SENATE 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
Senate Committee on Natural Resources
Senate Hearing Date(s):March 25, 1987
Majority Report: Do pass.
Signed by Senators Owen, Chairman; DeJarnatt, Vice Chairman; Barr, Conner, Craswell, Metcalf, Stratton.
Senate Staff:Ross Antipa (786-7413)
March 25, 1987
AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, MARCH 25, 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: none requested
Senate Committee - Testified: Representative Harriet Spanel; Jerry Neal, Game Department