Grizzly bear licenses issued under Title 23, Wyoming Statutes
and this regulation become the permanent property of the licensee and shall not
be canceled or any fee refunded after the license has been issued, except as
specified in this section or otherwise as set forth in Commission
regulation.
(a) A request for a
voluntary withdrawal of an application before the grizzly bear limited quota
drawing shall be accepted through the Electronic Licensing Service until July
16, 2018 for the initial drawing.
(b) A modification of an application for the
grizzly bear limited quota drawing shall be completed through the Electronic
Licensing Service by July 16, 2018 for the initial drawing.
(c) Applicants for the grizzly bear license
issuance list may not submit a voluntary withdrawal or modification to their
application.
(d) To request the
refund of a license fee, the licensee shall submit a written request along with
the unaltered license with all coupons intact. The request shall be submitted
to the Department during the calendar year for which the license is valid. The
licensee shall also execute and submit, at the time of a refund request, a
Department affidavit describing the reason(s) the licensee was unable to
exercise the license privileges. The affidavit shall include a sworn statement
that the licensee did not exercise any hunting privileges granted by the
license during any or all seasons for the designated species as specified in
Commission regulation during the calendar year for which the license was valid.
If the license is destroyed, lost or illegible, the licensee shall state to
that effect on the Department affidavit submitted with the written request for
refund. Application fees shall not be refunded. The License Review Board shall
review all requests for license refunds and shall determine whether to grant or
deny the request.
(e) To qualify
for a refund of a grizzly bear license fee in accordance with this section, the
licensee shall meet one (1) of the following provisions:
(i) In the case of the death of the licensee,
a written request for a license refund supported by a copy of the licensee's
death certification shall be submitted to the Department. The date of death on
such certificate shall have resulted in the licensee not being able to
participate in the majority of the regular season. All refunds issued under
this subsection shall be made payable to the estate of the decedent.
(ii) In the case of the death of the
licensee's spouse, parents, grandparents, siblings, lineal descendants and
their spouses, step-parent, step-sibling, step-children, father-in-law,
mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step-son-in-law or
step-daughter-in-law, the licensee shall submit a written request for a license
refund supported by the respective death certificate. The date of death shall
have resulted in the licensee not being able to participate in the majority of
the regular season.
(iii) In the
case of incapacitating illness or injury of the licensee, the licensee's
spouse, parents, grandparents, siblings, lineal descendants and their spouses,
step-parent, step-sibling, step-children, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step-son-in-law or step-daughter-in-law, the
refund request shall be supported by a physician's sworn statement on a
Department form that the licensee is incapable of performing tasks necessary to
exercise the privileges of the license.
(iv) In the case of military personnel who
receive permanent change of station (PCS) orders and military personnel who are
assigned away from their home duty station on temporary orders (TDY) for the
majority of the regular season, the refund request shall be supported by a copy
of official military orders from the Armed Forces of the United States, and
such orders shall require the affected personnel to move away from their home
duty station.
(v) In the case of
individuals who are not able to participate in the majority of the regular
season during the year for which the license is issued as a result of a court
subpoena, jury duty, Grand Jury investigation or attorneys required to attend
criminal cases, the refund request shall include a certified copy of the court
document.
(vi) When the Department
determines fifty percent (50%) or more of the hunting opportunity and access to
public land within a open hunt area(s) has been closed due to administrative
actions of the state or federal government in closing public access to public
lands, or due to a natural disaster, including but not necessarily limited to,
wildland fires, the licensee may request a license fee refund. The closing of
hunt areas due to harvest quotas being met does not qualify a licensee for a
license fee refund.
(A) When the Department
determines one hundred percent (100%) of the hunt areas for which the license
is valid are closed or the hunting season is preempted by administrative
actions of the state or federal government, a grizzly bear licensee may request
a license fee refund. The closing of hunt areas due to harvest quotas being met
does not qualify a licensee for a license fee refund.
(vii) If an applicant is issued a license not
requested due to an error on the part of the Department, the applicant may
request a license fee refund. The applicant may submit a written request to the
License Review Board to review a decision made by a Department employee in the
handling of the application for, or the issuance of a license, if the decision
is contrary to statute or rule and regulation promulgated by the Commission.
All decisions of the License Review Board shall abide by provisions of state
and federal statutes and Commission regulations.
(f) Refunds of grizzly bear license fees
shall not be allowed under the following circumstances:
(i) The licensee illegally purchased more
licenses than what was authorized for purchase by Commission regulation or
Wyoming statute;
(ii) Refunds shall
be denied in any circumstance where the licensee hunted on the license as
specified in Commission rules and regulations during the year for which the
license is issued.
(g)
There shall be no right of appeal to the Commission for any decision rendered
by the License Review Board or the Department for any provision of this
section.
