January 15, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced
First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)
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SENATE BILL No. 545
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 14-22-6-13; (09)IN0545.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 14-22-6-13 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 13. (a) If the director:
(1) determines that a species of wild animal present within a state
park poses an unusual hazard to the health or safety of one (1) or
more individuals;
(2) determines, based upon the opinion of a professional biologist,
that it is likely that:
(A) a species of wild animal present within a state park will
cause obvious and measurable damage to the ecological
balance within the state park; and
(B) the ecological balance within the state park will not be
maintained unless action is taken to control the population of
the species within the state park; or
(3) is required under a condition of a lease from the federal
government to manage a particular wild animal species;
the director shall by emergency rule adopted under IC 4-22-2-37.1
establish a controlled hunt for the species within the state park.
(b) An order issued by the director under this section must set forth
the conditions of the hunt.
SOURCE: IC 14-22-8-7; (09)IN0545.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 14-22-8-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 7. (a) The department
shall contract for the development of game bird habitats in Indiana.
Each contract must:
(1) be for at least three (3) years; and
(2) provide a plan for the development of habitat for at least one
(1) species of game bird.
(b) The department may seek the cooperation of federal agencies
such as the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service or the
Natural Resources Conservation Service in the development of habitat
plans and compensation for habitat plans. Monetary compensation may
not exceed one two hundred dollars ($100) ($200) per acre per year
and each contract may provide that the site be open for regulated public
game bird hunting.
(c) The department may purchase land in Indiana from willing
sellers for the development of game bird habitats.
SOURCE: IC 14-22-11-8; (09)IN0545.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 14-22-11-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.14-2007,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to the following:
(1) A person who is:
(A) a resident of Indiana; and
(B) an individual born before April 1, 1943.
(2) A person who is less than seventeen (17) eighteen (18) years
of age.
(3) A person who is legally blind.
(4) A person who is a resident patient of a state mental institution.
(5) A person who is:
(A) a resident of a health facility (as defined in
IC 16-18-2-167) licensed in Indiana; and
(B) taking part in a supervised activity of the health facility.
(6) A person who:
(A) is a resident of Indiana; and
(B) has a developmental disability (as defined by
IC 12-7-2-61).
(7) A person whose only participation in fishing is to assist an
individual described in subdivision (3), (4), (5), or (6).
(8) A resident of Indiana who fishes during a free sport fishing
day designated under IC 14-22-18.
(b) Every person must have a fishing license in the person's
possession when fishing in:
(1) waters containing state owned fish;
(2) waters of the state; or
(3) boundary waters of the state.
(c) Every person must have a valid trout-salmon stamp in the
person's possession to legally fish for or take trout or salmon in:
(1) waters containing state owned fish;
(2) waters of the state; or
(3) boundary waters of the state.
SOURCE: IC 14-22-11-18; (09)IN0545.1.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 14-22-11-18, AS ADDED BY P.L.132-2006,
SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 18. (a) The director may designate not more than
four (4) days each year as free hunting days for youth hunters.
(b) During a free hunting day for youth hunters designated under
subsection (a), a resident who is less than sixteen (16) eighteen (18)
years of age may:
(1) hunt using hunting methods that are designated by the director
and that are legal for that hunting season; and
(2) exercise the same privileges that a resident is entitled to under
IC 14-22-12-1(24).
A youth hunter is not required to pay a fee or possess a hunting license.
(c) A youth hunter who hunts during a free hunting day for youth
hunters under this section must:
(1) comply with the conditions and rules adopted by the director;
and
(2) be accompanied by an individual who:
(A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(B) holds a valid hunting license under IC 14-22-12 or is not
required to have a hunting license under this chapter.
(d) The individual under subsection (c)(2) who accompanies the
youth hunter:
(1) must be in close enough proximity to monitor the youth
hunter's activities and communicate with the youth hunter at all
times; and
(2) may assist the youth hunter, including calling, but may not
carry a firearm or bow and arrow.
SOURCE: IC 14-22-12-1; (09)IN0545.1.5. -->
SECTION 5. IC 14-22-12-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.66-2008,
SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 1. (a) The department may issue the following
licenses and, except as provided in section 1.5 of this chapter and
subject to subsection (b), shall charge the following minimum license
fees to hunt, trap, or fish in Indiana:
(1) A resident yearly license to fish, eight dollars and seventy-five
cents ($8.75).
(2) A resident yearly license to hunt, eight dollars and
seventy-five cents ($8.75).
(3) A resident yearly license to hunt and fish, thirteen dollars and
seventy-five cents ($13.75).
(4) A resident yearly license to trap, eight dollars and seventy-five
cents ($8.75).
(5) A nonresident yearly license to fish, twenty-four dollars and
seventy-five cents ($24.75).
(6) A nonresident yearly license to hunt, sixty dollars and
seventy-five cents ($60.75).
(7) A nonresident yearly license to trap, one hundred seventeen
dollars and seventy-five cents ($117.75). However, a license may
not be issued to a resident of another state if that state does not
give reciprocity rights to Indiana residents similar to those
nonresident trapping privileges extended in Indiana.
(8) A resident or nonresident license to fish, including for trout
and salmon, for one (1) day only, four dollars and seventy-five
cents ($4.75).
(9) A nonresident license to fish, excluding for trout and salmon,
for seven (7) days only, twelve dollars and seventy-five cents
($12.75).
(10) A nonresident license to hunt for five (5) consecutive days
only, twenty-five dollars and seventy-five cents ($25.75).
(11) A resident or nonresident yearly stamp to fish for trout and
salmon, six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75).
(12) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a shotgun,
muzzle loading gun, rifle, or handgun, thirteen dollars and
seventy-five cents ($13.75).
(13) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a muzzle loading
gun, thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($13.75).
(14) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a bow and
arrow, thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($13.75).
(15) A nonresident yearly license to take a deer with a shotgun,
muzzle loading gun, rifle, or handgun, one hundred twenty dollars
and seventy-five cents ($120.75).
(16) A nonresident yearly license to take a deer with a muzzle
loading gun, one hundred twenty dollars and seventy-five cents
($120.75).
(17) A nonresident yearly license to take a deer with a bow and
arrow, one hundred twenty dollars and seventy-five cents
($120.75).
(18) A resident license to take an extra deer by a means, in a
location, and under conditions established by rule adopted by the
department under IC 4-22-2, five dollars ($5).
(19) A nonresident license to take an extra deer by a means, in a
location, and under conditions established by rule adopted by the
department under IC 4-22-2, ten dollars ($10).
(20) A resident yearly license to take a turkey, fourteen dollars
and seventy-five cents ($14.75).
(21) A nonresident yearly license to take a turkey, one hundred
fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($114.75). However, if the
state of residence of the nonresident applicant requires that before
a resident of Indiana may take turkey in that state the resident of
Indiana must also purchase another license in addition to a
nonresident license to take turkey, the applicant must also
purchase a nonresident yearly license to hunt under this section.
(22) A resident license to take an extra turkey by a means, in a
location, and under conditions established by rule adopted by the
department under IC 4-22-2, fourteen dollars and seventy-five
cents ($14.75).
(23) A nonresident license to take an extra turkey by a means, in
a location, and under conditions established by rule adopted by
the department under IC 4-22-2, one hundred fourteen dollars and
seventy-five cents ($114.75). However, if the state of residence of
the nonresident applicant requires that before a resident of
Indiana may take a turkey in that state the resident of Indiana
must also purchase another license in addition to a nonresident
license to take a turkey, the applicant must also purchase a
nonresident yearly license to hunt under this section.
(24) A resident youth yearly consolidated license to hunt,
trap,
and fish, six dollars ($6). This license is subject to the following:
(A) An applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(B) The license is in lieu of the resident yearly license to hunt,
trap, and fish and all other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits
to hunt,
trap, and fish for a specific species or by a specific
means.
(25) A resident senior yearly license to fish, three dollars ($3).
This license is subject to the following:
(A) An applicant must be at least sixty-four (64) years of age
and born after March 31, 1943.
(B) The license is in lieu of the resident yearly license to fish
and all other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to fish for a
specific species or by a specific means.
(26) A resident senior "fish for life" license, seventeen dollars
($17). This license is subject to the following:
(A) An applicant must be at least sixty-four (64) years of age
and must have been born after March 31, 1943.
(B) The license applies each year for the remainder of the
license holder's life.
(C) The license is in lieu of the resident senior yearly license
to fish and all other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to fish
for a specific species or by a specific means.
(b) The commission may set license fees to hunt, trap, or fish above
the minimum fees established under subsection (a).