Bill Text: IN HB1039 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Representative Friend added as coauthor [HB1039 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1039-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 14-22-12-7.
Synopsis: Lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses. Requires
the director of the department of natural resources to make available to
residents of Indiana lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
natural and cultural resources.
(1) Lifetime basic fishing license, twenty (20) times the fee charged for a resident yearly license to fish. This license replaces the resident yearly license to fish.
(2) Lifetime basic hunting license, twenty (20) times the fee charged for a resident yearly license to hunt. This license replaces the resident yearly license to hunt.
(3) Lifetime comprehensive fishing license, thirty (30) times the fee charged for a resident yearly license to fish. This license replaces the resident yearly license to fish and all other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to fish for a specific species.
(4) Lifetime comprehensive hunting license, sixty (60) times the
fee charged for a resident yearly license to hunt. This license
replaces the resident yearly license to hunt and all other yearly
licenses, stamps, or permits to hunt for a specific species or by a
specific means.
(5) Lifetime comprehensive hunting and fishing license, the fee
charged under subdivisions (3) and (4) less ten percent (10%).
This license replaces the following:
(A) The resident yearly license to hunt.
(B) All other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to hunt for a
specific species or by a specific means.
(C) The resident yearly license to fish.
(D) All other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to fish for a
specific species.
(6) Lifetime trapping license, twenty (20) times the fee charged
for a resident yearly license to trap. This license replaces the
resident yearly license to trap.
(b) This subsection applies only to individuals who are at least fifty
(50) years of age. The license fees under subsection (a) shall be
reduced by the amount determined under STEP THREE of the
following formula:
STEP ONE: Subtract forty-nine (49) from the resident applicant's
age in years.
STEP TWO: Multiply the difference determined under STEP
ONE by two and one-half percent (2.5%).
STEP THREE: Multiply the percentage determined under STEP
TWO by the amount of the appropriate fee under subsection (a).
(c) Each lifetime license:
(1) is nontransferable;
(2) expires on the death of the person to whom the license was
issued; and
(3) may be suspended or revoked for the same causes and
according to the same procedures that a resident yearly license to
hunt, fish, or trap, as appropriate, may be suspended or revoked.
(d) No part of a lifetime hunting, fishing, or trapping license is
refundable. However, the holder of:
(1) a basic license to hunt or fish may be given credit for the
current cost of such a license when purchasing a comprehensive
license to hunt or fish or hunt and fish; and
(2) a comprehensive license to hunt or fish may be given credit
for the current cost of such a license when purchasing a lifetime
comprehensive license to hunt and fish.
(e) All money received under this section shall be deposited in the
lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license trust fund established by IC 14-22-4.
