16 U.S.C. § 670i — Public land management area stamps for hunting, trapping, and fishing on public lands subject to programs
submitted 52 years ago by Pub. L. 86-797 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 585 words · no verdicts yet
A State may agree to require people hunting, trapping, or fishing on covered public land to carry a valid public-land management-area stamp. The section sets rules for issuing, selling, using, validating, and inspecting those stamps.
(a) Stamp agreements. A State agency* may agree with the Interior and Agriculture Secretaries—or with the applicable one if only one runs the programs in that State—that no person may hunt, trap, or fish on covered public land* unless, while doing so, the person carries a valid stamp issued under this section. (b) Conditions. (1) The State agency or its authorized agents must issue and sell the stamps and collect their fees. (2) Notice must be prominent wherever State hunting, trapping, or fishing licenses are sold; as far as practicable, stamps must be sold with those licenses. (3) Except for printing, issuing, and selling costs, fees must fund this subchapter’s conservation and rehabilitation programs* in the State. They may buy land or interests from willing sellers or donors to provide access to inaccessible program lands, if the Interior and Agriculture Secretaries maintain or ensure access through or to land under their jurisdiction. (4) Buying a stamp permits hunting, trapping, and fishing on covered State public land except where a plan or agreement limits public use. It does not eliminate the Federal migratory-bird hunting stamp requirement or State game-and-fish laws. (5) The fee, required age, and expiration date must be agreed by the agency and Secretary or Secretaries, but a stamp expires no later than one year after issue. (6) The buyer must validate it by signing across its face. (7) On request, the buyer must show it to an Interior or Agriculture employee or another person authorized to enforce 16 U.S.C. § 670j(a).
Any State agency* may agree with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (or with the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, if within the State concerned all conservation and rehabilitation programs* under this subchapter will be implemented by him) that no individual will be permitted to hunt, trap, or fish on any public land* within the State which is subject to a conservation and rehabilitation program implemented under this subchapter unless at the time such individual is engaged in such activity he has on his person a valid public land management area stamp issued pursuant to this section.
Any agreement made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to require the issuance of public land management area stamps shall be subject to the following conditions:
Such stamps shall be issued, sold, and the fees therefor collected, by the State agency or by the authorized agents of such agency.
Notice of the requirement to possess such stamps shall be displayed prominently in all places where State hunting, trapping, or fishing licenses are sold. To the maximum extent practicable, the sale of such stamps shall be combined with the sale of such State hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses.
Except for expenses incurred in the printing, issuing, or selling of such stamps, the fees collected for such stamps by the State agency shall be utilized in carrying out conservation and rehabilitation programs implemented under this subchapter in the State concerned. Such fees may be used by the State agency to acquire lands or interests therein from willing sellers or donors to provide public access to program lands that have no existing public access for enhancement of outdoor recreation and wildlife conservation: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior maintain such access, or ensure that maintenance is provided for such access, through or to lands within their respective jurisdiction.
The purchase of any such stamp shall entitle the purchaser thereof to hunt, trap, and fish on any public land within such State which is the subject of a conservation or rehabilitation program implemented under this subchapter except to the extent that the public use of such land is limited pursuant to a comprehensive plan or cooperative agreement; but the purchase of any such stamp shall not be construed as (A) eliminating the requirement for the purchase of a migratory bird hunting stamp as set forth in section 718a of this title, or (B) relieving the purchaser from compliance with any applicable State game and fish laws and regulations.
The amount of the fee to be charged for such stamps, the age at which the individual is required to acquire such a stamp, and the expiration date for such stamps shall be mutually agreed upon by the State agency and the Secretary or Secretaries concerned; except that each such stamp shall be void not later than one year after the date of issuance.
Each such stamp must be validated by the purchaser thereof by signing his name across the face of the stamp.
Any individual to whom a stamp is sold pursuant to this section shall upon request exhibit such stamp for inspection to any officer or employee of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture, or to any other person who is authorized to enforce section 670j(a) of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 86–797, title II, § 203, as added Pub. L. 93–452, § 2, Oct. 18, 1974, 88 Stat. 1371; amended Pub. L. 100–653, title II, § 201, Nov. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 3826; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 312(b)(9), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1354.)
- 1974Enacted · Pub. L. 86-797 · 88 Stat. 1371
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-653 · 102 Stat. 3826
- 2011Amended · Pub. L. 112-81 · 125 Stat. 1354
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 86-797 on 1974-10-18.
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