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Show Wildlife Federation Proposes 5 Bills For Utah Legislature A total of five bills relating to fish and game are proposed by the Utah Wildlife Federation for introduction before the Legislature Leg-islature as it convenes next month, department of fish and game spokesmen noted as they explained the effect the measure will have on fish and game management. man-agement. Foremost among these probably prob-ably is the proposed increase in fish and game license fees, an action that has been widely acclaimed ac-claimed in some quarters and just as widely condemned in others. In summarizing the need for this increase in revenue, department depart-ment director Harold S. Crane pointed out the fallacy of expecting ex-pecting a modern day business organization to operate on the same budget under which that business was operating eight years ago. "Costs of living have continually increased as have those of personal services and other costs attendant to operating operat-ing a business. If the department of fish and game is to continue to serve the public through the development of new hunting areas, construction of fishing waters and the continued planting plant-ing of fish and new species of game, an increase in the fish and game license fee is a vital necessity." neces-sity." Other proposed legislation 'to be introduced before the state law making body are holdover bills from the session of two years ago. These include an increase in-crease of five cents in fee paid to each license agent for issuing a fish and game license, bringing this fee to 15c per license. This is considered to be necessary in view of increased expenses attending at-tending the sale of the licenses, another reflection of the added cost of living. A bill to change several definitions defi-nitions dealing with fish and game designations and the length of residency in the state will be introduced. In the main, this bill would reduce the period of residency resi-dency required for the purchase of resident hunting and fishing license from one year to six months. This action is necessary in view, of the influx of new people into the state each year and would bring Utah's requirements require-ments more in line with those of other states. Also proposed is legislation to establish a minimum fine for fish and game violations of $50, such fine to be used primarily as guide to justices of the peace. Another change is also proposed pro-posed in licensing, the proposal to give all aliens, except Japanese Japa-nese citizens .allowed resident privileges under state and federal fed-eral laws enacted in 1952, the opportunity of purchasing hunting hunt-ing and fishing licenses on the same terms as a nonresident. |