37-449 Permit to hunt antelope; regulation and limitation by commission; issuance; fees; violation; penalty. - Nebraska Statutes

37-449. Permit to huntantelope; regulation and limitation by commission; issuance; fees; violation; penalty.(1) Thecommission may issue permits for hunting antelope and may adoptand promulgate separate and, when necessary, different rules and regulations thereforwithin the limitations prescribed in sections 37-447 and 37-452 for huntingdeer. The commission may offer multiple-year permits or combinations of permitsat reduced rates.(2) The commission may, pursuantto section 37-327, establish and charge a nonrefundable application fee ofnot more than seven dollars. The commission shall, pursuant to section 37-327,establish and charge a fee of not more than twenty-nine dollars for residentsand not more than one hundred forty-nine dollars and fifty cents for nonresidentsfor each permit issued under this section exceptas provided in subsection (4) of this section.(3) The provisions for thedistribution of deer permits and the authority of the commission to determineeligibility of applicants for permits as described in sections 37-447 and 37-452 shall also apply to the distribution of antelope permits.(4) The commissionshall, pursuant to section 37-327, establish and charge a fee of not morethan twenty-five dollars for residents and not more than forty-five dollarsfor nonresidents for a youth antelope permit.(5) Any person violatingthe rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to this sectionshall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor and shall be fined at least onehundred dollars upon conviction. SourceLaws 1998, LB 922, § 159; Laws 2003, LB 305, § 14; Laws 2003, LB 306, § 5; Laws 2007, LB299, § 8; Laws 2009, LB105, § 16.