1. (A) For the privilege of hunting bear, in addition to the required hunting license and big game permit the licensee must obtain a bear tag issued in his name, and the fee:

   1. (1) for a resident is twenty-five dollars per tag, one dollar of which may be retained by the license sales vendor;
   2. (2) for a nonresident is one hundred dollars per tag, two dollars of which may be retained by the license sales vendor.
2. (B) Youth under the age of sixteen are required to obtain youth tags for bear from the department at its designated licensing locations at no cost.

HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 286, Section 1, eff June 29, 2010; 2013 Act No. 94, Section 10, eff July 1, 2013; 2017 Act No. 71 (H.3601), Section 1, eff May 19, 2017.

Editor's Note

2017 Act No. 71, Section 3, provides as follows:

"The department shall provide a report of a one-year study by July 1, 2018, to the Chairman of the Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee and the Chairman of the House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee. The report will include, but will not be limited to, the harvest summary of Black Bear in Game Zones 1-4."

Effect of Amendment

The 2013 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "privilege of hunting bear" for "privilege of taking bear", and substituted "the licensee" for "a hunter".

2017 Act No. 71, Section 1, deleted (B), relating to applicants for bear tags being chosen by a random drawing in game zones other than Game Zone 1, and redesignated (C) as (B).