3 CSR 10- 5.435: Migratory Bird Hunting Permit

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Purpose

This rule establishes a new migratory bird harvest information program card to be required by migratory bird hunters in addition to the prescribed hunting permit and, where applicable, the federal duck stamp and the Missouri Waterfowl Hunting Stamp. Missouri will be one of the pilot states for implementation of this national harvest information program.

Summary:

This amendment increases the fee for a Migratory Bird 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

Required of any person sixteen (16) years of age or older in addition to the prescribed hunting permit to pursue, take, possess, and transport waterfowl, doves, snipe, woodcock, and rails, except for blue, snow, or Ross’s geese during the Conservation Order in accordance with federal regulations as prescribed in 3 CSR 10-7.440. Fee: [six dollars ($6)]six dollars and fifty cents ($6.50).

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.240, RSMo 2000.* This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.256. Original rule filed Sept. 10, 1991, effective Feb. 6, 1992. 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 thirty-one thousand six hundred eighty-three dollars and fifty cents ($31,683.50) 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 10-5.435 Migratory Bird 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 63,367 individuals

Individuals purchasing a Migratory Bird Hunting Permit

$31,683.50 annual aggregate

III.        WORKSHEET

63,367 (Individuals purchasing a Migratory Bird Hunting Permit) X $.50 (permit price increase) = $31,683.50

  1. ASSUMPTIONS

For the permit year 2023, we estimate 63,367 individuals purchasing a Migratory Bird 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