New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 20 / October 27, 2020
STATE GAME
COMMISSION MEETING AND RULE MAKING NOTICE
The
New Mexico State Game Commission (“Commission”) will be hosting a virtual
meeting and rule hearing on Thursday, December 3, 2020 beginning at 9:00
a.m. The State Game Commission postponed the hearing, previously
scheduled for October 16, 2020. For instructions
on how to virtually attend this meeting, visit the Department’s website at
http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/commission/webcast/. The purpose of this meeting is to hear and
consider action as appropriate on the following: presentation of proposed
changes to the Hunter Education rule.
Synopsis:
The
proposal is to amend the Hunter Education rule, 19.36.3 NMAC, which will become
effective January 1, 2021.
The
proposed new rule will
include changes to reduce the minimum age to participate in the
Mentored-Youth Hunting Program from 10 to 8 years of age, add pronghorn
antelope to allowable species Mentored-Youth may hunt,
add mentor training requirement and make minor spelling corrections.
A
full text of changes will be 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 lance.cherry@state.nm.us; or individuals may submit written comments to
the physical address below. Comments are
due by 8:00 a.m. on December 2, 2020.
The final proposed rule will be voted on by the Commission during a
virtual public meeting on December 3, 2020.
Interested persons may also provide data, views or arguments, orally or
in writing, at the virtual public rule hearing to be held on December 3, 2020.
Full copies of text of the proposed new
rule, technical information related to 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 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 is in need of 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.