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Committee advances bill to codify landowner permit programs and create limited transferable vouchers for landowners
Summary
House Bill 202 (fourth substitute) would codify landowner association permit allocations, allow certain private landowners to petition for up to two bull elk vouchers, and create a 5% private‑land permit pool for limited‑entry units; the committee favorably recommended the fourth substitute by roll call 4–1 on Feb. 27.
On Feb. 27 the Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee favorably recommended House Bill 202 (fourth substitute) by roll call, 4–1. The bill would codify aspects of the landowner-association (LOA) program and the private landowner permit process, allow owners of qualifying parcels to petition the Division of Wildlife Resources for up to two bull‑elk vouchers for their property, and create an allocation equal to 5% of limited‑entry permits for landowners with a section (640 acres) or more within a unit.
Sponsor testimony said the measure is intended to give smaller private landowners in southern counties — who cannot reach the 9,000‑acre threshold for CWMU…
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