TITLE 312 NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Notice of Intent to Adopt a Rule
LSA Document #09-44
Under
IC 4-22-2-23, the Natural Resources Commission intends to adopt a rule concerning the following:
OVERVIEW: Amends
312 IAC 9-3, which governs general requirements and licenses for hunting deer, to reorder language for improved clarity, simplicity, and continuity. Amends
312 IAC 9-3-3 by adding rifles with certain cartridges for the youth special deer season and authorizing firearms and archery equipment to be capable of being loaded or fired outside lawful shooting hours. Amends
312 IAC 9-3-4 by adding Warsaw as a designated urban deer zone and for statutory consistency corrects the youth age from less than sixteen years of age to less than eighteen years of age. Amends
312 IAC 9-3-8 to allow hunting on military reserves and National Wildlife Refuges to begin on October 1 instead of November 1 and to allow the taking of deer with firearms. Amends
312 IAC 9-3-9 to add district wildlife biologists, property managers, and assistant property managers as persons authorized to issue free permits to possess a deer killed by other means, such as collision. Amends
312 IAC 9-12-2 and
312 IAC 9-12-3 to address hunter education requirements with respect to individuals purchasing apprentice hunting licenses authorized by
IC 14-22-12-1.7. Repeals
312 IAC 9-3-2.5,
312 IAC 9-3-5,
312 IAC 9-3-6, and
312 IAC 9-3-7. Effective 30 days after
filing with the Publisher. Questions and comments may be sent to the Division of Hearings, Natural Resources Commission, Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Room N501, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2200, at nrcrules@nrc.in.gov, or by telephone at (317) 232-4699. Statutory authority:
IC 14-10-2-4;
IC 14-22-2-6.
For purposes of
IC 4-22-2-28.1, the Small Business Regulatory Coordinator for this rule is:
Linnea Petercheff
Staff Specialist
Division of Fish and Wildlife
Department of Natural Resources
Indiana Government Center-South
402 West Washington Street, Room W273
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317) 233-6527
lpetercheff@dnr.in.gov
Posted: 01/21/2009 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20090121-IR-312090044NIA
Composed: Apr 29,2024 8:12:58AM EDT
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