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. 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 Hunting and Fishing Licenses and Application rule.
Synopsis:
The proposal is to
adopt a new Hunting and Fishing Licenses and Application rule, 19.31.3 NMAC,
which will become effective January 1, 2021.
The proposed rule
adds the definition of “returning Iraq/Afghanistan veteran” to determine
eligibility for special oryx hunts established elsewhere in rule and changes
the eligibility requirements for Mobility Impaired applications. A more detailed summary, and the full text of
changes, is available on the Department’s website at: www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Interested persons
may submit comments on the proposed changes to the Hunting and Fishing Licenses
and Application rule at specialhunts@state.nm.us;
or individuals may submit written comments to
the physical address below.
Comments are due by 5:00 p.m. on December 2, 2020. The final proposed rule will be voted on by
the Commission during a public meeting on December 3, 2020. Interested persons may also provide data,
views or arguments, orally or in writing, at the 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 visit 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.