Section 20.1-04-12.1 - Gun dog activities - Permit required - Fee1. The director shall issue a permit for the following gun dog activities: a. The training exercises of a resident or nonresident professional trainer;b. The training exercises of a nonresident amateur trainer who brings more than four gun dogs into the state; andc. Hosting field trials that use live wild birds.2. The application for the permit must be in a form prescribed by the director and must be accompanied by the appropriate fee.3. Upon the receipt of the completed application and fee the director shall issue a permit for a specified period of time and shall require the permitholder to submit an annual report.4. The fees for the permits are: a. For a resident professional gun dog trainer for training exercises or hosting field trials, ten dollars.b. For a nonresident professional gun dog trainer for training exercises or hosting field trials, one hundred dollars.c. For a permit to a nonresident amateur who brings more than four gun dogs into this state, twenty-five dollars.5. For purposes of this section, a professional trainer is a person who trains any breed of gun dog for remuneration that is the basis for that person's livelihood.