This amendment increases the fee for an Apprentice Hunter Authorization to reflect a more current cost adjustment based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.
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Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission
Chapter 5—Wildlife Code: Permits
Proposed Amendment
Proposed Amendment
To allow the purchase of firearms hunting permits (except black bear and elk as provided in 3 CSR 10-5.205) by persons born on or after January 1, 1967, and at least sixteen (16) years of age without display of a hunter education certificate card. This authorization may be purchased annually for no more than two (2) permit years (March 1 through the last day of February). Fee: [ten dollars ($10)]ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50).
PUBLIC 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 cost private entities an estimated six thousand two hundred thirty-eight dollars and fifty cents ($6,238.50) annually in the aggregate.
FISCAL NOTE
PRIVATE ENTITY COST
I. Department Title: Department of Conservation
Division Title: Division 10 – Conservation Commission
Chapter Title: Chapter 5—Wildlife Code: Permits
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Rule Number and Name: |
3 CSR 10-5.300 Apprentice Hunter Authorization |
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Type of Rulemaking: |
Proposed Amendment |
II. SUMMARY OF FISCAL IMPACT
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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: |
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Approximately 12,477 individuals |
Individuals purchasing an Apprentice Hunter Authorization |
$6,238.50 annual aggregate |
III. WORKSHEET
12,477 (Individuals purchasing an Apprentice Hunter Authorization) X $.50 (permit price increase) =$6,238.50
- ASSUMPTIONS
For the permit year 2023, we estimate 12,477 residents purchasing an Apprentice Hunter Authorization. This estimate is based on permit year 2021 sales minus 5%, as historically permit sales are in a slight downward trend.
The commission based its proposed permit-price increases on information from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) related to cost-of-living increases from 2008 to 2022. CPI is a commonly used measurement of the average changes over time in prices paid by consumers for consumer goods and services. The commission is recommending a gradual price increase over 10 years at a CPI of 75% for resident permits and 100% for non-resident and commercial permits.