HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     2841

(a)  In addition to the regular hunter's license, a person
hunting deer in the State first shall obtain a deer stamp.

(b)  A deer stamp is not required of the following:

(1)  The owner or tenant of farmland, his spouse and
children, or the spouse of any child who resides on the farmland.
A tenant is a person holding land under a lease, or a
sharecropper who resides in a dwelling on the land, but it does
not include any employee of the owner or tenant; and

(2)  Any resident serving in the Armed Forces of the
United States while on leave in the State, during his leave
period, if, while hunting, he possesses a copy of his official
leave order.

(c)  A person may obtain a deer stamp for a fee of $5.50.
In addition to a deer stamp, a person hunting deer during the bow
hunting season shall obtain a special bow hunting deer stamp for
a fee of $1.25. A person hunting deer with a muzzle loader
during the muzzle loader deer season shall obtain a special black
powder deer stamp for a fee of $1.25. A person may obtain the
stamps from the clerk of the circuit court of any county or from
any person designated by the Department. A resident 65 years of
age or over shall pay $1 for a deer stamp. A resident 65 years
of age or over shall pay 50 cents for a special deer stamp. The
issuing clerk or person designated shall retain the sum of 25
cents as compensation for issuing each stamp. The balance of the
fee is paid over and accounted for in the same manner as hunter's
licenses. The Department shall use the revenue accruing from the
sale of special stamps under this subsection to:

(1)  Establish an effective and efficient deer
checking system during the muzzle loader and bow hunting deer
season;

(2)  Acquire additional hunter access during the
muzzle loader and bow hunting season; and

(3)  Police hunting lands during the muzzle loader and
bow hunting season.

(d)  The court clerk or designated person shall write or
stamp the date of issuance on the face of every deer stamp issued
pursuant to this section. Each stamp shall be affixed adhesively
to the back of the regular season hunter's license of the person
to whom the stamp is issued. The recipient shall sign the stamp
in ink.

[(e) Unless expressly exempted under this section, the
residents of any county in this State shall receive first
consideration for 75 percent of the antlerless deer permits to
hunt in the county of residence, and a State resident shall
receive first consideration for this permit over any nonresident
of the State for the remainder of the permits to be issued.]