3 CSR 10-10.707: Resident Fur Dealer’s Permit

Purpose

This rule establishes a permit for buying and selling furs throughout the year.

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Chapter 10—Wildlife Code:  Commercial Permits: Seasons, Methods, Limits

Proposed Amendment

(1) To buy, sell, possess, process, transport, and ship the pelts and carcasses of furbearers and the pelts of bears legally harvested outside of Missouri from July 1 through June 30, except as provided in subsection (1)(B) of this rule. Permits issued to a firm, organization, or partnership for individual or itinerant use shall include the names of no more than four (4) resident users. [Fee: one hundred dollars ($100).]

  1. Annual Permit. Fee: one hundred dollars ($100).
  2. Three- (3-) Day Permit. To buy the pelts and carcasses of furbearers and the pelts of bears legally harvested outside of Missouri for three (3) consecutive days, and to sell, possess, process, transport and ship the pelts and carcasses acquired during the three (3) days indicated on the permit from July 1 through June 30. Fee: fifty dollars ($50).

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Aug. 16, 1973, effective Dec. 31, 1973. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed February 23, 2024.

PUBLIC COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate. 

PRIVATE COST: This proposed amendment will cost private entities between five hundred dollars ($500) and two thousand dollars ($2,000) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

 

FISCAL NOTE

 PRIVATE COST

I.          Department Title: Department of Conservation

Division Title: Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Chapter Title: Chapter 10—Wildlife Code: Commercial Permits: Seasons, Methods, Limits

Rule Number and Name:3 CSR 10-10.707 Resident Fur Dealer’s Permit
Type of Rulemaking:Proposed Amendment

II.         SUMMARY OF FISCAL IMPACT

Estimate of the number of entities by class which would likely be affected by the adoption of the proposed rule:Classification by types of the business entities which would likely be affected:Estimate in the aggregate as to the cost of compliance with the rule by the affected entities:
Range of 10 to 40Individuals that may be interested in purchasing a 3-day permit that previously did not purchase an annual permitRange of $500 to $2,000 annually

III.        WORKSHEET

Range Maximum (40)

[40 (number of individuals that previously did not purchase an annual Resident Fur Dealer Permit) X $50 (cost of Resident 3-day Fur Dealer Permit)] = $2,000

Range Minimum (10):

[10 (number of individuals that previously did not purchase an annual Resident Fur Dealer Permit) X $50 (cost of Resident 3-day Fur Dealer Permit)] = $500

  1. ASSUMPTIONS

In consultation with stakeholders, we estimate that potentially 10-40 residents will annually purchase the new permit that previously did not purchase an annual Fur Dealer Permit.

 

Official public comment period: April 2, 2024 to May 1, 2024