HOUSE BILL NO. 248
INTRODUCED BY BALYEAT, ANDERSON, BARKUS, P. CLARK, CURTISS, FORRESTER, FUCHS, GOLIE, JENT, LAWSON, MOOD, PATTISON, SHEA, SINRUD, SPRAGUE, TROPILA, WAGMAN, YOUNKIN, BALES, LAIBLE, LANGE, LASLOVICH, MAEDJE, MAHLUM, MCGEE, PERRY, STORY
AN ACT ENCOURAGING HUNTING AND FISHING BY MONTANA YOUTH BY PROVIDING THAT THE FIRST TIME A RESIDENT YOUTH WHO IS 12 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND LESS THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE APPLIES FOR A HUNTING LICENSE, THE YOUTH IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A YOUTH COMBINATION SPORTS LICENSE FREE OF CHARGE; AMENDING SECTION 87-2-805, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 87-2-805, MCA, is amended to read:
"87-2-805. Persons under eighteen years of age -- youth combination sports license. (1) Resident minors who are 12 years of age or older and under 15 years of age may fish and may hunt upland game and migratory game birds during the open season with only a conservation license. Resident minors who are 15 years of age may hunt migratory game birds with only a conservation license. Resident minors who are under 12 years of age may fish without a license. A nonresident person under 15 years of age may not fish in or on any Montana waters without first having obtained a Class B or B-4 fishing license unless the nonresident person under 15 years of age is in the company of an adult in possession of a valid Montana fishing license. The limit of fish for the nonresident person and the accompanying adult combined may not exceed the limit for one adult as established by law or by rule of the department.
(2) A resident, as defined by 87-2-102, under 15 years of age may purchase Class A-3 and A-5 licenses at a price equal to one-half the fee paid by a resident who is 15 years of age or older and under 62 years of age.
(3) (a) A resident who is 12 years of age or older and under 18 years of age may purchase a youth combination sports license at a price that, rounded to the nearest dollar, is 46% of the fee paid for the Class AAA combination sports license by a resident who is 18 years of age or older and under 62 years of age. A resident who is 12 years of age or older and under 18 years of age and who applies for any hunting license for the first time is entitled to receive a youth combination sports license free of charge.
(b) The youth combination sports license includes:
(i) a conservation license;
(ii) a fishing license;
(iii) an upland game bird license;
(iv) an elk license; and
(v) a deer license.
(c) A resident who is 15 years of age or older and under 18 years of age may purchase a Class A fishing license at a price that is 50% of the fee paid by a resident who is 18 years of age or older and under 62 years of age.
(d) A resident who is 15 years of age or older and under 18 years of age may purchase a Class A-1 upland game bird license at 50% of the fee paid by a resident who is 18 years of age or older and under 62 years of age.
(e) A person who lawfully purchases a or is granted a free youth combination sports license at 17 years of age, but who reaches 18 years of age during that license year, may legally use the license during that license year. A person who hunts or fishes using a youth combination sports license purchased or granted free after the person reaches 18 years of age is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to any of the following penalties by the sentencing court:
(i) revocation of the person's hunting and fishing privileges for at least 5 years, revocation of the person's hunting and fishing privileges for more than 5 years, or revocation of the person's hunting and fishing privileges for life; and
(ii) a monetary fine of not less than $500 and not more than $5,000 in addition to the fine imposed on a person under this chapter for the specific hunting or fishing violation.
(f) This section does not prohibit a resident minor from purchasing any individual licenses for which the minor may be eligible under this chapter if the minor does not purchase the youth combination sports license."
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective May 1, 2003.
- END -
Latest
Version of HB 248 (HB0248.ENR)
Processed for the Web on February 17, 2003 (2:42pm)
New language in a bill appears underlined, deleted material appears stricken.
Sponsor names are handwritten on introduced bills, hence do not appear on the bill until it is reprinted.
See the status of this bill for the bill's primary sponsor.
Status of this Bill | 2003 Legislature | Leg. Branch
Home
All versions of this bill inPDF
Authorized print version w/line numbers
(PDF format)
Prepared by Montana Legislative Services
(406) 444-3064