RELATES TO:
KRS
150.170,
150.175,
150.360,
150.362,
150.365,
150.370,
150.390,
150.990
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
150.025(1) authorizes the
department to promulgate administrative regulations that set seasons and
regulate methods of taking.
KRS
150.179(2) authorizes the
department to approve certain special events that provide education or
appreciation of the recreational activity. 43 C.F.R. Part 17 and 28 C.F.R.
parts 35 and 36 mandate that state government agencies comply with the
Americans with Disabilities Act. This administrative regulation establishes
procedures to allow mobility-impaired individuals to hunt during youth deer,
turkey and waterfowl weekends at department-approved events.
Section 1. Department Approved Events.
(1) The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission
may approve organized deer, turkey and waterfowl hunting events for
mobility-impaired persons sponsored by bona fide organizations during youth
deer, turkey, and waterfowl weekends.
(2) Requirements.
(a) A special mobility-impaired event request
shall be received by the department by January 1 for the upcoming fall deer
season, June 1 for the upcoming spring turkey season, and June 1 for the
upcoming waterfowl season.
(b) The
special event request shall contain the following information:
1. Identity of the organization;
2. The organization's articles of
incorporation;
3. A contact
person's name, address and phone number;
4. Location of event;
5. Type of hunt;
6. Number of expected mobility-impaired
participants;
7. Number of expected
assistants, mentors and facilitators;
8. A copy of the certification of an
assistant or facilitator who shall be attending the event who is Red
Cross-certified to administer CPR;
9. If the event is to take place on private
land, written permission from the land owner or organization holding the land;
and
10. If the event is to take
place on a Wildlife Management Area and ATVs are to be used, the expected
number of ATVs to be in used at the event.
Section 2. Seasons and Methods of
Taking.
(1) The approved mobility impaired
hunting events shall take place during the youth deer, turkey, and waterfowl
seasons.
(3) A mobility-impaired hunter shall comply
with the licensing requirements of
KRS
150.170,
150.175,
301 KAR
2:172 and
301 KAR
2:140.
(4)
A mobility-impaired hunter shall carry on his person a mobility-impaired permit
as required by
301
KAR 3:026.
