I don't know when it started but I am pretty sure it was updated over this summer.
Its just another way for the state to pick your pocket, soon they will be enforcing this permit with new fines. Seems these days when they stop you they always find something, I started leaving a busted light on the dump so its easy for them to find something and not get pissed off.
This state is starting to get ridiculous, they tried to do away with the pheasant program again this year, I'll expect to pay more for those tags next year. Clamming licenses are going up again and they just added maritime fishing license a couple years ago
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Keep trying to find new sneaky ways to pass the F'd up budget deficits off on the people.