040-44 Wyo. Code R. §§ 44-14 - Donation of Big Game Licenses to a Veteran with Disabilities or to a Permanently Disabled Person Who Uses a Wheelchair

(a) The holder of a valid big game license, trophy game license or wild bison license may surrender the license to the Department for reissuance to a disabled veteran or to a permanently disabled person who uses a wheelchair. The person surrendering the license may designate that their license be donated to a disabled veteran or to a permanently disabled person who uses a wheelchair, and may designate a qualified nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to providing hunting opportunities to disabled veterans or persons with permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs. Donated licenses not designated to a qualified nonprofit charitable organization, or donated licenses not assigned to a sponsored individual within fifteen (15) days after a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to providing hunting opportunities to disabled veterans or persons with permanent disability who use wheelchairs has been notified of license availability, shall be made available for reissuance on a first-come, first-served basis to a qualified nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to providing hunting opportunities to disabled veterans or persons with permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs.
(i) The unused, unaltered license with all coupons intact shall be submitted along with a form provided by the Department which indicates the license holders' desire to surrender the license issued in their name and donate the surrendered license under this Section. The person surrendering the license shall sign an affidavit verifying that the license was not used during any hunting season.
(ii) Any person surrendering a valid big game license, trophy game license or wild bison license to be reissued under this Section, shall not be eligible to receive a duplicate license for the same species, hunt area and type as the surrendered license.
(iii) A surrendered license shall count against the maximum number of licenses a person may otherwise apply for and receive as a condition of Commission regulation.
(iv) Any person surrendering a valid big game license for reissuance under this Section, for which preference points have been accumulated, shall not have preference points restored.
(b) The surrendered license shall be reissued by the Department's License Section to a qualified person who has been selected and sponsored by a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to providing hunting opportunities to disabled veterans or persons with permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs.
(i) As a condition to reissue a license in this subsection, the Department shall require an authorized officer of the sponsoring organization to certify under penalty of law that the respective organization is a nonprofit charitable organization and that the organization provides hunting opportunities to disabled veterans or persons with permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs.
(ii) The sponsoring organization shall submit a completed application form for the issuance of a license on forms provided by the Department. Donated license applications, and any documentary evidence, shall be completed each year regardless of whether an applicant has received a donated license in a previous year.
(A) For a license being reissued to a disabled veteran, documentary evidence provided by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that the applicant currently receives at least fifty percent (50%) or more service connected disability compensation shall be submitted with the application form.
(B) For a license being reissued to a permanently disabled person who uses a wheelchair, a statement by a licensed physician, on forms provided by the Department, that the applicant has a permanent disability that requires the applicant to, at all times, be confined to a wheelchair for mobility purposes.
(iii) The license shall be reissued to a qualified applicant at no fee.
(iv) The license shall be reissued for the same species, area and license type as the license donated.

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040-44 Wyo. Code R. §§ 44-14
Amended, Eff. 8/19/2015. Amended, Eff. 1/5/2016. Amended, Eff. 10/25/2016. Amended, Eff. 6/8/2017. Amended, Eff. 10/27/2017. Amended, Eff. 4/11/2018. Amended, Eff. 8/15/2018. Amended, Eff. 12/19/2018. Amended, Eff. 8/29/2019. Amended, Eff. 8/13/2020. Amended, Eff. 1/3/2022. Amended, Eff. 1/17/2023. Amended, Eff. 9/8/2023. Amended, Eff. 5/23/2024. Amended, Eff. 11/15/2024.

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