Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES
Section 44-12 - Commissioner Complimentary Licenses for Persons with Life Threatening Illnesses

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 44-12

Current through September 21, 2024

(a) The Commission may, upon receipt of payment of the proper fee issue up to fifty (50) antelope licenses, fifty (50) deer licenses, fifty (50) elk licenses and fifty (50) wild turkey licenses to persons twenty (20) years of age or younger with a life-threatening illness and who are sponsored by a nonprofit charitable organization whose mission it is to provide opportunities and experiences to persons with life-threatening or serious illnesses. Licenses issued under this subsection shall be issued above quotas established for the hunt area(s) by Commission regulation. However, no more than ten (10) limited quota antelope, ten (10) limited quota deer, ten (10) limited quota elk or ten (10) limited quota turkey licenses shall be issued for any one hunt area during the same calendar year.

(i) The sponsoring organization shall submit a request for the number of licenses and species requested on or before January 31 for antelope, deer, elk, spring and fall turkey.

(ii) After notification that a sponsoring organization's request has been granted, the sponsoring organization shall submit a completed application and appropriate license fee for the person with a life-threatening or serious illness to the Department's License Section for license issuance.

(iii) As a condition to issuance of a license in this subsection, the Department shall require an authorized officer of the sponsoring organization to certify under penalty of law that the respective organization is a nonprofit, charitable organization as defined in this regulation.

(iv) The sponsoring organization shall provide a statement from a licensed physician stating the license recipient is clinically diagnosed with a life-threatening or serious illness.

(v) The Department shall issue licenses to individuals sponsored by qualifying organizations meeting the provisions under this subsection to residents and nonresidents in accordance with Section 5(e) (i), 5 (e) (iii), 5(e) (iv), and Section 5(h) (iii) of this Chapter. In the event the number of applications exceeds the number of licenses available under this subsection, the Department shall allocate the licenses through a random drawing on or before February 10. Licenses remaining after the initial issuance shall be available on a first come, first served basis until the quotas for licenses in this subsection have been allocated.

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