Changes to Existing Law

Except as provided in § 41-6-10.2, a person eighteen years of age or older shall purchase a habitat stamp when applying for or purchasing a fishing, hunting or fishing furbearer license. The fee for the habitat stamp shall be is ten dollars for residents and twenty-five fifty dollars for nonresidents. A person is not required to purchase more than one habitat stamp within a license period, as provided by the applicable license and rules promulgated by the commission under chapter 1-26. Any person required to possess a fishing license, hunting license, or fishing license to take fur-bearing animals may not fish and, hunt, or trap without a habitat stamp validation. AThe purchase of the a habitat stamp is not required for the a one-day hunting or fishing license, a youth hunting license, a private shooting preserve license, a hunt for habitat application fee raffle ticket, or a landowner hunting license. A violation of person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. 16