HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 136

BYRepresentatives Spanel, S. Wilson and Cole; by request of Department of Game

Providing more flexibility in game commission meeting dates.

House Committe on Natural Resources

Majority Report:     Do pass.  (16)

     Signed by Representatives Sutherland, Chair; K. Wilson, Vice Chair; Amondson, Basich, Beck, Belcher, Bumgarner, Fuhrman, Hargrove, Haugen, R. King, Meyers, Sayan, C. Smith, Spanel and S. Wilson.

House Staff:Bill Koss (786-7129)

AS PASSED HOUSE JANUARY 22, 1987

BACKGROUND:

A six member Game Commission makes major policy decisions and appoints the Director of the Game Department.  It also sets hunting and fishing seasons, establishes the rules which the Department enforces, and sets procedures the Department follows.

By law, the Commission must meet at least four times per year in public meetings.  The meetings must occur in the first ten days of each calendar quarter.

SUMMARY:

The requirement that the Game Commission meet within the first ten days of each calendar quarter is changed to require meetings once during the first two months of each quarter.

Fiscal Note:    Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:     Rich Poelker, Department of Game.

House Committee - Testified Against: None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:     This alleviates a time constraint placed on the Commission members which requires them to meet the first 10 days of each calendar quarter.

House Committee - Testimony Against: None Presented.