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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 30 - FUR DEALERS › Section 30-5 - Records and Reports

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Fur dealers shall maintain current,
				complete, legible and accurate written records on forms provided by the
				Department of all hides and furs purchased, sold or transferred from within or
				without the State. The records shall include names and addresses of persons
				from whom hides and furs were purchased, sold or transferred, including the
				date of the transaction, tag numbers attached to furs, the furbearing animal
				trapping license number of the person who trapped the furs of furbearing
				animals and the fur dealer's license number for furs and hides which are
				purchased from another fur dealer. The records shall include all transactions
				under the authority of the fur dealer by employees. The records shall be kept
				at the fur dealer's place of business. One copy of the records shall be
				submitted to the game warden in the area where the principal office of the fur
				dealer is located by January 31 following the calendar year for which the
				license had been issued. Nonresident fur dealers shall submit a copy of their
				records to the Department's Headquarters Office, License Sales and Accounting
				Section by January 31 following the calendar year for which the license had
				been issued.
(b) Any person issued
				a license under this regulation shall, during the term of the license and for a
				period of sixty (60) days after expiration of the fur dealer's license, allow
				inspection of records, furs and hides during reasonable hours.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 30 - FUR DEALERS › Section 30-6 - Revocation of a Fur Dealer's License

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A fur dealer license may be revoked by
				the Commission for failure to abide by this regulation, including the following
				reasons:
(i) Refusal to allow Department law
				enforcement officers to inspect their business premises or records in
				accordance with this regulation;
(ii) Failure to keep or submit properly
				completed records required by this regulation and state Statute.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 30 - FUR DEALERS › Section 30-7 - Violation of Commission Regulations

Current through July 13, 2024
Failure to abide by the provisions of this regulation shall
				  be punishable as provided by Wyoming statutes for violation of Commission
				  regulations.
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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes -1-115,-6-305,
										23-1-302,
				  23-1-701,
				  23-2-101
				  and
				  23-2-201
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-2 - Purpose of Regulation

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) It is the purpose of this regulation to
				carry out the provisions of W. S. §
									
										23-1-302 and §
									
										23-1-701 by providing policies, procedures
				and processes to appoint and administer license selling agents that enhance the
				Department's ability to serve the license buying public.
(b) In the appointment of these license
				selling agents, the Commission gives preference to sporting goods and equipment
				vendors because they foster the purpose and mission of the
				Commission.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-4 - Appointment of License Selling Agents

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any Department personnel required to
				administer oaths and sell licenses shall be so authorized by the Fiscal
				Division Chief.
(b) Business
				entities shall be evaluated and classified through an application process as
				either a sporting goods and equipment vendor, a non-sporting goods and
				equipment vendor or an out-of-state vendor based on the definitions provided in
				this regulation.
(c) Applications
				for license selling agents shall be submitted on forms supplied by the License
				Section.
(d) Applications from
				sporting goods and equipment vendors shall be accepted throughout the year and
				shall be given preference in appointment in accordance with Wyoming
				Statute.
(e) Upon submission of an
				application from either a non-sporting goods and equipment vendor or an
				out-of-state vendor applicant, the Senior Game Warden shall determine a need
				for an additional license selling agent within their district. If a need is
				determined and approved by the Fiscal Division Chief, applications may be
				accepted through solicitation by public notice in statewide or local news
				media.
(f) Untimely applications
				for advertised vacancies shall not be accepted by the Department unless
				authorized by the Fiscal Division Chief.
(g) A license selling agent shall be
				appointed based upon the facts contained in the original application and Senior
				Game Warden evaluation.
(h) Except
				as otherwise provided, all newly appointed license selling agents shall use the
				ELS system to conduct license sales.
(i) A license selling agent shall be
				considered appointed upon completion of the following:
(i) Application approval by the
				Commission;
(ii) The new license
				selling agent traveling to the Department Headquarters in Cheyenne or another
				Department facility as designated by the License Manager, at the license
				selling agent expense, within ninety (90) days of written notification of
				approval by the Commission to attend a License Selling Agency Orientation and
				Training Seminar;
(iii) New license
				selling agent payment of the annual bonding fee as prescribed by W.S. §
										
											23-1-701 within ninety (90) days of
				notification of approval by the Commission;
(iv) New license selling agent receipt of
				their initial offline license book and stamp allocation within ninety (90) days
				of notification of approval by the Commission;
(v) Agent of Record shall agree to be an ELS
				license selling agent;
(vi) If
				applicable, Agent of Record Authorization is submitted to the License Section;
				and,
(vii) The new license selling
				agent signing a Lease Agreement for the issuance of ELS equipment within ninety
				(90) days of notification of approval by the Commission.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-5 - Criteria for Appointment of In-State License Selling Agents

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All applications for sporting goods and
				equipment vendors approved by the Department shall be presented to the
				Commission for review.
(b)
				Appointment of sporting goods and equipment vendors as license selling agents
				shall be based upon their qualification as a sporting goods and equipment
				vendor.
(i) Agents shall be considered for
				appointment only if they are existing business entities.
(ii) Agents shall have a valid sales tax
				license for the respective business entity.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-6 - Criteria for Appointment of Out-of-State License Selling Agents

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Senior Game Warden, through the
				Regional Wildlife Supervisor, shall notify the Department's License Manager of
				the possible need to establish an out-of-state license selling agent.
(b) The request shall be reviewed for
				approval by the Fiscal Division Chief. If approved, applications may be
				accepted through solicitation by public notice in statewide or locals news
				media.
(c) Applicants for
				out-of-state license selling agents shall complete the proper application form.
				Consideration for approval of the agent shall generally, but not necessarily,
				be limited to criteria set forth in this regulation.
(d) Out-of-state license selling agents shall
				be authorized to sell the specific license types as designated by the Fiscal
				Division Chief.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-7 - Renewal of License Selling Agency

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Except as provided in subsection (f) of
				this section, to be considered for license selling agency renewal all license
				selling agents shall use the ELS system.
(b) Renewal of an existing license selling
				agency may not be approved if there are changes to any of the information
				provided on the license selling agent's original application approved by the
				Commission; or if,
(i) Appointed Agent of
				Record has not maintained physical control of the offline license inventory or
				stamp inventory.
(ii) Appointed
				Agent of Record has not maintained physical control of funds
				collected.
(iii) Appointed Agent of
				Record has not maintained physical control of ELS equipment
				issued.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-8 - Transfer of Physical Location of License Selling Agents

Current through July 13, 2024
A Commission license selling agent may be transferred to
				  another physical location of the same business entity only upon approval of the
				  Fiscal Division Chief and the District Commissioner. Recommendations by the
				  Senior Game Warden, Regional Wildlife Supervisor and the License Manager shall
				  be considered by the Fiscal Division Chief and the District Commissioner in
				  determining whether or not to approve a transfer of physical location. A
				  sporting goods and equipment vendor license selling agent is exempt from this
				  provision.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-9 - Change in Agent of Record for Business Entity

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The business entity shall submit a
				properly completed Agent of Record Authorization completed on their letterhead
				to change the Agent of Record.
(b)
				A newly designated Agent of Record shall also submit a properly completed Oath
				of Office form as the Agent of Record to the License Section.
(c) As indicated on the Agent of Record
				Authorization, the newly designated Agent of Record shall agree to accept all
				financial liability for the business entity and accept responsibility for all
				actions of the sub-agents for all matters relating to license sales.
(d) If the designation of a new individual to
				act as the Agent of Record does not change the organizational structure of the
				business entity that was approved by the Commission, then the License Section
				shall accept the Agent of Record Authorization and change the Agent of Record
				for the business entity.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-10 - Transfer License Selling Agent as a Result of a Change in the Business Entity

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) If the change in license selling agent
				results in a change in the business entity, then:
(i) A new owner of a currently established
				Commission license selling agent shall immediately apply to the Commission to
				be considered for appointment as a license selling agent as outlined in this
				regulation.
(ii) Subject to
				application and appointment as a license selling agent, the new owner may apply
				to the License Section for a temporary license selling agent authorization
				which shall allow the continuance of the existing license selling agent. Upon
				approval of the Senior Game Warden, Regional Wildlife Supervisor and the
				District Commissioner, the License Section shall issue a temporary license
				selling agent authorization to the new owner. Failure to apply for appointment
				as a license selling agent or apply for a temporary license selling agent
				authorization may result in delay of issuance.
(iii) A temporary license selling agent
				authorization shall remain in effect for one hundred twenty (120) days. The
				authorization may be extended an additional one hundred twenty (120) days by
				the District Commissioner.
(iv) In
				order to receive the temporary license selling agent authorization, the new
				owner shall assume all liability for the Agent of Record from whom the business
				was purchased. If the new owner does not agree to assume the liability of the
				previous Agent of Record, the existing license selling agency shall be
				immediately canceled.
(v) Until a
				temporary license selling agent is authorized in which the new owner assumes
				liability, the existing Agent of Record shall remain liable.
(vi) The business entity shall be required to
				be an ELS agent.
(vii) The Agent of
				Record shall be required to attend training as outlined in this
				regulation.
(viii) The Agent of
				Record shall be required to sign a Lease Agreement (if applicable) for the ELS
				equipment issued.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-11 - Issuance of Electronic License Service (ELS) equipment

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Agent of Record shall be required to
				sign a Lease Agreement (if applicable) to be issued ELS equipment.
(b) The Agent of Record shall be required to
				sign a new Lease Agreement for any equipment that is replaced by the Department
				from the original issuance.
(c)
				Upon Transfer of Ownership of a business entity, a new Lease Agreement (if
				applicable) shall be executed.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-12 - License Agent Bonding, Initial License Inventory and ELS Equipment Distribution and Training

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Within thirty (30) days of appointment,
				all new agents of record or their designees shall be notified of a scheduled
				date on which they shall be required to travel to the Department Headquarters
				in Cheyenne, or another Department facility as designated by the License
				Manager, at the license selling agent's expense in order to:
(i) Pay the annual bonding fee as prescribed
				by W.S. §
										
											23-1-701;
(ii) Attend a License Selling Agency
				Orientation and Training Seminar;
(iii) Receive the initial offline license
				book and stamp allocation;
(iv)
				Receive their ELS equipment (if applicable);
(v) Sign the lease agreement for issuance of
				ELS equipment; and,
(vi) Sign the
				agent of record authorization.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-13 - Liability

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) After a license selling agent has
				received shipment or signed for licenses, permits, tags or stamps on a license
				inventory charge document, the risk of loss for licenses, permits, tags or
				stamps or license fees lost, stolen or destroyed shall pass to the license
				selling agent. The license selling agent shall be liable to the Commission for
				the cash value of any licenses, permits, tags or stamps that are lost, stolen
				or destroyed, with the exception of loss due to fire or flood as evidenced by
				supporting documentation. All licenses, permits, tags or stamps shall remain
				the property of the Commission until sold or issued.
(i) The license selling agent shall be liable
				to the Commission for lost, stolen or destroyed offline licenses calculated as
				the cash value of a nonresident daily fishing license for each offline license
				missing.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-14 - Examination of Agents Records

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All Commission license selling agents
				shall be subject to a financial audit of any and all records and documents
				relating to license, permit, tag or stamp sales. These financial audits may be
				conducted, during normal business hours, without prior notification by a
				Department representative authorized by the Fiscal Division Chief. Any
				financial audit of records shall also extend to records, documents and other
				writings in possession or custody of accountants or other agents or
				representatives.
(b) All Commission
				license selling agent records and documents relating to license, permit, tag or
				stamp sales shall be subject to review for law enforcement purposes by
				Department law enforcement personnel during normal business hours.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-15 - Oath of Office

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Approved agents of record and their
				designated license selling sub-agents shall complete, sign and return the
				appropriate Oath of Office form(s) to the License Section. The approved license
				selling agent shall complete the Oath of Office form at the License Selling
				Agency Orientation and Training Seminar. Authorized license selling sub-agents
				shall properly complete and mail the Oath of Office form to the License Section
				prior to issuing any licenses, permits, tags or stamps.
(i) The completion of an Oath of Office form
				for the Agent of Record shall be witnessed by a Notary Public, Clerk of Court
				or Department personnel authorized by the Fiscal Division Chief to administer
				oaths and issue licenses. Any of the preceding witnesses, or the Agent of
				Record, shall witness the Oath of Office for a license selling
				sub-agent.
(ii) An original Oath of
				Office form shall be submitted to the License Section within thirty (30) days
				of being executed.
(A) A license selling
				sub-agent's ELS login shall be set to inactive if the Oath of Office form is
				not received within thirty (30) days of the login being created. Once the Oath
				of Office form is received by the License Section, the login shall be set to
				active.
(iii) The Agent
				of Record shall notify the License Section of any license selling sub-agents
				that are no longer authorized to sell licenses for the business entity within
				thirty (30) days of this action.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-16 - License Inventory

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Agent of Record, or a license selling
				sub-agent of the business entity, shall be required to verify all offline
				license books or stamp books received from the Department. Such verification
				shall be completed on a License Inventory Charge Document furnished by the
				Department.
(b) The Agent of
				Record, or a license selling sub-agent of the business entity, shall sign the
				inventory charge slip upon verification of shipment. The inventory charge slip
				shall be returned to the Department within ten (10) days from
				receipt.
(c) The license selling
				agent shall be held financially responsible for the cash value of all offline
				license inventory and stamp book inventory that is not returned to the License
				Section by January 31 of the following year in which the inventory was
				valid.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-18 - Void Licenses, Permits, Tags or Stamps

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Licenses, permits, tags or stamps shall
				be voided in accordance with established Department procedure.
(b) Once removed from the business entity,
				offline licenses, permits, tags or stamps shall be voided only under the
				written authority from the License Manager, Regional Wildlife Supervisor or the
				Fiscal Division Chief.
(c) The
				voided license, permit, tag or stamp shall be evidenced by the signature and
				date on the completed void certificate attached to the original document
				submitted for void credit approval.
(d) Voiding stamps and offline license
				documents.
(i) The procedure for voiding any
				stamp or offline license document shall include, but not be limited to:
(A) The word "VOID" shall be written or
				stamped across the face of a stamp or offline license document;
(B) A void certificate form shall be properly
				completed to include the agent account number, offline license document number
				being voided, void date, reason for the void and signature of the license
				selling agent, license selling sub-agent or Department employee voiding the
				document; and,
(C) The original
				stamp or offline license document shall be submitted to the License Section
				within sixty (60) days of the original issuance to be considered for void
				credit approval.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-19 - Duplicate License Issuance

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Duplicate license issuance.
(i) A "Duplicate License" shall be required
				for the replacement of lost or destroyed big or trophy game, wild turkey or
				wild bison licenses which are valid and have not expired.
(ii) For licenses issued through the ELS
				system, the duplicate license affidavit form has been incorporated within the
				duplicate license document and shall be signed by the license applicant and
				license selling agent issuing the duplicate license. This affidavit panel
				section of the duplicate license document shall remain intact with all other
				printed panel sections of the duplicate license form.
(iii) Any manually issued stamp which is
				valid and has not expired shall be replaced by purchasing another stamp as
				authorized by Commission regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-20 - Monthly License Reports

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Every license selling agent shall file a
				monthly license sales report for the preceding month and remit all monies, less
				commission, collected during the previous month on or before the
				10th of the month immediately succeeding the license
				sale month, not just postmarked on or before the
				10th of the month. If the
				10th of the month occurs on a day when Headquarters
				has been closed for license sales (weekends, holidays, etc.), the license sales
				report for the preceding month shall be due on the next business day that
				Headquarters is open.
(i) Filing a monthly
				license sales report means the ELS system generated invoice, manual stamp sales
				report and monies are physically received by the License Section on or before
				the 10th of the month, not just postmarked on or
				before the 10th of the month.
(ii) Concerning reports not received on time,
				the License Manager shall be directed to inactivate the license selling agent
				account on the ELS system so that no license sales can occur, mitigating risk
				to the Department.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-21 - Monetary Remittance Issues

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any person who issues a check to the
				Department to fulfill the requirements of this regulation, which is not paid
				because the check has been dishonored by the bank, shall be required to make
				restitution within thirty (30) calendar days following the date of written
				demand. The written demand shall be mailed to the drawer of the check by United
				States Postal Service certificate of mailing at the address shown on the check
				or the last known address or personally served pursuant to the Wyoming Rules of
				Civil Procedure. The restitution shall be in the form of a postal money order
				or a cashier's check in the amount of the check and a collection fee not to
				exceed thirty dollars ($30).
(b) If
				the license selling agent fails to pay the amount of the check and the
				collection fee within thirty (30) days following the date of written demand,
				mailed to or served upon them, they shall be assessed three (3) times the
				amount of the check or one hundred dollars ($100), whichever is greater, in
				addition to the collection fee of thirty dollars ($30) referenced
				above
,
and any court costs.
(c) If a license selling agent submits a
				second dishonored check within a consecutive twelve (12) month period of a
				previous dishonored check, the license selling agent shall be required to remit
				all subsequent payments in the form of a postal money order or cashier's check
				for a period of twelve (12) calendar months. Failure to do so shall be grounds
				for cancellation.
(d) Account
				shortages of less than ten dollars ($10) incurred on an agent's monthly license
				report may be included with the next monthly license sales reports remittance
				amount.
(e) Account balance
				statements, via letter, shall be mailed after the
				25th of each month. Payments for account shortages
				of over ten dollars ($10) shall be remitted within ten (10) business days.
(i) Any license selling agent having account
				shortage balances due, that have not been received by the License Section
				within the ten (10) day period, shall be mailed (certified, return receipt)
				letters informing them that suspension or cancellation proceedings have been
				initiated.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-22 - Administrative Suspension of License Selling Agents

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A license selling agency may be suspended
				from license sales under the direction of the Director and the District
				Commissioner for any of the following reasons:
(i) Failure to submit monthly license sales
				report as required by state statute and Commission regulation.
(ii) Failure to remit payment for license
				sales as required by state statute and Commission regulation.
(iii) Failure to pay the amount of a
				dishonored check and the assessed collection fees within thirty (30) days
				following the date of the receipt of written notification.
(iv) Failure to notify the License Section
				that a transfer of license selling agent has occurred that has resulted in a
				change in the business entity in which the current agent of record is no longer
				in control of the ELS equipment issued or monies collected for license
				sales.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-23 - Cancellation of License Selling Agents

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A License Selling Agency may be canceled
				for, but not limited to, the following reasons:
(i) Noncompliance with Wyoming
				statutes;
(ii) Noncompliance with
				Commission Regulations or Policies;
(iii) Failure to follow procedures outlined
				in written procedures provided by the License Section;
(iv) Submission of late or no monthly license
				sales report;
(v) Failure to
				properly report all license sales and remit monies during a reporting
				period;
(vi) Three (3) occurrences
				of late reporting by an agent in any twelve (12) month reporting
				period;
(vii) Failure to respond to
				certified letters notifying agents of late reporting, dishonored checks or
				account balances due;
(viii)
				Failure to remit account underpayments;
(ix) Issuance of insufficient or no account
				checks and failure to pay as provided in W.S. §
										
											1-1-115;
(x) Failure to pay annual bond by December 1
				for succeeding year;
(xi) Failure
				to disseminate correct information to the hunting/fishing public;
(xii) Charging fees for any service related
				to license, permit, tag or stamp sales other than that established by Wyoming
				Statute;
(xiii) Failure of license
				selling agent or sub-agents to properly and legibly fill out completed
				applications for license issuance as required by Commission
				regulation;
(xiv) Failure to allow
				or permit a financial audit or review by Department law enforcement personnel
				during normal business hours of any and all records and documents relating to
				hunting, fishing and trapping licenses, permits, tags or stamp sales or search
				and rescue or access donations;
(xv) Illegal issuance of licenses, permits,
				tags or stamps;
(xvi) Failure to
				attend training as requested by the License Manager;
(xvii) Failure to properly witness residency
				oaths on resident license issuance;
(xviii) Failure to properly use Department
				provided offline license books to issue licenses when the ELS automated system
				is not accessible;
(xix) Failure to
				properly data enter license records into the ELS system that were issued using
				offline license books. The licenses must be data entered by the next business
				day in which system access is restored;
(xx) Failure to review ELS license document
				with licensee prior to signing license documents;
(xxi) Failure to verify inventory shipments
				and sign and return Inventory Charge Documents;
(xxii) Failure to make all license inventory
				available for sale to the public during stated business hours, whether
				electronic or manually issued; or,
(xxiii) Failure to sign a Lease Agreement (if
				applicable) and use the ELS system.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 31 - REGULATION GOVERNING AUTHORIZED LICENSE SELLING AGENTS › Section 31-24 - Proceedings for Cancellation

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Fiscal Division Chief, with
				concurrence of the District Commissioner, shall notify the license selling
				agent in writing that cancellation procedures have been initiated.
(b) The cancellation proceeding shall be in
				accordance with Commission Regulation Chapter 27, Rules of Practice Governing
				Contested Cases before the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, revised as of
				January 22, 2014, and which does not include any later amendments or editions
				of the incorporated matter.
(i) Cancelled
				license selling agents are entitled to a hearing before the Commission. Request
				for hearing shall be made in writing to the Fiscal Division Chief within ten
				(10) business days after receipt by the license selling agent of the notice of
				cancellation by the Department. Upon the Department's receipt of a request for
				hearing from a cancelled license selling agent, the cancelled agent shall be
				notified by the Department to appear before the Commission at the next
				regularly scheduled Commission meeting.
(ii) License selling agents that fail to
				request a hearing before the Commission within ten (10) business days after
				receipt of notice of cancellation shall be immediately canceled.
(iii) Upon cancellation of a license selling
				agent by the Commission or if the licensing selling agent fails to request a
				hearing within ten (10) business days, the license selling agent shall be
				prohibited from reapplying to the Commission for a license selling agent
				authorization for not less than twelve (12) consecutive months.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 32 - REGULATION GOVERNING FIREARM CARTRIDGES AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT › Section 32-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									
										23-1-302, §
									
										23-2-104, §
									
										23-3-110 and §
									
										23-3-111.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 32 - REGULATION GOVERNING FIREARM CARTRIDGES AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT › Section 32-2 - Regulation

Current through July 13, 2024
The Commission hereby adopts the following regulation
				  governing firearm cartridges and archery equipment for the taking of big or
				  trophy game animals and game birds.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 32 - REGULATION GOVERNING FIREARM CARTRIDGES AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT › Section 32-3 - Definition

Current through July 13, 2024
In addition to the definitions set forth in Title 23 of the
				  Wyoming Statutes, the Commission also adopts the following definitions for the
				  purpose of this chapter:
(a) "Archery
				Equipment" means crossbows, longbows, recurve bows, compound bows, arrows and
				bolts.
(b) "Expanding Point Bullet"
				means any bullet designed by its manufacturer to create a wound channel larger
				than the bullet's diameter.
(c)
				"Smart Firearm" means any firearm equipped with a computerized targeting system
				that marks a target, calculates a firing solution and automatically discharges
				the firearm at a point calculated to most likely hit the marked
				target.
(d) "Trackable Arrow
				Technology" means any technology or device that allows for a hunting arrow to
				be tracked or more readily located while in the field. This includes, but is
				not necessarily limited to, lighted arrow nocks, GPS devices inserted into an
				arrow shaft or Bluetooth arrow nocks, which facilitate locating a hunting arrow
				once it is shot from a bow.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 32 - REGULATION GOVERNING FIREARM CARTRIDGES AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT › Section 32-4 - Firearms, muzzle-loaders and cartridges that are legal for the taking of big or trophy game animals

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) For the taking of bighorn sheep, elk,
				moose, mountain goat or black bear by the use of a firearm, a hunter shall use:
(i) Any center-fire firearm of at least .24
				caliber and firing a cartridge of at least two (2) inches in overall length and
				using an expanding point bullet, or any other cartridge of at least .35 caliber
				and at least one and one-half inches (1.5) in overall length and using an
				expanding point bullet; or,
(ii)
				Any muzzle-loading rifle or any muzzle-loading handgun of at least .40 caliber
				and firing an expanding point bullet or lead ball and using a charge of at
				least fifty (50) grains of black powder or its equivalent; or,
(iii) Any shotgun firing "00" or larger
				buckshot, or a slug.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 32 - REGULATION GOVERNING FIREARM CARTRIDGES AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT › Section 32-5 - Firearms, cartridges and archery equipment that are legal for the taking of game birds and small game

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) For the taking of game birds, excluding
				wild turkey, blue grouse and ruffed grouse, a hunter shall use:
(i) Any center-fire or muzzle-loading shotgun
				not larger than a ten (10) gauge plugged to admit no more than one (1) shell in
				the chamber and two (2) shells in the magazine; or,
(ii) Any archery equipment.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 32 - REGULATION GOVERNING FIREARM CARTRIDGES AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT › Section 32-6 - Archery equipment that is legal for the taking of big or trophy game animals

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) For the taking of antelope, bighorn
				sheep, black bear, deer, mountain goat, mountain lion, or gray wolf where
				designated as a trophy game animal, a hunter shall use a longbow, recurve bow
				or compound bow of not less than forty (40) pounds draw weight and an arrow
				equipped with a fixed or expanding point broadhead that when fully expanded
				cannot pass through a seven-eighths (7/8) inch solid ring.
(b) For the taking of elk, grizzly bear or
				moose, a hunter shall use a longbow, recurve bow or compound bow of not less
				than fifty (50) pounds draw weight and an arrow equipped with a fixed or
				expanding point broadhead that when fully expanded cannot pass through a
				seven-eighths (7/8) inch solid ring.
(c) For the taking of any big or trophy game
				animal with a crossbow, a hunter shall use a crossbow having a peak draw weight
				of at least ninety (90) pounds and a bolt of at least sixteen (16) inches in
				length equipped with a fixed or expanding point broadhead that when fully
				expanded cannot pass through a seven-eighths (7/8) inch solid ring.
(d) For the taking of any big or trophy game
				animal by the use of any archery equipment, a hunter may use trackable arrow
				technology to assist in following up their shot, retrieving a hunting arrow or
				locating a legally harvested big or trophy game animal. Any electronic tracking
				device that is capable of transferring from a hunting arrow to a big or trophy
				game animal shall not be considered trackable arrow technology and shall not be
				permitted for hunting big or trophy game animals.
(e) Magnifying sights, holographic sights and
				range finding sights attached to legal archery equipment are permissible to use
				while archery hunting any big or trophy game animal.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 33 - SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL OR SPECIAL PURPOSE PERMITS › Section 33-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated by authority of Wyoming Statutes
				  §
									
										23-1-302(a)(vii), (x), (xiii), (xxii) and
				  (xxvi).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 33 - SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL OR SPECIAL PURPOSE PERMITS › Section 33-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming
				  Statutes, Commission regulations, and the Commission also adopts the following
				  definitions:
(a) "Drug" means a
				chemical treatment intended for use in handling/transportation, diagnosis,
				cure, mitigation, treatment, prevention of disease in animals or to
				euthanize.
(b) "Educational" means
				the act or process of imparting knowledge or skill when that is the primary
				purpose of obtaining a permit.
(c)
				"Educational institutions" means any accredited college, university, or
				recognized educational institution.
(d) "Scientific research" means the
				systematic investigative or experimental activities which are carried out for
				the purpose of acquiring new and relevant knowledge pertaining to wildlife
				biology, ecology or management, or the revision of accepted conclusions,
				theories, or laws in the light of newly discovered facts, and which are
				conducted in a humane fashion by qualified personnel.
(e) "Special purpose" means activities in
				which a permit is required in order to take or relocate wildlife, but is not
				considered scientific research or educational.
(f) "Take" means as defined in W.S. §
									
										23-1-102(a)(vii).
(g) "Wildlife" means every wild mammal, bird,
				fish, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, their viable gametes (eggs and
				sperm), fertilized eggs, or any hybrid (including hybrids between wildlife and
				wildlife and hybrids between wildlife and domestic or domesticated animals) or
				any transgenic product thereof.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 33 - SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL OR SPECIAL PURPOSE PERMITS › Section 33-3 - Application Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
Unless otherwise exempted, a permit is required for the take
				  of wildlife for educational, scientific research, or special purpose use.
				  Applications may be considered from duly authorized agents of educational
				  institutions, governmental entities, non-governmental scientific research
				  entities, accredited colleges or universities, or qualified persons as
				  determined by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (Department).
(a) An application for a permit shall be
				submitted on a Department provided form. The application shall be completed in
				its entirety. Incomplete applications, or applications containing false
				statements or misrepresentations, shall be denied and may be revoked. When
				applicable, the application shall state the name of the educational
				institution, governmental entity, or non-governmental scientific research
				entity for which the applicant is an agent and the title or position said
				applicant holds. The application shall designate the name of the individual
				responsible as the permittee and any other person(s) authorized for the
				activities conducted under the permit. The application shall include in detail:
(i) A list of the species to be
				taken;
(ii) The numbers to be
				taken;
(iii) The specific
				Department administrative region(s) where species are to be taken. The
				applicant may be asked to provide specific locations by quarter (1/4) section,
				section, township and range or Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates
				or to an equivalent level of precision;
(iv) Approximate dates when species will be
				taken;
(v) Method(s) of take to be
				used;
(vi) A description of any
				invasive procedures proposed to be utilized, with or without instruments, that
				break the surface of the skin, mucosal barrier or that physically enter the
				body, including contact with an internal body cavity.
(vii) The purpose for which such taking will
				be made;
(viii) The expected
				benefits to science, research, education or Department management
				goals;
(ix) A complete description
				of wildlife holding facilities to be used (if any);
(x) The method of euthanasia to be used (if
				any); and,
(xi) A detailed study
				plan that contains:
(A) A statement of the
				need for the study, expected management application and benefit to the state of
				Wyoming or the general knowledge of wildlife;
(B) A description of study area(s), data
				collection and analytical methodologies that demonstrate ability to meet study
				objectives;
(C) A description of
				financial and other resources that demonstrate ability to meet study
				objectives; and,
(D) A description
				of the final disposition of any wildlife or wildlife parts taken into
				possession while conducting activities described in the permit.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 33 - SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL OR SPECIAL PURPOSE PERMITS › Section 33-4 - Permit Conditions

Current through July 13, 2024
Permits shall only be issued if the Department determines
				  there is a need for the information collected from the proposed scientific
				  research, there is a valid educational purpose, or it has been determined a
				  special purpose permit is required. Permits shall be denied if the Department
				  determines the proposed permit activities are detrimental to the wildlife
				  resource or inconsistent with the Department wildlife management goals. Permits
				  shall be issued in accordance with the health and inspection requirements of
				  Commission Regulations Chapter 10, Importation and Possession of Live
				  Warm-Blooded Wildlife and Chapter 69, Importation and Possession of Live
				  Cold-Blooded Wildlife.
(a) The
				permittee shall be responsible for ensuring only authorized individuals conduct
				activities as described in the permit. The permit shall bear the name(s) of the
				individual(s) authorized to take wildlife, make collections or carry out any
				activity authorized by the permit. Permits issued under this regulation are not
				transferable.
(b) The Department
				may require permit holders to notify Department personnel as indicated on the
				permit prior to taking any wildlife. Notification shall include the dates and
				specific area of activities prior to the take of wildlife.
(c) As a condition of the permit, the
				Department may specify the length of time, location, any other stipulations by
				which wildlife may be taken including drug use and methods of euthanasia. The
				Department may require practices be followed for care, housing and handling of
				wildlife.
(d) It shall be a
				violation of this regulation to fail to comply with any conditions of the
				permit.