1. (a) A person possessing a valid sport fishing license issued by the state of Missouri shall not be required to obtain a Kansas fishing license in order to fish in the following locations in Kansas:

   1. (1) The flowing portions and backwaters of the Missouri river; and
   2. (2) any oxbow lake through which the Kansas-Missouri boundary passes.

2. (b) Any person fishing in the Missouri river as authorized by subsection (a) may fish from and attach any legal device or equipment to the land as part of fishing within these waters. However, each person fishing as authorized by subsection (a) shall be subject to the following requirements:

   1. (1) No person shall fish in any tributary of the Missouri river within Kansas boundaries without a valid Kansas fishing license.
   2. (2) If any law or regulation governing fishing in Missouri is different from the corresponding law or regulation in Kansas, each person possessing only a Missouri sport fishing license shall comply with the more restrictive state's law or regulation.
3. (c) This regulation shall be effective on and after January 1, 2003.

(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 32-807 and K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 32-906; effective Jan. 1, 2003.)