FINAL BILL REPORT

HB 136

                                  C 114 L 87

BYRepresentatives Spanel, S. Wilson, Cole, P. King, Lewis and Fuhrman; by request of Department of Game

Providing more flexibility in game commission meeting dates.

House Committe on Natural Resources

Senate Committee on Natural Resources

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

The 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.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      House 95   0

      Senate    49     0

EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987