R657-55-7. Issuance of Permits

  (1) The division shall provide a wildlife expo permit to the successful applicant, as designated by the conservation organization.

  (2) The division must provide a wildlife expo permit to each successful applicant, except as otherwise provided in this rule.

  (3) The division shall provide each successful applicant a letter indicating the permit secured in the drawing, the appropriate fee owed the division, and the date the fee is due.

  (4)(a) Successful applicants must submit the permit fee payment in full to the division before receiving the permit.

  (b) Subject to the limitation in Subsection (8), the division will issue the designated wildlife expo permit to the successful applicant.

  (5) Residents will pay resident permit fees and nonresidents will pay nonresident permit fees.

  (6) Beginning in 2019, applicants are eligible to obtain only one expo permit each year, regardless of species.

  (7) If an applicant is selected for more than one expo permit, the division will contact the applicant to determine which permit the applicant selects.

  (a) The applicant must select the permit of choice within 2 days of receiving notification.

  (b) If the division is unable to contact the applicant within 2 days, the division will issue to the applicant the permit with the most difficult drawing odds based on drawing results from the division's big game drawing for the preceding year.

  (c) Permits not issued to the applicant will go to the next person on the alternate drawing list for that permit, provided the person is legally eligible to receive the permit and does not have a secured opportunity for any other expo permit.

  (8) Any successful applicant who fails to satisfy the following requirements will be ineligible to receive the wildlife expo permit and the next drawing alternate for that permit will be selected:

  (a) The applicant fails to remit the appropriate permit fee in full to the division by the date provided in Subsection (3);

  (b) The applicant does not possess a valid Utah hunting or combination license at the time the expo permit application was submitted; or

  (c) The applicant is legally ineligible to possess the permit.