3 CSR 10- 5.352: Resident Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit

Read the existing regulation
Purpose

This rule establishes a resident firearms antlerless deer hunting permit.

Summary:

This amendment increases the fee for a Resident Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit to reflect a more current cost adjustment based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Chapter 5—Wildlife Code: Permits

Proposed Amendment

To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) antlerless deer during the firearms deer hunting season. Fee: [seven dollars ($7.00)]seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50).

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed June 11, 1997, effective March 1, 1998. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 25, 2023.

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 cost private entities an estimated one hundred and two thousand six hundred eighty-seven dollars ($102,687) annually 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 ENTITY COST

I.          Department Title: Department of Conservation

Division Title: Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Chapter Title: Chapter 5—Wildlife Code: Permits

Rule Number and Name:

3 CSR 10-5.352 Resident Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting 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:

Approximately 205,374 individuals

Residents purchasing a Resident Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit

$102,687 annual aggregate

III.        WORKSHEET

205,374 (Residents purchasing a Resident Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit) X $.50 (permit price increase) = $102,687

  1. ASSUMPTIONS

For the permit year 2023, we estimate 205,374 residents purchasing a Resident Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit. 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.

 

Comment on this proposed regulation
Official public comment period: July 4, 2023 to August 2, 2023
Published in the Missouri Register on July 3, 2023 -- Volume 48 Number 13