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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.1, subsection 1, paragraphs a, l, 1 2 and s, Code 2003, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. Fishing license.................................. $10.501 4 15.50 1 5 l. Fishing license, seven-day....................... $8.501 6 11.50 1 7 s.Fish habitat feeFishing license, one-day........ $3.001 8 5.00 1 9 Sec. 2. Section 483A.1, subsection 2, paragraphs a, b, and 1 10 s, Code 2003, are amended to read as follows: 1 11 a. Fishing license, annual.......................... $36.001 12 39.00 1 13 b. Fishing license, seven-day....................... $27.001 14 30.00 1 15 s.Fish habitat feeFishing license, three-day...... $3.001 16 14.00 1 17 Sec. 3. Section 483A.1, subsection 2, Code 2003, is 1 18 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 19 NEW PARAGRAPH. t. Fishing license, one-day......... $ 8.50 1 20 Sec. 4. Section 483A.3A, Code 2003, is amended by striking 1 21 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 1 22 483A.3A FISH HABITAT DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. 1 23 Three dollars from each resident and nonresident annual and 1 24 seven-day fishing license sold shall be deposited in the state 1 25 fish and game protection fund and shall be used within this 1 26 state for fish habitat development. Not less than fifty 1 27 percent of this amount shall be used by the commission to 1 28 enter into agreements with county conservation boards to carry 1 29 out the purposes of this section. 1 30 Sec. 5. Section 483A.6, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 31 follows: 1 32 483A.6 TROUT FISHING FEE. 1 33 Any person required to have a fishing license shall not 1 34 fish for or possess trout unless that person has paid the 1 35 trout fishing fee. The proceeds from the fee shall be used 2 1 exclusively for the trout program designated by the 2 2 commission.The commission may grant a permit to a community2 3event in which trout will be stocked in water which is not2 4designated trout water and a person may catch and possess2 5trout during the period and from the water covered by the2 6permit without having paid the trout fishing fee.2 7 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act 2 8 takes effect December 15, 2003, and applies to licenses and 2 9 fees for fishing and fish habitat activities for the years 2 10 beginning on or after January 1, 2004. 2 11 EXPLANATION 2 12 This bill raises the license fees for resident and 2 13 nonresident annual and seven-day fishing licenses. The bill 2 14 also adds new categories of one-day resident fishing licenses 2 15 and three-day and one-day nonresident fishing licenses. 2 16 The bill eliminates the separate $3 fish habitat fee and 2 17 provides instead that $3 from each resident and nonresident 2 18 annual and seven-day fishing license be used for fish habitat 2 19 development with no less than 50 percent of that amount used 2 20 by the commission to enter into agreements with county 2 21 conservation boards to develop fish habitat. 2 22 The bill also provides that a person who is required to 2 23 have a fishing license shall not either fish for or possess 2 24 trout without first paying the trout fishing fee. The bill 2 25 deletes language allowing the natural resource commission to 2 26 grant permits to community events to stock trout in water 2 27 which is not designated trout water and to allow a person to 2 28 catch and possess trout during the event without paying a 2 29 trout fishing fee. 2 30 The bill takes effect December 15, 2003, and is applicable 2 31 to licenses and fees for fishing and fish habitat activities 2 32 for years beginning on or after January 1, 2004. 2 33 LSB 1356HV 80 2 34 av/pj/5
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