Bill Text: MS HB879 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 879 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Hunting license; authorize.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB879 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2011-HB879-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2011 Regular Session

To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

By: Representative Dedeaux

House Bill 879

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION ON WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS TO ESTABLISH LICENSE FEES FOR NONRESIDENT LANDOWNERS IN AN AMOUNT BETWEEN THE COST OF RESIDENT LICENSES AND THE COST OF NONRESIDENT LICENSES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 49-7-8, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

49-7-8. (1) No nonresident sixteen (16) years of age or older may hunt, fish, kill, take or trap any game animal, bird or fish without having acquired and having in his immediate possession a valid license issued by the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(2) The commission shall have the following duties and powers:

(a) To prescribe the forms and types of nonresident licenses that a nonresident must obtain;

(b) To determine the total number of each type of nonresident license to be issued annually;

(c) To establish fees for nonresident licenses and the collection fees for the agent issuing such licenses; provided, however, that the fee for a nonresident all game hunting license shall not be less than Sixty Dollars ($60.00);

(d) To establish license fees for nonresident landowners of property situated in this state which shall be not less than the established fee for resident licenses or more than the established fee for nonresident licenses.

(e) To exercise all incidental powers necessary to develop a nonresident licensing program.

(3) A nonresident who violates this section or any licensing regulation of the commission is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in Section 49-7-21(3).

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.