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[Title R657. Table of Contents]
R657-42-1 Purpose and Authority.
(1) Under the authority of Sections 23-19-1 and 23-19-38 , the division may issue licenses, permits, tags and certificates of registration in accordance with the rules of the Wildlife Board.
(2) This rule provides the standards and procedures for the:
(a) exchange of permits;
(b) surrender of licenses, certificates of registration and permits;
(c) refund of licenses, certificates of registration and permits; and
(d) reallocation of permits.
R657-42-2 Definitions.
(1) Terms used in this rule are defined in Section 23-13-2 and the applicable rules and proclamations of the Wildlife Board.
(2) In addition:
(a) "Alternate drawing lists" means a list of persons who have not already drawn a permit and would have been the next person in line to draw a permit.
R657-42-3 Permit Exchanges.
(1)(a) Any person who has obtained a general buck deer or a general bull elk permit may exchange that permit for any other available general permit if both permits are for the same species and sex.
(b) A person must make general buck deer and general bull elk permit exchanges at any division office prior to the season opening date of the permit to be exchanged.
(2) Any person who has obtained a cougar harvest objective unit permit may exchange that permit for any other available cougar harvest objective unit permit as provided in Rule R657-10.
(3) The division may charge a handling fee for the exchange of a permit.
R657-42-4 Surrender of Licenses, Certificates of Registration and Permits.
(1) Any person who has obtained a license, certificate of registration or permit and decides not to use it, may surrender the license, certificate of registration or permit to any division office.
(2) Any person who has obtained a license, certificate of registration or permit may surrender the license, certificate of registration or permit prior to the season opening date of the license, certificate of registration or permit for the purpose of:
(a) waiving the waiting period normally assessed and reinstating the number of bonus points, if applicable; or
(b) purchasing a reallocated permit or any other permit available for which the person is eligible.
(3) A Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit permit must be surrendered before the following dates:
(a) the opening date for the respective general archery season for buck deer, bull elk or spike bull elk;
(b) September 1 for pronghorn and moose;
(c) August 15 for antlerless deer and elk;
(d) prior to the applicable season date for small game and waterfowl; and
(e) prior to the applicable season date of any variance approved by the Wildlife Board in accordance with Rules R657-21 and R657-37.
(4) Dedicated hunter participants must surrender their permits prior to the general archery deer season.
(5) The division may not issue a refund, except as provided in Section R657-42-5.
R657-42-5 Refunds of Licenses, Certificates of Registration and Permits.
(1) The refund of a license, certificate of registration or permit shall be made in accordance with Section 23-19-38.
(2) All refunds must be processed through the Salt Lake Division office.
R657-42-6 Reallocation of Permits.
(1)(a) The division may reallocate surrendered limited entry, once-in-a-lifetime and Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit permits.
(b) The division shall not reallocate resident and nonresident big game general permits.
(2) Permits shall be reallocated through the Salt Lake Division office.
(3)(a) Any limited entry, once-in-a-lifetime or public Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit permit surrendered to the division shall be reallocated through the drawing process by contacting the next person listed on the alternate drawing list.
(b) The alternate drawing lists are classified as private and therefore, protected under the Government Records Access Management Act.
(c) The division shall make a reasonable effort to contact the next person on the alternate list by telephone or mail.
(d) If the next person, who would have drawn the limited entry, once-in-a-lifetime or public Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit permit, does not accept the permit or the division is unable to contact that person, the reallocation process will continue until the division has reallocated the permit or the season opens for that permit.
(4) If the next person, who would have drawn the limited entry, once-in-a-lifetime or public Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit permit has obtained a permit, that person may be required to surrender the previously obtained permit in accordance with Section R657-42-4(2) and any other applicable rules and proclamations of the Wildlife Board.
(5) Any private Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit permit surrendered to the division will be reallocated by the landowner through a voucher, issued to the landowner by the Division in accordance with Rule R657-37.
R657-42-7 Reallocated Permit Cost.
(1) Any person who accepts the offered reallocated permit must pay the applicable permit fee.
(2) The division may not issue a refund, except as provided in Section R657-42-5.
[Indexing]
KEY: wildlife, permits
January 15, 1999
[Editor's note: Below are references
to the Utah Code that are listed by the
agency making this rule as authority
for the rule.]
23-19-1
23-19-38
Notice of Continuation November 30, 2000
