Idaho Bills

Adds to existing law to authorize the use of certain archery equipment.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the designation of allocated tags.

This legislation amends section 36-2120 of the Outfitters and Guides Act to clarify the calculation that the Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board (the “Board”) uses to designate deer and elk hunting tags that are allocated for the use of outfitted hunters by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission (the “Commission”). These changes specify that the two years of prior use that form the basis for the calculation are the two (2) calendar years preceding the date of allocation. This change is necessary to ensure that the Board will use the same years of use to designate tags as the Commission used to allocate the tags. It will also ensure the Board can timely designate tags to individual outfitters, which will be beneficial to the outfitter’s businesses.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding violations and to provide for certain reporting.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the amount to be transferred annually to the Expendable Big Game Depredation Fund and to revise provisions regarding payments for approved claims.

To more equally balance the distribution of money derived from each license endorsement pursuant to the provisions of Section 36-414, between big game depredation and sportsman’s access and change the annual limitforanyindividualbiggamedepredationclaimfromapercentoftheannualappropriationtoafixedamount equal to $125,000.