301 KAR 3:022. License, tag, and permit fees.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS 150.025, 150.175, 150.180, 150.183, 150.240, 150.275, 150.280, 150.290, 150.450, 150.485, 150.520, 150.525, 150.600, 150.603, 150.620, 150.660, 150.720, EO 2008-516

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 150.195(4)(f), 150.225, 150.280

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 150.225 authorizes the department to promulgate administrative regulations establishing reasonable license fees relating to hunting, fishing, and trapping. KRS 150.195(4)(f) requires the department to promulgate an administrative regulation establishing the license and permit terms and the expiration date of licenses and permits. KRS 150.175 establishes the kinds of licenses and tags. This administrative regulation establishes fees and terms for licenses and the expiration dates for the licenses. EO 2008-516, effective June 16, 2008, reorganizes and renames the Commerce Cabinet as the new Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.

 

      Section 1. Licenses, tags, and permits listed in this section shall be valid from March 1 through the last day of February the following year.

      (1) Sport fishing licenses:

      (a) Statewide annual fishing license (resident): twenty (20) dollars;

      (b) Statewide annual fishing license (nonresident): fifty (50) dollars;

      (c) Joint statewide fishing license (resident): thirty-six (36) dollars; and

      (d) Trout permit (resident or nonresident): ten (10) dollars.

      (2) Commercial fishing licenses:

      (a) Commercial fishing license (resident) plus ten (10) resident commercial gear tags: $150; and

      (b) Commercial fishing license (nonresident) plus ten (10) nonresident commercial gear tags: $600.

      (3) Commercial fishing gear tags (not to be sold singly):

      (a) Commercial fishing gear tags (resident) block of ten (10) tags: fifteen (15) dollars; and

      (b) Commercial fishing gear tags (nonresident) block of ten (10) tags: $100.

      (4) Hunting licenses:

      (a) Statewide hunting license (resident): twenty (20) dollars;

      (b) Statewide hunting license (nonresident): $130;

      (c) Statewide junior hunting license (resident or nonresident): five (5) dollars;

      (d) Shooting preserve hunting license (resident or nonresident): five (5) dollars;

      (e) Statewide waterfowl permit (resident or nonresident): fifteen (15) dollars; and

      (f) Migratory game bird permit (resident or nonresident): ten (10) dollars.

      (5) Combination hunting and fishing license (resident): thirty (30) dollars.

      (6) Senior/disabled combination hunting and fishing license (resident): five (5) dollars.

      (7) Trapping licenses:

      (a) Trapping license (resident): twenty (20) dollars;

      (b) Trapping license (resident landowner/tenant): ten (10) dollars;

      (c) Trapping license (nonresident): $130; and

      (d) Junior trapping license (resident): five (5) dollars.

      (8) Game permits:

      (a) Resident quota elk hunt permit: thirty (30) dollars;

      (b) Nonresident quota elk hunt permit: $365;

      (c) Resident out-of-zone elk hunt permit: thirty (30) dollars;

      (d) Nonresident out-of-zone elk hunt permit: $365;

      (e) Game permit, resident deer: thirty (30) dollars;

      (f) Game permit, nonresident deer: sixty (60) dollars;

      (g) Junior game permit, deer (resident or nonresident): ten (10) dollars;

      (h) Bonus antlerless deer permit (two (2) tags per permit) (resident or nonresident): fifteen (15) dollars;

      (i) Bonus quota hunt deer permit (resident or nonresident): thirty (30) dollars;

      (j) Game permit, resident spring turkey: thirty (30) dollars;

      (k) Game permit, nonresident spring turkey: sixty (60) dollars;

      (l) Game permit, resident fall turkey: thirty (30) dollars;

      (m) Game permit, nonresident fall turkey: sixty (60) dollars; and

      (n) Junior game permit, turkey (resident or nonresident): ten (10) dollars.

      (9) Peabody individual permit: fifteen (15) dollars.

      (10) Commercial mussel licenses:

      (a) Musseling license (resident): $400;

      (b) Musseling license (nonresident): $1,600;

      (c) Mussel buyer's license (resident): $600; and

      (d) Mussel buyer's license (nonresident): $1,600.

      (11) Sportsman’s licenses (resident) (includes resident hunting and fishing combination, spring turkey permit, fall turkey permit, trout permit, state waterfowl permit and game permit for deer): ninety-five (95) dollars.

      (12) Junior sportsman's license (resident or nonresident) (includes junior hunting license, junior deer permit, junior turkey permit, trout permit and waterfowl permit): twenty-five (25) dollars.

      (13) Land Between the Lakes hunting permit: twenty (20) dollars.

      (14) Conservation permit: five (5) dollars.

 

      Section 2. Licenses, tags and permits, listed in this section shall be valid for the calendar year in which they are issued.

      (1) Live fish and bait dealer's licenses:

      (a) Live fish and bait dealer's license (resident): fifty (50) dollars; and

      (b) Live fish and bait dealer's license (nonresident): $150.

      (2) Commercial taxidermist license: $150.

      (3) Commercial guide licenses:

      (a) Commercial guide license (resident): $150; and

      (b) Commercial guide license (nonresident): $400.

      (4) Shooting preserve permit: $150.

      (5) Dog training area permit: fifty (50) dollars.

      (6) Collecting permits:

      (a) Educational wildlife collecting permit: twenty-five (25) dollars; and

      (b) Scientific wildlife collecting permit: $250.

      (7) Nuisance wildlife control operators (NWCO) permit: $100;

      (8) Pay lake license:

      (a) First two (2) acres or less: $150; and

      (b) Per additional acre or part of acre: twenty (20) dollars.

      (9) Commercial captive wildlife permit: $150.

      (10) Commercial fish propagation permit: fifty (50) dollars.

      (11) Wildlife rehabilitator's permit: twenty-five (25) dollars.

      (12) Annual wildlife transportation permit: $250; and

      (13) Peabody Wildlife Management Area annual event permit: $250.

 

      Section 3. Licenses, tags and permits listed in this section shall be valid for three (3) years from the date of issue.

      (1) Falconry permit: seventy-five (75) dollars.

      (2) Noncommercial captive wildlife permit: seventy-five (75) dollars.

 

      Section 4. Licenses, tags and permits listed in this section shall be valid for the date or dates specified on each.

      (1) Short-term licenses:

      (a) One (1) day resident fishing license: seven (7) dollars;

      (b) One (1) day nonresident fishing license: ten (10) dollars;

      (c) Seven (7) day nonresident fishing license: thirty (30) dollars;

      (d) Fifteen (15) day nonresident fishing license: forty (40) dollars.

      (e) One (1) day resident hunting license (not valid for deer, elk, or turkey hunting): seven (7) dollars.

      (f) One (1) day nonresident hunting license (not valid for deer, elk, or turkey hunting): ten (10) dollars.

      (g) Five (5) day nonresident hunting license (not valid for deer, elk, or turkey hunting): forty (40) dollars;

      (h) Three (3) day fur bearer's license: fifty (50) dollars; and

      (2) Individual wildlife transportation permit: twenty-five (25) dollars.

      (3) Special resident commercial fishing permit: $600.

      (4) Special non-resident commercial fishing permit: $900.

      (5) Commercial waterfowl shooting area permit: $150.

      (6) Shoot to retrieve field trial permits:

      (a) Per trial (maximum four (4) days): seventy-five (75) dollars; and

      (b) Single day: twenty-five (25) dollars.

      (7) Boat dock permits (per year):

      (a) Five (5) dollars through December 31, 2007; or

      (b) $100 per ten (10) year permit cycle beginning January 1, 2008.

      (8) Peabody individual event permit: twenty-five (25) dollars.

      (9) Commercial Roe-bearing Fish Buyer's permit;

      (a) Commercial Roe-bearing Fish Buyer's permit (resident): $500; and

      (b) Commercial Roe-bearing Fish Buyer's permit (nonresident): $1,000.

      (10) Commercial Roe-bearing Fish Harvester's permit:

      (a) Commercial Roe-bearing Fish Harvester's permit (resident): $500; and

      (b) Commercial Roe-bearing Fish Harvester's permit (nonresident): $1,500.

 

      Section 5. Licenses, tags, and permits listed in this section shall be valid on a per unit basis as specified.

      (1) Ballard waterfowl hunt (per person, per day): fifteen (15) dollars.

      (2) Pheasant hunt permit (per person, per day): twenty-five (25) dollars.

      (3) Horse stall rental (per space, per day): two (2) dollars.

      (4) Dog kennel rental (per dog, per day): fifty (50) cents.

      (5) Pond stocking fee (per stocking):

      (a) Ponds less than 1.5 surface acres: seventy-five (75) dollars;

      (b) Ponds from 1.5 to 2.9 surface acres: $200; and

      (c) Ponds equal to or greater than 3.0 surface acres: $200 plus $150 for each additional surface acre of water over 3.0 acres prorated on a 0.25 acre basis.

      (6) Commercial captive cervid permit (per facility, per year): $150.

      (7) Noncommercial captive cervid permit (per facility; per three years): seventy-five (75) dollars.

 

      Section 6. The following licenses listed in this section shall be valid from April 1 through March 31 of the following year:

      (1) Fur processor's license (resident): $150.

      (2) Fur buyer's license (resident): fifty (50) dollars.

      (3) Fur buyer's license (nonresident): $300. (18 Ky.R. 3556; Am. 19 Ky.R. 391; eff. 7-22-92; 21 Ky.R. 71; 1297; eff. 9-28-94; 23 Ky.R. 1619; 2460; 12-11-96; 24 Ky.R. 646; eff. 11-12-97; 2754; eff. 8-17-98; 26 Ky.R. 2021; 27 Ky.R. 76; eff. 7-17-2000; 3342; 28 Ky.R. 364; eff. 8-15-01; 2425; 29 Ky.R. 435; eff. 8-12-02; 1323; eff. 1-16-03; 30 Ky.R. 695; 2570; 12-5-03; 31 Ky.R. 350; eff. 8-26-04; 841; eff. 1-4-05; 1719; eff. 6-8-05; 32 Ky.R. 944; eff. 2-3-06; 33 Ky.R. 522; 1100; 1297; eff. 11-8-06; 3456; eff. 8-6-07; 34 Ky.R. 852; 1396; eff. 12-12-07; 34 Ky. R. 2224; 35 Ky.R. 555; eff. 9-12-08.)