3 CSR 10-10.744: Commercial Deer Processing: Permit, Privileges, Requirements

Purpose

This rule establishes a permit for commercial processors of deer meat and sets requirements for those establishments.

Summary:

This amendment moves the fee for a Commercial Game Processing Permit to 3 CSR 10-10.950.

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

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

Proposed Amendment

(1) Commercial Game Processing Permit. To commercially process and store legally acquired cervids and black bears taken from the wild stock of the state at the specific location indicated on the permit. [Fee: twenty-seven dollars ($27).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed April 28, 1992, effective Dec. 3, 1992. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) 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

Official public comment period: July 2, 2025 to July 31, 2025