Session of 1998
                   
HOUSE BILL No. 2797
         
By Committee on Environment
         
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            9             AN ACT concerning wildlife; providing for permits for and regulation of
10             importation and possession of certain snakes; amending K.S.A. 1997
11             Supp. 32-988 and repealing the existing section.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14           New Section 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law or rules and
15       regulations of the secretary, a poisonous snake permit is required to im-
16       port or possess any poisonous snake that is not indigenous to Kansas.
17           (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to the importation
18       or possession of any snake as authorized by another permit or license
19       issued by the department.
20           (c) The fee for a poisonous snake permit shall be the amount pre-
21       scribed pursuant to K.S.A. 32-988 and amendments thereto.
22           (d) The secretary shall adopt, in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805 and
23       amendments thereto, such rules and regulations as necessary to imple-
24       ment this section. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be
25       limited to, a requirement that any person importing or possessing any
26       poisonous snake that is not indigenous to Kansas shall:
27           (1) Report to the department the number and type of each such snake
28       imported or possessed, from whom the snake was obtained and any per-
29       son to whom the snake is transferred;
30           (2) submit to the department every three months a report of each
31       such snake's status;
32           (3) submit to the department, suitably identified and with warning
33       labels, the head of any such snake that dies; and
34           (4) allow personnel of the department to inspect, during reasonable
35       hours, the premises where any such snake is to account for each such
36       snake.
37           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 32-988 is hereby amended to read as fol-
38       lows: 32-988. (a) The secretary is authorized to adopt, in accordance with
39       K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto, rules and regulations fixing the
40       amount of fees for the following items, subject to the following limitations
41       and subject to the requirement that no such rules and regulations shall
42       be adopted as temporary rules and regulations:

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  1       Big game permits
  2           Resident: minimum $10, maximum $100
  3           Nonresident: minimum $30, maximum $400
  4           Big game tag: maximum $10
  5           Nonresident applications: maximum $5
  6           Transfer fee: minimum $10, maximum $40
  7       Combination hunting and fishing licenses
  8           Resident: minimum $10, maximum $30
  9           Lifetime: minimum $400, maximum $600; or 8 quarterly payments, each minimum $55,
10         maximum $80
11           Nonresident: minimum $75, maximum $125
12       Commercial dog training permits: minimum $10, maximum $25
13       Commercial guide permit or associate guide permit: maximum $50
14       Commercial harvest or dealer permits: minimum $10, maximum $200
15       Commercial prairie rattlesnake harvesting permits
16           Resident or nonresident with valid hunting license: maximum $5
17           Resident or nonresident nonfirearm without valid hunting license: maximum $20
18       Controlled shooting area operator license: minimum $200, maximum $400
19       Duplicate licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department: maximum $10
20       Falconry
21           Permits: minimum $50, maximum $300
22           Examinations: minimum $25, maximum $100
23       Field trial permits: minimum $10, maximum $25
24       Fishing licenses
25           Resident: minimum $5, maximum $15
26           Lifetime: minimum $200, maximum $300; or 8 quarterly payments, each minimum $30,
27         maximum $45
28           Nonresident: minimum $15, maximum $50
29           Five-day nonresident: minimum $5, maximum $15
30           Institutional group: minimum $100, maximum $200
31           Special nonprofit group: minimum $50, maximum $200
32           Twenty-four-hour: maximum $3
33       Fur dealer licenses
34           Resident: minimum $50, maximum $200
35           Nonresident: minimum $50, maximum $400
36       Furharvester licenses
37           Resident: minimum $10, maximum $20
38           Nonresident: minimum $50, maximum $400
39       Game breeder permits: minimum $2, maximum $15
40       Handicapped hunting and fishing permits: maximum $5
41       Hound trainer-breeder running permits: minimum $10, maximum $25
42       Hunting licenses
43           Resident: minimum $5, maximum $15

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  1           Lifetime: minimum $200, maximum $300; or 8 quarterly payments, each minimum $30,
  2         maximum $45
  3           Nonresident: minimum $25, maximum $75
  4           Controlled shooting area: minimum $5, maximum $15
  5           Forty-eight-hour waterfowl permits: maximum $25
  6       Migratory waterfowl habitat stamps: minimum $3, maximum $5
  7       Mussel fishing licenses
  8           Resident: minimum $25, maximum $200
  9           Nonresident: minimum $50, maximum $1,500
10       Poisonous snake permits: minimum $10, maximum $25
11       Rabbit permits
12           Live trapping: maximum $200
13           Shipping: minimum $25, maximum $400
14       Raptor propagation permits: maximum $100
15       Rehabilitation permits: maximum $50
16       Scientific, educational or exhibition permits: maximum $10
17       Wildlife damage control permits: maximum $10
18       Wildlife importation permits: maximum $10
19       Special permits under K.S.A. 32-961: maximum $100
20       Miscellaneous fees
21           Special events on department land or water: maximum $200
22           Special departmental services, materials or supplies: no maximum
23           Other issues of department: no maximum
24           Vendor bond: no maximum
25           (b) The fee for a landowner-tenant resident big game hunting permit
26       shall be an amount equal to 1/2 the fee for a general resident big game
27       hunting permit.
28           (c) The fee for a furharvester license for a resident under 16 years of
29       age shall be an amount equal to 1/2 the fee for a resident furharvester
30       license.
31           (d) The secretary may establish, by rules and regulations adopted in
32       accordance with K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto, different fees
33       for various classes and types of licenses, permits, stamps and other issu-
34       ances of the department which may occur within each item as described
35       under subsection (a).
36           (e) The fee for a nonprofit group fishing license issued under sub-
37       section (h) of K.S.A. 32-906 and amendments thereto shall be $50 for
38       calendar year 1995.
39           (f) The fee for a nonresident mussel fishing license shall be $1,000
40       from the effective date of this act through calendar year 1995 poisonous
41       snake permit issued under section 1 shall be $10 for calendar year 1998.
42           Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 32-988 is hereby repealed.

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  1           Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
  2       publication in the statute book.
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