Session of 1999
         
House Substitute for SENATE BILL No. 70
         
By Committee on Environment
         
3-10
         
  9             AN  ACT concerning big game; eliminating certain fees; relating to big
10             game control permits; amending K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 32-937 and 32-
11             988 and repealing the existing sections.
12      
13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14             Section  1. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 32-937 is hereby amended to read as
15       follows: 32-937. (a) When used in this section:
16             (1) "Landowner" means a resident owner of farm or ranch land of
17       80 acres or more located in the state of Kansas.
18             (2) "Tenant" means a resident of this state an individual who is ac-
19       tively engaged in the agricultural operation of 80 acres or more of Kansas
20       farm or ranch land for the purpose of producing agricultural commodities
21       or livestock and who: (A) Has a substantial financial investment in the
22       production of agricultural commodities or livestock on such farm or ranch
23       land and the potential to realize substantial financial benefit from such
24       production; or (B) is a bona fide manager having an overall responsibility
25       to direct, supervise and conduct such agricultural operation and has the
26       potential to realize substantial benefit from such production in the form
27       of salary, shares of such production or some other economic incentive
28       based upon such production.
29             (3) "Regular season" means a statewide big game hunting season au-
30       thorized annually which may include one or more seasons restricted to
31       specific types of equipment.
32             (4) "Special season" means a big game hunting season in addition to
33       a regular season authorized on an irregular basis or at different times of
34       the year other than the regular season.
35             (5) "General permit" means a big game hunting permit available to
36       Kansas residents not applying for big game permits as a landowner or
37       tenant.
38             (6) "Nonresident landowner" means a nonresident of the state of
39       Kansas who owns farm or ranch land of 80 acres or more which is located
40       in the state of Kansas.
41             (7) "Nonresident permit" means a big game hunting permit available
42       to individuals who are not Kansas residents.
43             (b) Except as otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations of

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  1       the secretary and in addition to any other license, permit or stamp re-
  2       quired by law or rules and regulations of the secretary, a valid big game
  3       permit and game tags are required to take any big game in this state.
  4             (c) The fee for big game permits and game tags shall be the amount
  5       prescribed pursuant to K.S.A. 32-988, and amendments thereto.
  6             (d) A big game permit and game tags are valid throughout the state
  7       or such portion thereof as provided by rules and regulations adopted by
  8       the secretary in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto.
  9             (e) Unless otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations of the
10       secretary, a big game permit and game tags are valid from the date of
11       issuance and shall expire at the end of the season for which issued.
12             (f) The secretary may adopt, in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and
13       amendments thereto, rules and regulations for each regular or special big
14       game hunting season and for each management unit regarding big game
15       permits and game tags. The secretary is hereby authorized to issue big
16       game permits and game tags pertaining to the taking of big game. Sep-
17       arate big game permits and game tags may be issued for each species of
18       big game. No big game permits or game tags shall be issued until the
19       secretary has established, by rules and regulations adopted in accordance
20       with K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, a regular or special big
21       game hunting season.
22             (g) The secretary may authorize, by rule and regulation adopted in
23       accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, landowner or
24       tenant hunt-on-your-own-land big game permits. Such permits and ap-
25       plications may contain provisions and restrictions as prescribed by rule
26       and regulation adopted by the secretary in accordance with K.S.A. 32-
27       805, and amendments thereto.
28             (h) The secretary may authorize, by rule and regulation adopted in
29       accordance with K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto, special land-
30       owner or tenant hunt-on-your-own-land deer permits. Such special per-
31       mits shall not be issued to landowners or tenants in possession of a hunt-
32       on-your-own-land deer permit as authorized in subsection (g). The special
33       permits shall be transferable to any immediate family member of the
34       landowner or tenant, whether or not a Kansas resident, or the permit may
35       be retained for use by the landowner or tenant. The special permits shall
36       be transferable through the secretary at the request of the landowner or
37       tenant and by paying the required fee for a general deer permit and the
38       additional payment of the permit transfer fee. The special permits and
39       applications may contain provisions and restrictions as prescribed by rule
40       and regulation adopted by the secretary in accordance with K.S.A. 32-
41       805 and amendments thereto. For the purposes of this subsection, "mem-
42       ber of the immediate family" means lineal or collateral ascendants or
43       descendants, and their spouses.

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  1             (i) Fifty percent of the big game permits authorized for a regular
  2       season in any management unit shall be issued to landowners or tenants,
  3       provided that a limited number of big game permits have been authorized
  4       and landowner or tenant hunt-on-your-own-land big game permits for
  5       that unit have not been authorized. A landowner or tenant is not eligible
  6       to apply for a big game permit as a landowner or as a tenant in a man-
  7       agement unit other than the unit or units which includes such landowner's
  8       or tenant's land. Any big game permits not issued to landowners or ten-
  9       ants within the time period prescribed by rule and regulation may be
10       issued without regard to the 50% limitation.
11             (j) Members of the immediate family who are domiciled with a land-
12       owner or tenant may apply for a big game permit as a landowner or as a
13       tenant, but the total number of permits issued to a landowner or tenant
14       and a landowner's or tenant's immediate family shall not exceed one per-
15       mit for each 80 acres owned by such landowner or operated by such
16       tenant. The secretary may require proof of ownership or tenancy from
17       individuals applying for a big game permit as a landowner or as a tenant.
18             (k) The secretary may issue permits for deer or turkey to nonresident
19       landowners, but any such permit shall be restricted to hunting only on
20       lands owned by the nonresident landowner.
21             (l) The secretary may issue turkey hunting permits to nonresidents
22       in turkey management units with unlimited turkey hunting permits
23       available.
24             (m) The secretary may issue deer hunting permits to nonresidents,
25       subject to the following limitations:
26             (1) The total number of nonresident deer firearm permits of each
27       type specified by rules and regulations that may be issued for a deer
28       season in a management unit shall not exceed 5% of the total number of
29       resident deer firearm permits of such type authorized for such season in
30       such management unit; and
31             (2) the total number of nonresident deer archery permits of each type
32       specified by rules and regulations that may be issued for a deer season in
33       a management unit shall not exceed 5% of the total number of resident
34       deer archery permits of such type authorized for such season in such
35       management unit.
36             Nonresident deer archery permits may be restricted to a particular deer
37       species without regard to resident deer archery permit species restric-
38       tions, or lack thereof.
39             If an unlimited number of resident deer permits is authorized for a
40       deer season or management unit, the percentage limitations of subsec-
41       tions (m)(1) and (m)(2) shall be based upon the total number of resident
42       firearm permits and the total number of archery permits, respectively,
43       issued in the management unit during the most recent preceding similar

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  1       season. If in a management unit there are an unlimited number of game
  2       tags available to residents, the secretary, in the secretary's discretion and
  3       in accordance with rules and regulations, may authorize the issuance of
  4       an unlimited number of deer tags for such unit to nonresidents.
  5             (n) Any nonresident deer hunting permits authorized under subsec-
  6       tion (m) that remain unissued due to an insufficient number of nonresi-
  7       dent applications as of a deadline determined by the secretary, shall be
  8       made available to residents.
  9             (o) No big game permit issued to a person under 14 years of age shall
10       be valid until such person reaches 14 years of age, except that a person
11       who is 12 years or 13 years of age and has been issued a certificate of
12       completion of an approved hunter education course may be issued: (1) A
13       deer archery permit if the person submits to the secretary evidence, sat-
14       isfactory to the secretary, of completion of a bow hunting safety education
15       course; or (2) a wild turkey firearm permit. Such deer archery permit or
16       turkey firearm permit shall be valid only while the individual is hunting
17       under the immediate supervision of an adult who is 21 years of age or
18       older.
19             (p) A big game permit shall state the species, number and sex of the
20       big game which may be killed by the permittee. The secretary may furnish
21       an informational card with any big game permit and, at the conclusion of
22       the open season, each permittee receiving such card shall return the card
23       to the department, giving such information as is called for on the card.
24             (q) The permittee shall permanently affix the game tag to the carcass
25       of any big game immediately after killing and thereafter, if required by
26       rules and regulations, the permittee shall immediately take such killed
27       game to a check station as required in the rules and regulations, where a
28       check station tag shall be affixed to the game carcass if the kill is legal.
29       The tags shall remain affixed until the carcass is consumed or processed
30       for storage.
31             (r) The provisions of this section do not apply to big game animals
32       sold in surplus property disposal sales of department exhibit herds or big
33       game animals legally taken outside this state.
34             Sec.  2. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 32-988 is hereby amended to read as fol-
35       lows: 32-988. (a) The secretary is authorized to adopt, in accordance with
36       K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto, rules and regulations fixing the
37       amount of fees for the following items, subject to the following limitations
38       and subject to the requirement that no such rules and regulations shall
39       be adopted as temporary rules and regulations:
40       Big game permits
41             Resident: minimum $10, maximum $100
42                   Nonresident: minimum $30, maximum $400
43                   Big game tag: maximum $10

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

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  1                   Forty-eight-hour waterfowl permits: maximum $25
  2             Migratory waterfowl habitat stamps: minimum $3, maximum $5
  3             Mussel fishing licenses
  4                   Resident: minimum $25, maximum $200
  5                   Nonresident: minimum $50, maximum $1,500
  6             Rabbit permits
  7                   Live trapping: maximum $200
  8                   Shipping: minimum $25, maximum $400
  9             Raptor propagation permits: maximum $100
10             Rehabilitation permits: maximum $50
11             Scientific, educational or exhibition permits: maximum $10
12             Wildlife damage control permits: maximum $10
13             Wildlife importation permits: maximum $10
14             Special permits under K.S.A. 32-961: maximum $100
15             Miscellaneous fees
16                   Special events on department land or water: maximum $200
17                   Special departmental services, materials or supplies: no maximum
18                   Other issues of department: no maximum
19                   Vendor bond: no maximum
20                   (b) The fee for a landowner-tenant resident big game hunting permit
21             shall be an amount equal to 1/2 the fee for a general resident big game
22             hunting permit.
23                   (c) The fee for a furharvester license for a resident under 16 years of
24             age shall be an amount equal to 1/2 the fee for a resident furharvester
25             license.
26                   (d) The secretary may establish, by rules and regulations adopted in
27             accordance with K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto, different fees
28             for various classes and types of licenses, permits, stamps and other issu-
29             ances of the department which may occur within each item as described
30             under subsection (a).
31                   (e) The fee for a nonprofit group fishing license issued under sub-
32             section (h) of K.S.A. 32-906 and amendments thereto shall be $50 for
33             calendar year 1995.
34                   (f) The fee for a nonresident mussel fishing license shall be $1,000
35             from the effective date of this act through calendar year 1995.
36                   New Sec.  3. (a) As used in this section, terms have the meanings
37             provided by K.S.A. 32-701 and amendments thereto.
38                   (b) It shall be a goal of the department to manage big game popu-
39             lations in the state at levels consistent with existing habitat and landowner
40             and community tolerance. For this purpose, the secretary is authorized
41             to issue big game control permits, in addition to big game permits and
42             game tags issued during regularly designated hunting seasons.
43                   (c) For each big game control permit issued, the secretary may des-

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  1             ignate the period of time, the location and the number and type of big
  2             game that may be harvested. Use of any big game control permit shall
  3             require the permission of the landowner or tenant of the property where
  4             it is to be used.
  5                   (d) The secretary shall consult with representatives of farming and
  6             ranching organizations, county and city government associations and
  7             hunting organizations in the development, modification and implemen-
  8             tation of a big game control permit program.
  9                   (e) The secretary, in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments
10             thereto, may adopt such rules and regulations as necessary to implement
11             to provisions of this section. Such rules and regulations shall not require
12             an applicant for a big game control permit to attempt to alleviate a prob-
13             lem with big game using any means other than hunting during the regular
14             firearms season for the appropriate species of big game animal. 
15             Sec.  4. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 32-937 and 32-988 are hereby repealed.
16              Sec.  5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
17             publication in the statute book.