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Northern RAC backs housekeeping changes to DWR variance and surrender rules, extends variance window to 60 days
Summary
The Northern Regional Advisory Council voted unanimously to recommend updates to rule R657-42 and R657-57 to align surrender/refund treatment, shorten medical surrender paperwork windows, add court subpoenas as qualifying events and set a 60-day filing window for variance applications.
The Northern Regional Advisory Council recommended unanimous approval of proposed housekeeping changes to Utah Division of Wildlife Resources rules R657-42 and R657-57, including shortening medical paperwork deadlines, adding court subpoenas as a qualifying variance event and extending the post‑hunt variance filing window to 60 days.
The changes were presented to the council by Wendy, a Division staff member, who said the amendments mainly address timing and consistency between rules for surrendering permits, requesting refunds and applying for variances. "The current rule does allow them to surrender and get their points minus 1 to the current year... the rule does not allow them to qualify for the refund minus $25," Wendy said, adding the proposed change aligns the refund and point treatment for those…
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