference point
. However,
any person who is eleven years of age and who will become twelve years of age during the period
September first through December thirty-first, inclusive, may be granted any hunting license
or
preference point
and be allowed to hunt beginning September first.