Under IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on April 24, 2008, at 6:00 p.m., at the McCormick's Creek State Park (State Road 46 East), 250 McCormick's Creek Park Road, Sycamore Room, Spencer, Indiana; AND on May 1, 2008, at 6:00 p.m., at the Mounds State Park Visitor Center, 4306 Mounds Road, Anderson, Indiana, the Natural Resources Commission will hold public hearings on amendments to 312 IAC 9-3-12 to prohibit the sale and possession of coyotes taken outside the hunting and trapping season and amendments to 312 IAC 9-3-14.5, which governs the taking and possession of coyotes, to allow untanned hides and carcasses of coyotes to be possessed for not more than 20 days after the close of the season.

The proposed rule amendments would not impose requirements or costs under IC 4-22-2-24(d)(3).

Copies of these rules are now on file at the Indiana Government Center-North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Room N501 and Legislative Services Agency, One North Capitol, Suite 325, Indianapolis, Indiana and are open for public inspection.