03.10
ACCEPTABLE PROOF OF LICENSE,
PERMIT, STAMP, EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
(A) When any Commission regulation requires a
person to carry a Commission-issued license, permit, stamp, or hunter education
or boater certificate "on the person," possession of any of the following will
be sufficient to establish compliance:
(1) a
physical or an electronic copy of said Commission-issued license, permit, stamp
or hunter education or boater education certificate or
(2) a Commission-issued Conservation Card
that is linked to the required license, permit, stamp or hunter education or
boater education certificate.
(B) For purposes of this regulation,
"electronic copy" shall mean an electronic image produced on a person's own
cellular phone or other type of portable electronic device that clearly
displays and accurately reproduces all of the information found on a
Commission-issued license, permit, stamp, or hunter education or boater
education certificate.
(C) For a
state migratory waterfowl hunting stamp, an electronic copy of a person's
Commission-issued hunting license coded DSR or DSN, or a Commission-issued
Conservation Card linked to same, will be sufficient to establish compliance
with Code 03.05
(D) For Federal
Migratory Bird Hunting E -Stamp, an electronic copy of a person's
Commission-issued hunting license coded FDE, or a Commission-issued
Conservation Card linked to same, will be sufficient to establish compliance
with Code 03.10 for up to 45 days from the date of purchase of the Federal
Migratory Bird Hunting E-Stamp.
(E)
For a Snow, Blue, or Ross's Goose Registration Permit, the following will be
sufficient to establish compliance with Code 04.04:
(1) an electronic copy of a person's
Commission-issued hunting license coded with the Snow, Blue, or Ross's Goose
Registration Permit number,
(2)
separate electronic copies of both a person's Commission-issued hunting license
and a person's Commission-issued Snow, Blue, or Ross's Goose Registration
Permit, or
(3) a Commission-issued
Conservation Card linked to one of the previous options.
(F) The presentment of proof of an electronic
copy of a Commission-issued license, permit, stamp, or hunter education or
boater education certificate does not:
(1)
Authorize a search of any other content of an electronic device without a
search warrant or probable cause; or
(2) Expand or restrict the authority of a
wildlife law enforcement officer to conduct a search or
investigation.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Neither a Commission-issued Conservation
Card nor electronic proof of tags shall be sufficient to establish compliance
with any Commission regulation requiring a person to carry a Commission-issued
tag "on the person."
(2) Neither a
Commission-issued Conservation Card nor electronic proof of a Federal Migratory
Bird Hunting Stamp coded DFS shall be sufficient to establish compliance with
Code 10.03. A Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp coded DFS must be possessed
on the person in its original form and signed before harvesting waterfowl. See
Code 10.03.
(3) Neither a
Commission-issued Conservation Card nor electronic proof of a Federal Migratory
Bird Hunting E-Stamp coded FDE shall be sufficient to establish compliance with
Code 10.03 beyond 45 days from the date of purchase. After 45 days from the
date of purchase, the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp must be possessed on
the person in its original form and signed to continue harvesting waterfowl.
See Code 10.03.
(4) Neither a
Commission-issued Conservation Card nor electronic proof shall be sufficient to
establish compliance with Chapter 9 or Code
10.02.