(1) Any person legally eligible to hunt in
Utah may apply for a wildlife expo permit, except that only a nonresident of
Utah may apply for a special nonresident expo permit.
(2) The handling fee assessed by the
conservation organization to process applications shall be $5 per application
submitted.
(3)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b),
applicants must validate their application in person at the wildlife exposition
to be eligible to participate in the wildlife expo permit drawing.
(i) No person may submit an application in
behalf of another.
(ii) A person
may validate their wildlife expo permit application at the exposition without
having to enter the exposition and pay the admission charge.
(b) An applicant that is a member
of the United States Armed Forces and unable to attend the wildlife exposition
as a result of being deployed or mobilized in the interest of national defense
or a national emergency is not required to validate their application in
person; provided exposition administrators are furnished a copy of the written
deployment or mobilization orders and the orders identify:
(i) the branch of the United States Armed
forces from which the applicant is deployed or mobilized;
(ii) the location where the applicant is
deployed or mobilized;
(iii) the
date the applicant is required to report to duty; and
(iv) the nature and length of the applicant's
deployment or mobilization.
(c) The conservation organization shall
maintain a record, including copies of military orders, of all applicants that
are not required to validate their applications in person pursuant to
Subsection (3)(b), and submit to a division audit of these records as part of
its annual audit under
R657-55-4(8)(f),
when requested by the division.
(4) Applicants may apply for each individual
hunt for which they are eligible.
(5) Applicants may apply only once for each
hunt, regardless of the number of permits for that hunt.
(6) Applicants must submit an application for
each desired hunt.
(7) Applicants
must possess a current Utah hunting or combination license in order to apply
for a wildlife expo permit.
(8) The
conservation organization shall advertise, accept, and process applications for
wildlife expo permits and conduct the drawing in compliance with this rule and
all other applicable laws.
