Junior hunting licenses: eligibility: age requirement.

Under existing law, a hunting license grants the privilege to take birds and mammals and is valid from July 1 to June 30 or, if issued after July 1, for the remainder of that term. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to issue various types of hunting licenses, including a discounted hunting license known as a junior hunting license, upon payment of a certain fee from an eligible applicant. Existing law, until July 1, 2020, expands the eligibility for a junior hunting license from persons who are under 16 years of age on July 1 of the licensing year to persons who are under 18 years of age on July 1 of the licensing year, as specified, and makes conforming changes related to that expanded eligibility. This bill would extend, this expanded eligibility, for a junior hunting license indefinitely.