AN ACT
RELATING TO GAME AND FISH; INCREASING LICENSE FEES; CHANGING CERTAIN CLASSES OF LICENSES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 17-3-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1964 (1st S.S.), Chapter 17, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
"17-3-2. CLASSES OF LICENSES.--
A. As used with reference to licenses in Chapter 17 NMSA 1978:
(1) "fishing" entitles the licensee to fish for game fish during the open seasons for each species;
(2) "small game" entitles the licensee to hunt game birds, other than wild turkey, and squirrel during the open seasons for each;
(3) "deer" entitles the licensee to hunt deer during the open season;
(4) "general hunting" entitles the licensee to hunt deer, squirrel and game birds during the open seasons for each;
(5) "general hunting and fishing" entitles the licensee to hunt deer, squirrel and game birds and to fish for game fish during the open seasons for each;
(6) "antelope" entitles the licensee to hunt antelope during the open season;
(7) "elk" entitles the licensee to hunt elk during the open season;
(8) "bighorn sheep" entitles the licensee to hunt bighorn sheep during the open season;
(9) "Barbary sheep" entitles the licensee to hunt Barbary sheep during the open season;
(10) "javelina" entitles the licensee to hunt javelina during the open season;
(11) "bear" entitles the licensee to hunt bear during the open season;
(12) "nongame" entitles the licensee to hunt or take any animal or bird not protected by law;
(13) "temporary fishing" entitles the licensee to fish for game fish during a specific period of time indicated on the license;
(14) "oryx" entitles the licensee to hunt oryx during the open season;
(15) "ibex" entitles the licensee to hunt ibex during the open season;
(16) "cougar" entitles the licensee to hunt cougar during the open season;
(17) "turkey" entitles the licensee to hunt turkey during the open season;
(18) "special season turkey" entitles the licensee to hunt turkey during special seasons designated by the state game commission;
(19) "quality elk" entitles the licensee to hunt elk during a special quality elk season, to be established by the state game commission, when the timing of the season and hunter density is specially regulated and the elk population is managed with an intent to provide the licensee an increased opportunity to take a mature elk;
(20) "quality deer" entitles the licensee to hunt deer during a special quality deer season, to be established by the state game commission, when the timing of the season and hunter density is specially regulated and the deer population is managed with an intent to provide the licensee an increased opportunity to take a mature deer;
(21) "temporary small game" entitles the licensee to hunt game birds, except wild turkey, and squirrel during a specific period of time indicated on the license; and
(22) "second rod" entitles the licensee to fish using two fishing rods to fish for game fish during the open seasons for each species.
B. A hunting license does not entitle the licensee to hunt, kill or take game animals or birds within or upon a park or enclosure licensed or posted as provided by law or within or upon a privately owned enclosure without consent of the owner or within or upon a game refuge or game management area.
C. A fishing license does not entitle the licensee to fish for or take fish within or upon a park or enclosure licensed or posted as provided by law or within or upon a privately owned enclosure without consent of the owner or in or on closed waters.
D. A junior fishing license may be purchased by a resident who has reached his twelfth birthday but has not reached his eighteenth birthday. A junior fishing license entitles the licensee to fish for game fish during the open season for each species.
E. A senior fishing license may be purchased by a resident who has reached his sixty-fifth birthday. A senior fishing license entitles the licensee to fish for game fish during the open season for each species.
F. A nonresident junior fishing license may be purchased by a nonresident who has reached his twelfth birthday but has not reached his eighteenth birthday. A nonresident junior fishing license entitles the licensee to fish for game fish during the open season for each species.
G. A senior general hunting license may be purchased by a resident who has reached his sixty-fifth birthday. A senior general hunting license entitles the licensee to hunt for deer, squirrel and game birds during the open seasons for each species.
H. A junior general hunting license may be purchased by a resident who has not reached his eighteenth birthday. A junior general hunting license entitles the licensee to hunt for deer, squirrel and game birds during the open seasons for each species.
I. A handicapped fishing license may be purchased by a resident who has a severe physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities and who can furnish adequate proof of this disability to the state game commission. A handicapped fishing license may be purchased by a resident who has a developmental disability as defined in Subsection H of Section 43-1-3 NMSA 1978 and who can furnish adequate proof of this disability to the state game commission. A handicapped fishing license entitles the licensee to fish for game fish during the open season for each species.
J. A handicapped general hunting license may be purchased by a resident who has a severe physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities and who can furnish adequate proof of this disability to the state game commission. A handicapped general hunting license entitles the licensee to hunt for deer, squirrel and game birds during the open season for each species.
K. A fishing license may be obtained at no cost by a resident who has reached his seventieth birthday.
L. A second rod validation may be purchased by either a resident or nonresident. A second rod validation entitles the licensee to fish using two rods for game fish during the open season for each species.
M. A junior-senior elk license may be purchased by a resident who has not reached his eighteenth birthday or by a resident who has reached his sixty-fifth birthday. A junior-senior elk license entitles the licensee to hunt for elk during the open season for that species."
Section 2. 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 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25.00
Resident, small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.00
Resident, deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.00
Resident, general hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00
Resident, general hunting and fishing. . . . . . . 59.00
Resident, senior, handicapped,
general hunting and fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . 28.00
Resident, junior, general
hunting and fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
Resident, antelope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50.00
Resident, elk cow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Resident, elk bull or either sex. . . . . . . . . .80.00
Resident, junior-senior, elk. . . . . . . . . . . .48.00
Resident, bighorn sheep, ram. . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
Resident, bighorn sheep, ewe. . . . . . . . . . . .75.00
Resident, Barbary sheep. . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00
Resident, bear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44.00
Resident, turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.00
Resident, cougar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40.00
Resident, oryx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
Resident, ibex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
Resident, javelina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55.00
Resident, fur dealer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15.00
Resident, trapper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
Resident, junior trapper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.00
Nonresident, fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56.00
Nonresident, junior fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . 28.00
Nonresident, small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.00
Nonresident, deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260.00
Nonresident, quality deer. . . . . . . . . . . . .345.00
Nonresident, bear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250.00
Nonresident, cougar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280.00
Nonresident, turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00
Nonresident, antelope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260.00
Nonresident, elk cow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.00
Nonresident, elk bull or either sex. . . . . . . .525.00
Nonresident, quality elk. . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00
Nonresident, bighorn sheep. . . . . . . . . . . 3,150.00
Nonresident, Barbary sheep. . . . . . . . . . . . 350.00
Nonresident, oryx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,600.00
Nonresident, ibex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,600.00
Nonresident, javelina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155.00
Nonresident, fur dealer. . . . . . . . . . . . . .125.00
Nonresident, trapper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.00
Nonresident, nongame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65.00
Resident, senior, handicapped,
fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.00
Resident, junior fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
Temporary fishing, one day. . . . . . . . . . . . .12.00
Temporary fishing, five days. . . . . . . . . . . .24.00
Resident, senior, handicapped,
general hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.00
Resident, junior general hunting. . . . . . . . . .15.00
Temporary small game, four days. . . . . . . . . . 33.00
Second rod validation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.00."
Section 3. Section 17-3-19 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1949, Chapter 149, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"17-3-19. SPECIAL LICENSE--MINORS FISHING ON SCOUT PROPERTY.--Every citizen of the United States who is a resident or nonresident of the state of New Mexico and of the ages of fourteen, fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years shall, upon the payment of two dollars ($2.00), be issued a special temporary license to fish for ten days during the proper open season in any waters or streams located on the property owned and operated by the boy scouts of America in Colfax county, New Mexico. Such temporary license shall not authorize fishing in any other waters of this state."
Section 4. Section 17-3-20 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1949, Chapter 149, Section 2) is amended to read:
"17-3-20. FEE DISPOSITION.--Of the two dollars ($2.00) collected for each temporary license issued pursuant to Section 17-3-19 NMSA 1978, one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) shall be paid to the department of game and fish to be credited to the game protection fund and fifty cents ($.50) shall be paid to the vendor of the license."
Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is April 1, 2006.