| | | C.__Prescribe the type and length of instruction and the | | time and place of examinations; and |
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| | | D.__Issue a certificate of competency to individuals who | | successfully complete the examination. |
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| | | 7.__Trapper education program established.__The commissioner | | shall establish a program for training individuals in safe and | | responsible trapping skills and behavior. This program must | | include instruction in the applicable laws and rights and in the | | appropriate principals of wildlife management. The commissioner | | may charge an enrollment fee of up to $10 a person to help defray | | the costs of this program.__For the purpose of establishing the | | program, the commissioner may cooperate with any public or | | private association having similar goals. |
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| | | In establishing the program, the commissioner shall: |
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| | | A.__Prescribe the qualifications of instructors; |
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| | | B.__Provide for insurance.__Each instructor authorized by | | the commissioner to conduct training under the program must | | be covered by liability insurance protecting that person | | from liability for damages during the time when instruction | | is being given.__The cost of this insurance must be borne by | | the State and must be a charge against the funds credited to | | the department; |
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| | | C.__Prescribe the type and length of instruction and the | | time and place of examinations; and |
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| | | D.__Issue a certificate of competency to individuals who | | successfully complete the examination. |
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| | | 8.__Hunters for the Hungry Program.__The Hunters for the | | Hungry Program, referred to in this subsection as the "program," | | is established to allow the department and persons who are | | lawfully in the possession of wild game meat to donate that wild | | game meat for distribution to needy persons through the food | | assistance programs of the Department of Agriculture, Food and | | Rural Resources. |
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| | | A.__The department shall develop and implement this program | | in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, Food and | | Rural Resources.__In developing the program, the department | | shall investigate, in cooperation with the Department of | | Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, the costs and | | benefits of establishing a toll-free telephone line for | | facilitating the donation of meat. |
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