New Jersey § 23:3-1

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§ 23:3-1.

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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