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New Jersey Statutes Title 23. Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals 23 § 3-1.1

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of section effective Dec. 1, 2024. See, also, section 23:3-1.1 effective until Dec. 1, 2024.>

a. The division shall issue a special license combining the resident's firearm hunting license, the resident's bow and arrow license and the resident's fishing license as provided under R.S.23:3-4 into one license to be designated as the “All Around Sportsman License.”

b. The “All Around Sportsman License” shall authorize its holder to hunt with a shotgun or bow and arrow and to angle or attempt to take fish in the fresh waters of this State at the time, and in the manner, provided by law and the State Fish and Game Code, except that this license shall not authorize its holder to take trout from the fresh waters of the State.

c. A resident of this State above the age of 16 years may procure the “All Around Sportsman License” from the division at Trenton or from its agents as designated by the division. It shall not be valid unless it contains the signature of the owner written in ink. Each license issued under this section shall expire on December 31 next following its issuance.

d. (1) The division shall determine the form of the “All Around Sportsman License.” The fee for this license shall be $71.25 and an issuance fee of $1.00, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c. 180 (C.23:3-1a).

(2) The fee for an “All Around Sportsman License” shall be reduced by $10 when application therefor is made at the same time with: (1) another resident of this State who applies for a resident's fishing license, is above 16 years of age and below 65 years of age, and has not bought an “All Around Sportsman License” or resident's fishing license in the previous five license years, or (2) a nonresident who applies for a nonresident's annual fishing license, is above 16 years of age, and has not bought a nonresident's annual fishing license in the previous five license years. The fee for a resident's fishing license bought in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph shall be $10.75 and an issuance fee of $1.00, and the fee for a nonresident's annual fishing license bought in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph shall be $16.50 and an issuance fee of $1.00.

e. The amounts remitted to the State Treasury from the collection of any fee pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the “hunters' and anglers' license fund.”

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