New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV,
Issue 23 / December 5, 2023
STATE
GAME COMMISSION MEETING AND RULE MAKING NOTICE
The
New Mexico State Game Commission (“Commission”) will be hosting a rule hearing
on Friday, January 12, 2024 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at
the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W Marcy Street, Santa Fe, NM
87501. For instructions on how to attend this meeting, either in-person or
virtually, visit the Department’s website at https://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/commission/webcast/.
The purpose of this meeting is to hear and consider action as appropriate on
proposed changes for the Hunter Education Rule.
Synopsis for the
Hunter Education Rule
The
proposal is to update the Hunter Education Rule, 19.36.3 NMAC, which will
include changes to the existing rule and will become effective April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2028.
PROPOSED CHANGES
TO THE HUNTER EDUCATION RULE
The proposed changes to the Hunter Education
Rule will restrict the acceptance of out-of-state Hunter Education
certifications to ages 9 and above, due to some states having no minimum age
restrictions on their online Hunter Education certifications. The proposed changes will be
added to the existing Hunter Education Rule and will become effective April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2028.
A
full text version of changes in available on the
Department’s website at: www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Interested
persons may submit comments on the proposed changes to the Hunter Education Rule at: DGF-HunterEducation-Rule@state.nm.us; or individuals may submit written
comments to the physical address below.
Comments are due by 5:00 p.m. on January 10, 2024. The final proposed rules will be voted on by
the Commission during a rule hearing on January 12, 2024. Interested persons may also provide data, views
or arguments, orally or in writing.
Full copies of the text of the proposed new
rule, technical information related to the proposed rule changes, and the
agenda can be obtained from the Office of the Director, New Mexico Department
of Game and Fish, 1 Wildlife Way, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87507, or from the
Department’s website at https://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/commission/proposals-under-consideration/. This agenda is subject to change up
to 72 hours prior to the meeting. Please contact the Director’s Office at (505)
476-8000, or the Department’s website at www.wildlife.state.nm.us for updated information.
If you are an individual with a disability
who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any
other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing
or meeting, please contact the Department at (505) 476-8000 at least one week
prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the
agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please
contact the Department at (505) 476-8000 if a summary or other type of
accessible format is needed.
Legal authority for this rulemaking can be
found in the General Powers and Duties of the State Game Commission 17-1-14, et
seq. NMSA 1978; Commission’s Power to establish rules and regulations 17-1-26,
et seq. NMSA 1978.