20080827-IR-312070749FRA Amends 312 IAC 9-3-12 to prohibit the sale and possession of coyotes taken outside the hunting and trapping season. Effective 30 days after filing with the Publisher.

TITLE 312 NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION

Final Rule

LSA Document #07-749(F)

DIGEST

Amends 312 IAC 9-3-12 to prohibit the sale and possession of coyotes taken outside the hunting and trapping season. Effective 30 days after filing with the Publisher.

312 IAC 9-3-12

SECTION 1. 312 IAC 9-3-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

312 IAC 9-3-12 Foxes, coyotes, and skunks

Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22

Sec. 12. (a) The season for hunting:

(1) red foxes (Vulpes vulpes); and

(2) gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus);

is from noon on October 15 until noon on February 28 of the following year.

(b) The season for trapping:

(1) red foxes (Vulpes vulpes); and

(2) gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus);

is from 8 a.m. on October 15 until noon on January 31 of the following year.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the season for:

(1) hunting:

(A) coyotes (Canis latrans); and

(B) striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis);

is from noon on October 15 until noon on March 15 of the following year; and

(2) trapping:

(A) coyotes (Canis latrans); and

(B) striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis);

is from 8 a.m. on October 15 until noon on March 15 of the following year.

A coyote must not be possessed from April 5 through October 14 except to provide for its prompt disposal.

(d) A person who possesses land, or another person designated in writing by that person, may take coyotes on that land at any time. A coyote taken under this subsection from March 16 through October 14:

(1) must be euthanized within twenty-four (24) hours of capture; and

(2) shall not be:

(A) possessed for more than twenty-four (24) hours;

(B) sold;

(C) traded;

(D) bartered; or

(E) gifted.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-3-12; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2706; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; filed Sep 23, 2004, 3:00 p.m.: 28 IR 539; filed Jun 23, 2006, 2:24 p.m.: 20060719-IR-312050214FRA; filed Apr 4, 2008, 2:56 p.m.: 20080430-IR-312070659FRA; filed Jul 31, 2008, 4:06 p.m.: 20080827-IR-312070749FRA)

LSA Document #07-749(F)

Notice of Intent: 20071114-IR-312070749NIA

Proposed Rule: 20080326-IR-312070749PRA

Hearing Held: April 24, 2008

Approved by Attorney General: July 25, 2008

Approved by Governor: July 31, 2008

Filed with Publisher: July 31, 2008, 4:06 p.m.

Documents Incorporated by Reference: None Received by Publisher

Small Business Regulatory Coordinator: Linnea Petercheff, Staff Specialist, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington Street, Room W273, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, [phone], [e-mail]

Posted: 08/27/2008 by Legislative Services Agency

DIN: 20080827-IR-312070749FRA

Composed: Nov 01,2016 12:28:07AM EDT

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