MISSOURI Agency Rule Agency Rule HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
- 2 CSR 30-2.005 Vesicular Stomatitis Restrictions on Domestic and Exotic Ungulates (Hoofed Animals) Entering Missouri - ungulates from country with vesicular stomatitis must have Certificate of Veterinary Inspection
Published: Jun 15, 2023
Comments due: July 15, 2023
FLORIDA (FWC) rule 68A-9.006 Wildlife rehabilitation
Makes various changes
Public Hearing: Jan 3, 2023
Meeting: Feb 2023
Proposed Rule Filed: Dec 21, 2023
CALIFORNIA Wildlife Resources Rehabilitation rule
Rehabilitation rule change
Status: Received at May 2022 meeting, Meeting Sep 15, 2022
Committee Meeting:May 17, 2023
Committee Meeting: Sep 19, 2023
Commission Update Meeting: Oct 10-11, 2023
Committee Meeting: Jan 16, 2024
Proposed changes including:
- Temporary confinement
- BAN picking up wildlife in oil/toxic spill
- Define wildlife rehab facility and approval process
- Operating facility procedures
- Update care standards
CALIFORNIA Wildlife Resources AZA/ZAA rule
Received at May 2022 meeting
Committee Meeting: NO LONGER ON COMMITTEE SCHEDULE
KENTUCKY Rule 301 KAR 1:115 Propagation of aquatic organisms
- Deletes definitions
- Replaces “person” with “individual, corporation, or other business entity”
- Requires Department to deny permit for propagating aquatic organisms potentially damaging to the native ecosystem to address new statute
- Allows request for hearing within 30 days of the denial or revocation – must follow KRS Chapter 13B – Commissioner considers final order
Adopted by Agency
Amended by ARRS: Nov 9, 2023
Sent to LRC: Nov 9, 2023
Needs Sent to Legislative Committee
CALIFORNIA Wildlife Resources Restricted SPecies Rule Review
Reviewing restricted Species Rules
Status: Meeting Sep 15, 2022 - Removed from agenda
Committee Meeting: Not scheduled for 2023 or Jan 2024
KANSAS Agency Rule 115-7-10 Fishing, special provisions
ADDS ANS water, updates Asian carp species
Workshop: Jan 12, 2023
Workshop:Mar 9, 2023
Workshop: Apr 27, 2023
Workshop: Jun 22, 2023
Workshop: Aug 17, 2023
Workshop: Sep 7, 2023
Workshop: Nov 30, 2023
MINNESOTA RULE 6216.0250 prohibited invasive species
Adds new fish, mollusks and crustaceans to the prohibited invasive species list
Comments due: Dec 9, 2022
New prohibited species:
- US injurious fish, mollusks, crustaceans
- Eastern mosquitofish
- tench
- tubenose goby (Proterorhinus)
- golden clam
- golden mussel
- jumping worms
- marbled crayfish
CALIFORNIA Wildlife Resources falconry Rule Review
Reviewing falconry rules
Status: Received by committee at May 2022 meeting
Committee Meeting: Not scheduled for 2023 or Jan 2024 meetings
ARIZONA RULE REVIEW Ch. 4 Live Wildlife
Public Hearing and Comments due: Dec 1, 2023
Meeting: Dec 8
GRRC Study: Jan 23, 2024
GRRC Meeting: Feb 6, 2024
NORTH CAROLINA GAME BIRD PROPAGATION RULES
- 15A NCAC 10H .0901 GAME BIRD PROPAGATION LICENSE
- Removes purchase, possess, transport, transfer, transport, and release from activities involving game birds that require a license
- Replaces “propagated upland game birds and migratory game birds” and “propagated game birds and game bird eggs” with “domestically raised waterfowl and game birds and eggs”
- Updates name of Department of Agriculture
- Moves release for dog training limit to new dog training section
- Updates Department website
- Removes information required for application
- Removes the license must be visible at all times
- 15A NCAC 10H .0904 DISPOSITION OF GAME BIRDS AND GAME BIRD EGGS
- Replaces “propagated game birds and game bird eggs” with “domestically raised waterfowl and game birds and eggs”
- Removes subsection titles
- Replaces licensed controlled shooting preserve with licensed controlled hunting preserve
- Removes requirement for all other domestically raised game birds to have a leg band
- 15A NCAC 10H .0905 TRANSPORTATION
- Replaces “propagated game birds and game bird eggs” with “domestically raised waterfowl and game birds and eggs”
- Replaces licensed controlled shooting preserve with licensed controlled hunting preserve
- 15A NCAC 10H .0906 RECORDS
- Replaces “propagated game birds and game bird eggs” with “domestically raised waterfowl and game birds and eggs”
Public Hearing: Jan 9 @ 7 pm
Southwest Randolph High School (Auditorium), 1641 Hopewell Friends Rd,
Asheboro, NC 27205
Jan 11 @ 7 pm
Haywood Community College (Auditorium), 185 Freedlander Drive
Clyde, NC 28721
Jan 17 @ 7 pm
Craven County Courthouse, 302 Broad Street, New Bern, NC 28560
Jan 18 @ 7 pm via Zoom
Comments due: Jan 30, 2024
Rulemaking Coordinator
1701 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
Email: regulations@ncwildlife.org
KENTUCKY Rule 301 KAR 1:125 Transportation of Fish
- Deletes definitions
- Exempts permitted commercial fish propagator from needing Fish Transportation Permit
- Adds that permit must be renewed annually
- Requires Department to deny a permit for aquatic organisms potentially damaging to native ecosystems to address new statute
Adopted by Agency
Amended by ARRS: Nov 9, 2023
Sent to LRC: Nov 9, 2023
Needs Sent to Legislative Committee
OREGON IMPORT RULES
- 603-011-0255 Importat[ion of Animals Into Oregon;] Requirements - General Provisions
- 603-011-0265 Import[ation of Cattle: Tuberculosis Testing Requirements] Requirements - Tuberculosis
- 603-011-0270 Import[ation of Cattle: Brucellosis Testing and Vaccination Requirements] Requirements - Brucellosis
- 603-011-0381 Import[ation of Dogs and Cat] Requirements - Rabies
- 603-011-0382 Import[ation]Requirements – Captive Wildlife and Cervids
- 603-011-0370 Import[ation] Requirements – Nonhuman Primates
Public Hearing: Dec 12, 2023
Comments Due: Dec 15, 2023
IDAHO Agency Rule 13.01.06 Zero-based regulation rulemaking: Rules Governing Classification and Protection of Wildlife
UNKNOWN
Public Hearing: Apr 17, 2023
Pre-introduction comments due: Apr 26, 2023
Rule Adoption Meeting: Jul 2023
DELAWARE RULES 7 DAC 3900 Wildlife
Amending various sections including:
- 1.0 Definitions
- 2.0 Method of Take - annual report of snapping turtles trapped
- 4.0 Seasons - adds green frogs to bullfrog season/limit and limits to 24/day for both combined and closes diamondback terrapin season
- 5.0 Live Turkeys - bans live turkeys without being confined at all times
- 14.0 Falconry - extends hunting seasons with raptors AND excludes migratory game birds from resident game
- 15.0 Possession, Collection or Sale of Native Wildlife - revises commercial collection law to ban native wildlife species except permit under existing law - BANS rabies vector species - allows collecting 1 amphibian egg mass or 10 larval without permit as long as only 1 adult is kept - updates legal reptiles and amphibians
- 16.0 Endangered Species - updates species list
- 19.0 Permits - bans violating any conditions of a permit
- 20.0 Game Bird Releases - Requires a permit to release any domestically raised quail, chukar partridge, Hungarian partridge, or pheasant (was possession or release of 25 or fewer) - creates permit fee for releasing more than 25
Start Action Noticed: Oct 2023
Public Hearing: Dec 16, 2023
Comments Due: Jan 12, 2024
FLORIDA (FWC) rule 68A-24.005 Transporting and Shipping Live Raccoons
Revises transport of live wild-trapped raccoons by wildlife rehabilitation permits
Rule Development: Dec 14, 2023
IDAHO Rule 02.06.09 Rules Governing Invasive Species and Noxious Weeds
Adds various insects and mollusks to the invasive species list - Asian longhorned beetle, emerald ash borer, spongy moth, applesnail, brown garden snail, Chinese mysterysnail, decollate snail, faucet snail, giant African snail, green or burrowing snail, Japanese mysterysnail, lactea snail, marisa, maritime garden snail, pulmonate snail, quilted melania, red-lipped melania, white garden snail, wrinkled snail
Meeting: Jan 12, 2023
Meeting: Jun 1, 2023
Comments Due: Jun 30, 2023
NeVADA WILDLIFE rule R053-23
Initial Draft: Sep 6, 2023
Proposed Rule Filed: Oct 12, 2023
- 503.0935 Special permit for handling, moving or temporarily possessing protected wildlife. - Removes drivers license requirement
- 503.094 Scientific permit for collection or possession of wildlife. - Removes drivers license requirement
- 503.095 Permit to collect unprotected wildlife for commercial purposes.- Removes drivers license requirement
- 503.110 Restrictions on importation, transportation and possession of certain species. - Removes permit issuance for entertainment or commercial photography AMENDED
- 503.200 Definitions - revises definition of hybrid raptor
- 503.212 Banding of raptors. - Removes that bands are provided by the Department
- 503.214 Duties of owner of raptor if leg band must be removed or is lost. - Must report rebanding to USFWS instead of the Department
- 503.225 Transfer, sale, trade, barter, purchase or acquisition by trade or barter of raptors. - Removes that person authorized to possess raptors other than falconers may transfer or receive by transfer a raptor from the wild AMENDED
- 503.230 Release of raptors. AMENDED
- 503.235 - Must include offspring of raptors on application
- 503.350 Taking of raptors for falconry: Authorization for another person to take raptors for holder of permit. - Adds that anyone who has someone else take a raptor for them must file the form within 5 days – removes the parts about being on site or not on site due to disabilityAMENDED
- 503.375 Housing of raptors: General requirements. - Removes requirement to provide healthy environment for housed raptor
- 503.405 Care of raptor by falconry licensee who is not owner of raptor. Removes that person authorized to provide care may practice falconry
- 503.445 Use of raptors in conservation education programs. - Removes that falconer must not be present at education program that does not include falconry and conservation education
- 503.455 Use of raptors to conduct abatement activities. - Combines information about Federal Migratory Bird Abatement permit AMENDED
- 504.486 Exhibit of wildlife under authority of federal exhibitor’s license. - Repeals section that USDA exhibitors may exhibit wildlife for 90 days without license or permit
FLORIDA (FWC) rule 68-5.003 Introduction of Non-Native Species into the State.
Introduced at May 12, 2023 FWC Meeting - FWC to continue work on it
TAG Option 1:
- Bans importing any nonnative species not documented by the Commission or USDA to be in commerce in FL on 2/21/23 unless a Risk Determination Process is completed and it is determined to not be unacceptable
- Requires commission to use best available information to determine those in commerce – allows stakeholders to submit receipts, bill of ladings or other government documents to prove a species was in commerce
- Allows Commission to use risk determination process for any species
- Requires process to include species evaluation form – requests must also include name/address/ affiliation of submitter, bioprofile and literature review
- Requires yearly workplan of species to be evaluated
- Allows species to be imported if initial evaluation reveals it is unlikely to be established or pose threat; if undetermined or determined to pose a risk, a full risk determination analysis will be conducted that requires opportunity for public input, appointment of review group, report and peer review by at least 3 scientists
- If peer-reviewed analysis reveals the risk is unknown or likely to pose a risk, the commission will bring a proposed rule to limit possession of that species; if no risk; commerce is allowed as soon as posted on website
- Allows commission to bring a proposed rule to limit species in commerce if there is a verified breeding population in the wild, verified invasion in surrounding states or governmental requests for regulation, species is unknown disease carrier, species may impact public safety, or documented adverse impacts to native fish and wildlife or ecosystems
Option 2:
- Bans transport or bring alive into the state any freshwater fish, aquatic invertebrate, marine animal or wild animal not native without a risk determination process
- Declares Class I and II wildlife and conditional and prohibited nonnative species to be previously evaluated but allows future evaluation
- Allows Risk Determination Process to be used on any species
- Requires process to include species evaluation form – requests must also include name/address/ affiliation of submitter, bioprofile and literature review
- Requires yearly workplan of species to be evaluated
- Allows species to be imported if initial evaluation reveals it is unlikely to be established or pose threat; if undetermined or determined to pose a risk, a full risk determination analysis will be conducted that requires opportunity for public input, appointment of review group, report and peer review by at least 3 scientists
- If peer-reviewed analysis reveals the risk is unknown or likely to pose a risk, the commission will bring a proposed rule to limit possession of that species; if no risk; commerce is allowed as soon as posted on website
- Allows commission to bring a proposed rule to limit species in commerce if there is a verified breeding population in the wild, verified invasion in surrounding states or governmental requests for regulation, species is unknown disease carrier, species may impact public safety, or documented adverse impacts to native fish and wildlife or ecosystems