3 CSR 10- 4.137: Wildlife Identification

Purpose

This rule establishes provisions for identifying the taker and possessor of wildlife as a means of enforcing permits, limits and other regulations.

Summary:

This proposed amendment adds provisions for black bears taken during the black bear hunting season and black bears legally harvested outside of Missouri.

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Proposed Amendment

The taker and/or possessor of any wildlife shall keep the wildlife separate or distinctly identifiable from wildlife taken or possessed by another. When not personally attended, the wildlife shall be plainly labeled with the full name and address, or Conservation Number, of the taker and/or possessor, except as provided in 3 CSR 10-6.405, 3 CSR 10-7.431, 3 CSR 10-7.455, [and ]3 CSR 10-7.700, and 3 CSR 10-7.900.

 

AUTHORITY:  sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Aug. 26, 1964, effective Dec. 31, 1964. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed September 4, 2020.

 

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

 

PRIVATE 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: October 16, 2020 to November 14, 2020