SENATE BILL 336
47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005
INTRODUCED BY
Timothy Z. Jennings
AN ACT
RELATING TO GAME AND FISH; RAISING CERTAIN NONRESIDENT AND TEMPORARY LICENSE FEES; PROVIDING FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH EMPLOYEES; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 17-3-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1964 (1st S.S.), Chapter 17, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
"17-3-13. LICENSE FEES.--
A. The director of the department of game and fish shall keep a record of all money received and licenses and permits issued [by him], numbering each class separately. Upon satisfactory proof that a license or permit has been lost before its expiration, [he] the director may issue a duplicate and collect a just and reasonable fee for it as determined by regulation of the state game commission.
B. The director of the department of game and fish shall collect the following fees for each license of the class indicated:
Resident, fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17.50
Resident, small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.00
Resident, deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23.00
Resident, general hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.00
Resident, general hunting and fishing. . . . . . . . 37.50
Resident, junior-senior handicapped,
general hunting and fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
Resident, antelope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Resident, elk cow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.00
Resident, elk bull or either sex. . . . . . . . . . .60.00
Resident, bighorn sheep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90.00
Resident, Barbary sheep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80.00
Resident, bear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.00
Resident, turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
Resident, cougar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Resident, bison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
Resident, oryx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00
Resident, ibex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60.00
Resident, gazelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.00
Resident, javelina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00
Resident, fur dealer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10.00
Resident, furbearer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00
Resident, junior furbearer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
Nonresident, fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . .[39.00] 65.00
Nonresident, junior fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.50
Nonresident, small game. . . . . . . . . . . [75.00] 85.00
Nonresident, deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . [180.00] 240.00
Nonresident, quality deer. . . . . . . . . [300.00] 325.00
Nonresident, bear. . . . . . . . . . . . . [150.00] 240.00
Nonresident, cougar. . . . . . . . . . . . [200.00] 240.00
Nonresident, turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . .[75.00] 110.00
Nonresident, antelope. . . . . . . . . . . [186.00] 250.00
Nonresident, elk cow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.00
Nonresident, elk bull or either sex. . . . . . . . .465.00
Nonresident, quality elk. . . . . . . . . . . . . .750.00
Nonresident, bighorn sheep. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00
Nonresident, Barbary sheep. . . . . . . . .[300.00] 325.00
Nonresident, bison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00
Nonresident, oryx. . . . . . . . . . . [1,500.00] 1,750.00
Nonresident, ibex. . . . . . . . . . . [1,500.00] 1,750.00
Nonresident, gazelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,000.00
Nonresident, javelina. . . . . . . . . . . [140.00] 200.00
Nonresident, fur dealer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00
Nonresident, furbearer. . . . . . . . . . .[300.00] 350.00
Nonresident, nongame. . . . . . . . . . . . .[50.00] 60.00
Resident, junior-senior handicapped,
fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
Temporary fishing, one day. . . . . . . . . .[8.00] 11.00
Temporary fishing, five days. . . . . . . . .[16.00] 23.00
Resident, junior-senior handicapped,
general hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15.00
Temporary small game, four days. . . . . . . [35.00] 40.00
Second rod validation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00."
Section 2. APPROPRIATIONS.--
A. Four hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($457,000) is appropriated from the game protection fund to the department of game and fish for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 to provide up to an eighteen percent salary increase to department of game and fish conservation officers who are commissioned law enforcement officers, contingent upon the requirements of Subsection C of this section.
B. Two hundred fifty-two thousand dollars ($252,000) is appropriated from the game protection fund to the department of game and fish for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 to provide salary increases for classified clerical, secretarial, financial specialists and farm and ranch workers of the department, contingent upon the requirements of Subsection C of this section.
C. The appropriations in Subsections A and B of this section are contingent upon the department of game and fish adopting a tiered salary schedule for all employees based on experience and job qualifications. The salary schedule shall index salaries of conservation officers who are commissioned law enforcement officers based on education, experience and risk involved in the job assignment. The department shall request the state personnel office to reclassify commissioned conservation officers or to assign them to an alternative pay band.
D. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall revert to the game protection fund.
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