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