Session of 1998
                   
HOUSE BILL No. 2924
         
By Committee on Environment
         
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            9             AN ACT concerning fees for fishing licenses; relating to certain exemp-
10             tions; amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 32-988 and repealing the existing
11             section.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14           Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 32-988 is hereby amended to read as
15       follows: 32-988. (a) The secretary is authorized to adopt, in accordance
16       with K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto, rules and regulations fixing
17       the amount of fees for the following items, subject to the following lim-
18       itations and subject to the requirement that no such rules and regulations
19       shall be adopted as temporary rules and regulations:
20       Big game permits
21           Resident: minimum $10, maximum $100
22           Nonresident: minimum $30, maximum $400
23           Big game tag: maximum $10
24           Nonresident applications: maximum $5
25           Transfer fee: minimum $10, maximum $40
26       Combination hunting and fishing licenses
27           Resident: minimum $10, maximum $30
28           Lifetime: minimum $400, maximum $600; or 8 quarterly payments, each minimum $55,
29         maximum $80
30           Nonresident: minimum $75, maximum $125
31       Commercial dog training permits: minimum $10, maximum $25
32       Commercial guide permit or associate guide permit: maximum $50
33       Commercial harvest or dealer permits: minimum $10, maximum $200
34       Commercial prairie rattlesnake harvesting permits
35           Resident or nonresident with valid hunting license: maximum $5
36           Resident or nonresident nonfirearm without valid hunting license: maximum $20
37       Controlled shooting area operator license: minimum $200, maximum $400
38       Duplicate licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department: maximum $10
39       Falconry
40           Permits: minimum $50, maximum $300
41           Examinations: minimum $25, maximum $100
42       Field trial permits: minimum $10, maximum $25

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  1       Fishing licenses
  2           Resident: minimum $5, maximum $15
  3           Lifetime: minimum $200, maximum $300; or 8 quarterly payments, each minimum $30,
  4         maximum $45
  5           Nonresident: minimum $15, maximum $50
  6           Five-day nonresident: minimum $5, maximum $15
  7           Institutional group: minimum $100, maximum $200
  8           Special nonprofit group: minimum $50, maximum $200
  9           Twenty-four-hour: maximum $3
10       Fur dealer licenses
11           Resident: minimum $50, maximum $200
12           Nonresident: minimum $50, maximum $400
13       Furharvester licenses
14           Resident: minimum $10, maximum $20
15           Nonresident: minimum $50, maximum $400
16       Game breeder permits: minimum $2, maximum $15
17       Handicapped hunting and fishing permits: maximum $5
18       Hound trainer-breeder running permits: minimum $10, maximum $25
19       Hunting licenses
20           Resident: minimum $5, maximum $15
21           Lifetime: minimum $200, maximum $300; or 8 quarterly payments, each minimum $30,
22         maximum $45
23           Nonresident: minimum $25, maximum $75
24           Controlled shooting area: minimum $5, maximum $15
25           Forty-eight-hour waterfowl permits: maximum $25
26       Migratory waterfowl habitat stamps: minimum $3, maximum $5
27       Mussel fishing licenses
28           Resident: minimum $25, maximum $200
29           Nonresident: minimum $50, maximum $1,500
30       Rabbit permits
31           Live trapping: maximum $200
32           Shipping: minimum $25, maximum $400
33       Raptor propagation permits: maximum $100
34       Rehabilitation permits: maximum $50
35       Scientific, educational or exhibition permits: maximum $10
36       Wildlife damage control permits: maximum $10
37       Wildlife importation permits: maximum $10
38       Special permits under K.S.A. 32-961: maximum $100
39       Miscellaneous fees
40           Special events on department land or water: maximum $200
41           Special departmental services, materials or supplies: no maximum
42           Other issues of department: no maximum
43           Vendor bond: no maximum

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  1           (b) The fee for a landowner-tenant resident big game hunting permit
  2       shall be an amount equal to 1/2 the fee for a general resident big game
  3       hunting permit.
  4           (c) The fee for a furharvester license for a resident under 16 years of
  5       age shall be an amount equal to 1/2 the fee for a resident furharvester
  6       license.
  7           (d) The secretary may establish, by rules and regulations adopted in
  8       accordance with K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto, different fees
  9       for various classes and types of licenses, permits, stamps and other issu-
10       ances of the department which may occur within each item as described
11       under subsection (a).
12           (e) The fee for a nonprofit group fishing license issued under sub-
13       section (h) of K.S.A. 32-906 and amendments thereto shall be $50 for
14       calendar year 1995.
15           (f) The fee for a nonresident mussel fishing license shall be $1,000
16       from the effective date of this act through calendar year 1995.
17           (g) The fee for a fishing license shall be waived for any applicant who
18       presents evidence, specified by rules and regulations of the secretary, that
19       such applicant is physically disabled according to social security disability
20       standards.
21           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 32-988 is hereby repealed.
22           Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
23       publication in the statute book.
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