Bill Text: IN SB0282 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Lifetime hunting and fishing licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources [SB0282 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0282-Introduced.html
Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 282
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 14-22-12-1.5.
Synopsis: Lifetime hunting and fishing licenses. Establishes a reduced
fee lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license for disabled veterans
who are Indiana residents.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
Delph
January 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
Resources.
Introduced
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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SENATE BILL No. 282
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 14-22-12-1.5; (13)IN0282.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 14-22-12-1.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.151-2012,
SECTION 20, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1.5. (a) As used in this section, "qualified
individual" means an individual who:
(1) is a resident of Indiana;
(2) has served in the armed forces of the United States; and
(3) has a service connected disability, as evidenced by:
(A) records of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; or
(B) disability retirement benefits awarded to the individual under laws administered by the United States Department of Defense.
(b) A qualified individual is entitled to reduced fee hunting and fishing licenses under this section.
(c) Each year a qualified individual may obtain:
(1) both:
(A) a resident yearly license to fish; and
(B) a resident yearly license to hunt; or
(2) a resident yearly license to hunt and fish;
by paying a reduced license fee of two dollars and seventy-five cents ($2.75) instead of the fee prescribed by section 1 of this chapter.
(d) Each decade a qualified individual may obtain:
(1) both:
(A) a resident license to fish that is valid for ten (10) years; and
(B) a resident license to hunt that is valid for ten (10) years; or
(2) a resident license to hunt and fish that is valid for ten (10) years;
by paying a reduced license fee of twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($27.50).
(e) A qualified individual may obtain a lifetime license to hunt, fish, and trap by paying a reduced license fee of twenty dollars ($20).
(e) (f) An applicant for a reduced fee license under this section must
do the following:
(1) Request the license from:
(A) the department;
(B) an agent appointed by the director under IC 14-22-11-3; or
(C) the clerk of the circuit court who is an authorized representative of the department under IC 14-22-11-3 in the county in which the individual resides.
(2) Present evidence that the applicant is a qualified individual.
(1) is a resident of Indiana;
(2) has served in the armed forces of the United States; and
(3) has a service connected disability, as evidenced by:
(A) records of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; or
(B) disability retirement benefits awarded to the individual under laws administered by the United States Department of Defense.
(b) A qualified individual is entitled to reduced fee hunting and fishing licenses under this section.
(c) Each year a qualified individual may obtain:
(1) both:
(A) a resident yearly license to fish; and
(B) a resident yearly license to hunt; or
(2) a resident yearly license to hunt and fish;
by paying a reduced license fee of two dollars and seventy-five cents ($2.75) instead of the fee prescribed by section 1 of this chapter.
(d) Each decade a qualified individual may obtain:
(1) both:
(A) a resident license to fish that is valid for ten (10) years; and
(B) a resident license to hunt that is valid for ten (10) years; or
(2) a resident license to hunt and fish that is valid for ten (10) years;
by paying a reduced license fee of twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($27.50).
(e) A qualified individual may obtain a lifetime license to hunt, fish, and trap by paying a reduced license fee of twenty dollars ($20).
(1) Request the license from:
(A) the department;
(B) an agent appointed by the director under IC 14-22-11-3; or
(C) the clerk of the circuit court who is an authorized representative of the department under IC 14-22-11-3 in the county in which the individual resides.
(2) Present evidence that the applicant is a qualified individual.
