Every citizen of the United States who is a resident or nonresident of the state of New Mexico and under the age of eighteen years shall, upon the payment of two dollars ($2.00), be issued a special temporary license to fish for ten days during the proper open season in any waters or streams located on the property owned and operated by the boy scouts of America in Colfax county, New Mexico. Such temporary license shall not authorize fishing in any other waters of this state.
History: 1941 Comp., § 43-309a, enacted by Laws 1949, ch. 149, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 53-3-10; Laws 1983, ch. 117, § 4; 2005, ch. 74, § 3; 2013, ch. 5, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, created a special temporary fishing license for nonresidents under the age of eighteen; in the first sentence, after "state of New Mexico and", deleted "of the age of fourteen, fifteen, sixteen or seventeen" and added "under the age of eighteen".
The 2005 amendment, effective April 1, 2006, increased the fee for a special temporary license from $1.50 to $2.00.