Utah Admin. Code R657-41-6 - Approving New Conservation Organizations for the Program
(1)
(a) New
applicants to the conservation permit program shall follow the same three-year
application cycle established in Subsection
R657-41-5(1).
(b) If multiple new conservation
organizations submit valid applications during a single three-year application
cycle:
(i) a maximum of two new organizations
will be selected; and
(ii)
conservation organizations will be selected based upon an evaluation of their
historical contributions to conservation permit species in Utah.
(2)
(a) Conservation organizations accepted into
the conservation permit program for the first time will be awarded 0.5% in
market share, as determined in Section
R657-41-7.
(b) Market share awarded to new applicants
will be drawn from each participating conservation organizations' market share
in proportion to that organization's total market share.
(c) Newly accepted conservation organizations
shall participate in the first three-year term on a probationary
status.
(d) During their
probationary term, a conservation organization must:
(i) sell all conservation permits each year
at a hunt-related banquet or through an online auction with prior division
approval;
(ii) diligently advertise
and market each permit opportunity;
(iii) maintain a minimum of 75% or the
originally awarded market share at the end of the three-year term;
and
(iv) complete all mandatory
reporting for auditing purposes.
(e) The division may deny an application from
a conservation organization based upon their failure to meet the probationary
requirements.
(f) Application
denials may be appealed as described in Section
R657-41-15.
(3)
(a) A
conservation organization that was once a program participant, but left the
program while in good standing, may be reinstated during the three-year
permitting cycle immediately following their departure from the program with
the full market share the conservation permit organization had when they left
the program.
(b) A conservation
organization reentering the program under the (3)(a):
(i) will receive market share drawn from each
participating conservation organization in proportion to that organization's
market share; and
(ii) may reenter
the program regardless of the number of applications accepted from new
conservation organizations under Subsection
R657-41-6(1)(b).
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