Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-10 - Withdrawal or Modification of Application and Refund of License Fees

Current through July 13, 2024
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.