Bill > LB979

This bill modifies various provisions of the Game Law and the State Boat Act, including redefining "wildlife abatement" to encompass broader methods beyond trained raptors, and allowing the Game and Parks Commission to establish fees for youth education programs, with proceeds going to the Game and Parks Commission Educational Fund. It also increases the administrative fee for issuing hunting and fishing licenses from three to four dollars, adjusts fees for various hunting permits for deer, antelope, elk, and mountain sheep, and modifies the fee structure for lifetime hunting and fishing permits, generally by setting them as a multiple of the annual fee rather than fixed amounts. Additionally, the bill clarifies how funds from habitat and aquatic habitat stamps can be used, allows the commission to establish rules for issuing free landowner elk permits based on antlerless elk harvests, increases the license fee for game breeding and controlled shooting areas, and updates fees for motorboat registration and aquatic invasive species stamps. Finally, it mandates that all individuals on personal watercraft wear a United States Coast Guard-approved flotation device specifically approved for personal watercraft use.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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