Citations Affected: IC 14-22.
Synopsis: Hunting facilities and licenses. Prohibits game mammals,
elk, and furbearing mammals held under a game breeder's license,
except for animals on a game breeder's licensed hunting facility
(licensed hunting facility), from being hunted or harvested for sporting
purposes. Prohibits hunting or harvesting game mammals, elk, and
furbearing mammals held by a licensed hunting facility after July 1,
2013. Establishes requirements for licensed hunting facilities that allow
hunting of deer or elk. Except for whitetail deer, provides that deer and
elk taken at a licensed hunting facility are not subject to bag, sex, or
size limits, or hunting license requirements. Prohibits deer and elk from
being released into a licensed hunting facility after July 1, 2011. Makes
permanent a provision authorizing the issuance of lifetime hunting,
fishing, and trapping licenses. Allows an honorably discharged veteran
to receive a lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license without
charge.
Effective: July 1, 2006.
January 12, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
January 19, 2006, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
January 31, 2006, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
natural and cultural resources.
SECTION 1. IC 14-22-12-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.225-2005,
SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 7. (a) Before July 1, 2005, The director may issue
to residents of Indiana lifetime licenses to hunt, fish, or trap. Subject to
subsection subsections (b) and (f), the following license fees shall be
charged:
(1) Lifetime basic fishing license, twenty (20) times the fee
charged for a resident yearly license to fish. This license replaces
the resident yearly license to fish.
(2) Lifetime basic hunting license, twenty (20) times the fee
charged for a resident yearly license to hunt. This license replaces
the resident yearly license to hunt.
(3) Lifetime comprehensive fishing license, thirty (30) times the
fee charged for a resident yearly license to fish. This license
replaces the resident yearly license to fish and all other yearly
licenses, stamps, or permits to fish for a specific species.
(4) Lifetime comprehensive hunting license, sixty (60) times the
fee charged for a resident yearly license to hunt. This license
replaces the resident yearly license to hunt and all other yearly
licenses, stamps, or permits to hunt for a specific species or by a
specific means.
(5) Lifetime comprehensive hunting and fishing license, the fee
charged under subdivisions (3) and (4) less ten percent (10%).
This license replaces the following:
(A) The resident yearly license to hunt.
(B) All other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to hunt for a
specific species or by a specific means.
(C) The resident yearly license to fish.
(D) All other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to fish for a
specific species.
(6) Lifetime trapping license, twenty (20) times the fee charged
for a resident yearly license to trap. This license replaces the
resident yearly license to trap.
(b) This subsection applies only to individuals who are at least fifty
(50) years of age. The license fees under subsection (a) shall be
reduced by the amount determined under STEP THREE of the
following formula:
STEP ONE: Subtract forty-nine (49) from the resident applicant's
age in years.
STEP TWO: Multiply the difference determined under STEP
ONE by two and one-half percent (2.5%).
STEP THREE: Multiply the percentage determined under STEP
TWO by the amount of the appropriate fee under subsection (a).
(c) Each lifetime license:
(1) is nontransferable;
(2) expires on the death of the person to whom the license was
issued; and
(3) may be suspended or revoked for the same causes and
according to the same procedures that a resident yearly license to
hunt, fish, or trap, as appropriate, may be suspended or revoked.
(d) No part of a lifetime hunting, fishing, or trapping license is
refundable. However, the holder of:
(1) a basic license to hunt or fish may be given credit for the
current cost of such a license when purchasing a comprehensive
license to hunt or fish or hunt and fish; and
(2) a comprehensive license to hunt or fish may be given credit
for the current cost of such a license when purchasing a lifetime
comprehensive license to hunt and fish.
(e) All money received under this section shall be deposited in the
lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license trust fund established by
IC 14-22-4.
(f) The director shall issue a lifetime hunting, fishing, and
trapping license without charge to an individual who has applied
for a lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license and who:
(1) is a resident of Indiana; and
(2) has served in and received an honorable discharge from
the armed forces of the United States (as defined in
IC 5-9-4-3).
seventy-five (75) yards from the boundary fence.
(2) A deer or an elk must be released into the hunting area at
least ten (10) days before it is hunted. Hunting of other deer
and elk is not allowed in the hunting area during this period.
(3) The number of hunters in the hunting area at any time
may not exceed one (1) hunter per twenty (20) acres.
(4) Any law or rule concerning the hunting of whitetail deer
concerning weapon limitations applies to the hunting of any
animal on a licensed hunting facility.
(5) The licensed hunting facility must comply with all rules of
the board of animal health concerning deer and elk, including
rules concerning chronic wasting disease (CWD).
(6) The licensed hunting facility may not sell a specific deer or
elk to the hunter. However, the licensed hunting facility may
charge either:
(A) a basic hunting fee; or
(B) a fee based upon the antler size of the deer or elk taken
by the hunter.
(7) Hunting is prohibited in the area within one hundred fifty
(150) yards of an artificial feeding site.
(8) The licensed hunting facility must maintain a hunting area
that consists of at least eighty (80) contiguous acres and that
is surrounded by a boundary fence at least eight (8) feet in
height.
(9) The operator of a licensed hunting facility shall pay the
department the following fees for each deer or elk harvested
on the licensed hunting facility:
(A) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per buck.
(B) Fifty dollars ($50) per doe.
(10) The operator of a licensed hunting facility must maintain
daily records concerning the following:
(A) The number of deer and elk released into the hunting
area.
(B) The number of hunters.
(C) The number of deer and elk harvested.
(11) The licensed hunting facility must allow the department,
at any time, to inspect the following:
(A) The daily records required under subdivision (10).
(B) The deer and elk.
(C) The hunting area.
(12) Before July 1, 2011, a person who operates a licensed
hunting facility under this section shall submit a plan to the
department that outlines how all deer and elk will be
harvested or removed from the licensed hunting facility.
(d) Except for whitetail deer, a deer or elk taken on a game
breeder's licensed hunting facility under this section is not subject
to:
(1) the bag, sex, and size limits established under
IC 14-22-2-6(a)(2); or
(2) hunting license requirements.
(e) Except for whitetail deer, a person may take deer and elk
from a game breeder's licensed hunting facility under this section
only during September, October, November, December, January,
February, March, and April.
(f) Deer and elk may not be released into a game breeder's
licensed hunting facility to which this section applies after July 1,
2011.
(g) This section expires July 1, 2013.