1. Of the two dollars ($2.00) collected for each temporary license issued pursuant to Section 17-3-19 NMSA 1978, one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) shall be paid to the department of game and fish [department of wildlife] to be credited to the game protection fund and fifty cents ($.50) shall be paid to the vendor of the license.

History: 1941 Comp., § 43-309b, enacted by Laws 1949, ch. 149, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 53-3-11; 2005, ch. 74, § 4.

ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 2025, ch. 9, § 11 provided that references in law to the department of game and fish shall be deemed to be references to the department of wildlife.

The 2005 amendment, effective April 1, 2006, provided that $1.50 of the fee collected under Section 17-3-19 NMSA 1978, shall be credited to the game protection fund and $0.50 shall be paid to the license vendor.