Under IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on August 13, 2009, at 5:00 p.m., at the McCormick's Creek State Park, Canyon Inn, 451 McCormick Creek Park Road, Oak Room, Spencer, Indiana, the Natural Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 312 IAC 9-3, which governs general requirements and licenses for hunting deer, to reorder language for improved clarity, simplicity, and continuity, 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, 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 16 years of age to less than 18 years of age, 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, 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, and 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 and to repeal 312 IAC 9-3-2.5, 312 IAC 9-3-5, 312 IAC 9-3-6, and 312 IAC 9-3-7.

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.