Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
Division 10 - Conservation Commission
Chapter 5 - Wildlife Code: Permits
Section 3 CSR 10-5.225 - Permits: Permit Issuing Agents; Service Fees; Other Provisions

Universal Citation: 3 MO Code of State Regs 10-5.225

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This proposed amendment adds black bear hunting permits to the list of exceptions for Apprentice Hunter Authorizations.

(1) Permit issuing agents shall be appointed by the department in numbers and at locations determined by the department. All permit issuing agents shall enter into an agreement prepared by the department and shall be responsible and accountable directly to the department for all permits, records, and equipment assigned to them and all monies collected from the sale of permits.

(2) All monies collected by permit issuing agents and derived from the sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping permits, less and except a service fee to be determined by the Conservation Commission, shall be held in trust for the Conservation Commission and shall be made available for electronic fund transfer (EFT) to the state treasurer's collection account as outlined in the permit issuing agent agreement.

(3) A customer convenience fee to be determined by the Conservation Commission shall be charged for telephone or electronic media sales. Customers must agree to pay this fee before the permit will be issued.

(4) All permits and monies derived from the sale of permits and all associated records remain the property of the department. All equipment, permits, and records shall be made available for inspection and audit upon reasonable demand by the agents and employees of the department.

(5) The charging or collecting by any permit issuing agent or other person of any fees different from those stated in this Code is unauthorized and prohibited.

(6) Firearms hunting permits may not be sold to any persons born on or after January 1, 1967, unless an approved hunter education certificate card is displayed, or hunter education certification can be verified through direct access to computer data files, except that-

(A) Any firearms hunting permit (except black bear and elk as provided in 3 CSR 10-5.205) may be sold to any person born on or after January 1, 1967, and at least sixteen (16) years of age, who purchases an Apprentice Hunter Authorization without display of a hunter education certificate card.

(B) Deer and turkey hunting permits may be sold to persons at least six (6), but not older than fifteen (15), years of age without requiring display of a hunter education certificate card.

(7) A replacement for a lost, destroyed, or mutilated permit may be issued by any permit issuing agent after verifying original permit through direct access of computer files. For a permit fee of two dollars ($2), the permit issuing agent shall certify the permit number and type of permit being replaced and issue the replacement permit.

*Original authority: 252.240, RSMo 1972, amended 1984.

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