Bill Text: IN SB0487 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

Indiana Senate Bill 487 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Shooting and hunting preserves.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2013-04-18 - House advisors appointed: Ubelhor, Eberhart, Dvorak and Stemler [SB0487 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-SB0487-Amended.html

Reprinted

February 13, 2013

SENATE BILL No. 487

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DIGEST OF SB 487 (Updated February 12, 2013 2:25 pm - DI 109)

Citations Affected: IC 14-22.

Synopsis: Nonresident shooting preserve hunting fees. Requires a nonresident of Indiana to acquire a special license to shoot on licensed shooting preserves in Indiana. Makes the fee for a special license equal to the fee for a resident annual hunting license. Requires the department of natural resources to issue special licenses. Provides that fees from special licenses to shoot on a shooting preserve are not required to be used by the department of natural resources to increase the upland game bird population. Provides that animals regulated under shooting preserve regulations are exempt from importation permit requirements.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

Steele , Waterman, Young R

    January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
    February 4, 2013, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
    February 12, 2013, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.

Reprinted

February 13, 2013

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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SENATE BILL No. 487

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural and cultural resources.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 14-22-12-2; (13)SB0487.3.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 14-22-12-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 2. Except for a license sold under IC 14-22-31-8, the department shall use the following to increase the upland game bird population in Indiana:
        (1) Four dollars ($4) from the cost of every nonresident license to hunt any game for any period in any manner.
        (2) Forty dollars ($40) from the cost of every nonresident license to hunt deer for any period in any manner.

SOURCE: IC 14-22-25-1; (13)SB0487.3.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 14-22-25-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:
        (1) Animals imported into Indiana for the purpose of being confined and exhibited in a zoo or other public display of animals.
        (2) Other animals that the department designates.
         (3) Animals regulated under IC 14-22-31-7.

SOURCE: IC 14-22-31-8; (13)SB0487.3.3. --> SECTION 3. IC 14-22-31-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.151-2012, SECTION 27, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE

JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 8. (a) An individual may not take game birds and exotic mammals on a shooting preserve unless the individual has a hunting license required under this ~~article.~~ article, except nonresidents of Indiana who must possess a special license issued by the department under this section to shoot on licensed shooting preserves.
    (b) The department:
        (1) shall issue special licenses; and
        (2) may appoint owners or managers of shooting preserves as agents to sell special licenses.
    (c) A special license expires April 30 immediately following the date the license is effective.
    (d) The fee for a special license is equal to the fee for a resident annual hunting license under IC 14-22-12-1(a)(2). All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the fish and wildlife fund.