Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 341 (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Bolinder, B.

Final action

House/ to Governor 3/13/2023

Outcome

House/ to Governor

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• authorizes the Division of Wildlife Resources (division) to provide for the purchase of an electronic duck stamp on the division's website;
• requires the payment of a fee for the purchase of an electronic duck stamp on the division's website; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

ELECTRONIC STAMP DESIGNATION
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Bridger Bolinder
Senate Sponsor: 
 Scott D. Sandall
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses the purchase of an electronic duck stamp.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ authorizes the Division of Wildlife Resources (division) to provide for the purchase
of an electronic duck stamp on the division's website;
▸ requires the payment of a fee for the purchase of an electronic duck stamp on the
division's website; and
▸ makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
23-14-18
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 57
ENACTS:
23-19-50
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
23-14-18
 is amended to read:
23-14-18.
Establishment of seasons, locations, limits, and regulations by the
Wildlife Board.
(1) To provide an adequate and flexible system of protection, propagation,
introduction, increase, control, harvest, management, and conservation of protected wildlife in
this state and to provide for the use and development of protected wildlife for public recreation
and food supply while maintaining a sustainable population of protected wildlife, the Wildlife
Board shall determine the circumstances, time, location, means, and the amounts, and numbers
of protected wildlife which may be taken.
(2) The Wildlife Board shall, except as otherwise specified in this code:
(a) fix seasons and shorten, extend, or close seasons on any species of protected
wildlife in any locality, or in the entire state, if the board finds that the action is necessary to
effectuate proper wildlife management and control;
(b) close or open areas to fishing, trapping, or hunting;
(c) establish refuges and preserves;
(d) regulate and prescribe the means by which protected wildlife may be taken;
(e) regulate the transportation and storage of protected wildlife, or their parts, within
the boundaries of the state and the shipment or transportation out of the state;
(f) establish or change bag limits and possession limits;
(g) prescribe safety measures and establish other regulations as may be considered
necessary in the interest of wildlife conservation and the safety and welfare of hunters,
trappers, fishermen, landowners, and the public;
(h) (i) prescribe when licenses, permits, tags, and certificates of registration shall be
required and procedures for their issuance and use; and
(ii) establish forms and fees for licenses, permits, tags, and certificates of registration;
and
(i) prescribe rules and regulations as it may consider necessary to control the use and
harvest of protected wildlife by private associations, clubs, partnerships, or corporations,
provided the rules and regulations do not preclude the landowner from personally controlling
trespass upon the owner's properties nor from charging a fee to trespass for purposes of hunting
or fishing.
(3) The Wildlife Board may allow a season on protected wildlife to commence on any
day of the week except Sunday.
(4) 
(a)
 The Wildlife Board shall establish fees for licenses, permits, tags, and
certificates of registration in accordance with Section 
63J-1-504
.
(b) The Wildlife Board may adjust the amount for an electronic duck stamp fee as
provided in Section 
23-19-50
.
(5) The Wildlife Board may not issue a license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration
as a reward for an individual's assistance with a prosecution for violation of Section 
76-6-111
.
Section 2. Section 
23-19-50
 is enacted to read:
 23-19-50.
Electronic duck stamp -- Fee.
(1) As used in this section, "duck stamp" means the migratory bird hunting and
conservation stamp described in 16 U.S.C. Sec. 718a.
(2) The division may provide for the purchase of an electronic duck stamp by an
individual on the division's website, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. Sec. 718p.
(3) Except as described in Subsection (5), there is imposed a $30 electronic duck stamp
fee for an electronic duck stamp purchased on the division's website.
(4) The division shall deposit the electronic duck stamp fee collected under Subsection
(3) into the Wildlife Resources Account created in Section 
23-14-13
.
(5) (a) Notwithstanding the fee amount described in Subsection (3), the Wildlife Board
may increase or decrease the electronic duck stamp fee to an amount that is no less than the
amount the division is required to submit to the secretary of the interior under 16 U.S.C. 718r.
(b) An adjustment made by the Wildlife Board under Subsection (5)(a) takes effect
when confirmed in the legislative fee schedule adopted in the general session of the Legislature
immediately following the adjustment.