FILING - 10/31/2007
Basis and Purpose Statement
Chapter 2 – Big Game

Basis and Purpose:

An error to the number of either-sex elk licenses available in two hunt codes in GMU 33 have been corrected.  An administrative error led to the initial allocation of 1,415 either-sex elk licenses in two hunt codes (EE033O4R and EE033P4R) during the fourth elk season in GMU 33, which was a number more than 10 times higher than the intended number of 140.  To prevent overhunting and maintain the biological integrity of the herd, these regulations correct the error and amend the license quota to a combined 194 licenses, a number much closer to the intended number which also accounts for licenses already sold by the time the error was discovered. 

The statutory authority for these regulations can be found in § 24-4-103, C.R.S., and the state Wildlife Act, §§ 33-1-101 to 33-6-209, C.R.S., specifically including, but not limited to: §§ 33-1-101, 102, 104, 105, 106-108, 115, and 121; §§ 33-2-104, 105, 106, and 107; § 33-3-104; §§ 33-4-101, 102, 102.5, 103, 116, 116.5, 117, and 119; § 33-5.5-102; and §§ 33-6-107, 109, 112, 113, 113.5, 114, 114.5, 117, 119, 120, 121, 124, 127, 128, 129, 131, 205, 206, 207, and 208. 

EFFECTIVE DATE - THESE REGULATIONS SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2007 AND SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT UNTIL REPEALED, AMENDED OR SUPERSEDED.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE WILDLIFE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO THIS 11th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2007.
Approved:
Thomas M. Burke
	Chairman
Attest:
Robert W. Bray
Secretary