To encourage the recruitment of persons as responsible hunters:

1. (1) The certificate of completion requirement may be waived for one license year, and a person only may receive such a waiver one time. An apprentice hunting license may be issued if the applicant:

   1. (a) is at least sixteen years of age and otherwise required to obtain a certificate of completion to obtain a hunting license;
   2. (b) has not been convicted of or received deferred adjudication for violation of the hunter education requirement in this State; and
   3. (c) has not been convicted of a hunting violation.
2. (2) In addition to obtaining the apprentice hunting license, the applicant must obtain any other license, permit, receipt, stamp, and tag required to participate in a specific hunting activity.

3. (3) While afield, the apprentice hunter must be accompanied by a licensed hunter who:

   1. (a) has attained the age of twenty-one years;
   2. (b) is not licensed as an apprentice hunter;
   3. (c) stays within a distance that enables uninterrupted, unaided, visual and oral communication with the apprentice hunter and provides adequate direction to the apprentice.
4. (4) The apprentice license is valid only during the license year in which it is issued, and the duration of any other hunting permits obtained with this license may not exceed that of the apprentice license.

HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 233, Section 7, eff July 1, 2010.