February 20, 2002



ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1043

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DIGEST OF HB 1043 (Updated February 19, 2002 10:49 AM - DI 77)



Citations Affected: IC 14-22.

Synopsis: Fishing licenses. Provides that a person is not required to hold a fishing license if the person's only participation in fishing is to assist certain types of persons (including the blind and the developmentally disabled) when they are fishing.

Effective: July 1, 2002.



Frenz, Stilwell
(SENATE SPONSORS _ FORD, WATERMAN)


    January 8, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development.
    January 24, 2002, reported _ Do Pass.
    January 29, 2002, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
    January 30, 2002, read third time, passed. Yeas 92, nays 0.

SENATE ACTION

    February 1, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
    February 19, 2002, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.



February 20, 2002

Second Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2002)


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ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1043


    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 14-22-11-8; (02)EH1043.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 14-22-11-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.84-2000, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to the following:
        (1) A person who is:
            (A) a resident of Indiana; and
            (B) at least sixty-five (65) years of age.
        (2) A person who is less than seventeen (17) 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). and
            (C) is fishing with a person who holds a fishing license or is exempt from holding a fishing license under subdivision (1).
        (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.