FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 222

92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LUETKEMEYER (Sponsor), SHOEMYER (9), MUNZLINGER,

 SMITH (14), MOORE, YAEGER AND SHOEMAKER (8).

                   Read 1st time January 21, 2003, and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 252, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to fishing contests.




Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:


            Section A. Chapter 252, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 252.250, to read as follows:

            252.250. The department of conservation shall not require persons or corporations sponsoring or conducting a fishing contest on any lake in the state of Missouri to obtain a fishing permit or license if:

            (1) The contest is part of a multistate fishing contest; and

            (2) There is only one tagged fish with a value in excess of one thousand dollars and less than one million one dollars per lake; and

            (3) All fish are tagged by the sponsor in the presence of a representative from the department of conservation; and

            (4) No fee or consideration is required to enter the contest; and

            (5) Each participant in the contest possesses a fishing license; and

            (6) The contest is completed in less than thirty days.