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HB 344                                                                                            
The Resources Committee considered:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
     HOUSE BILL NO. 344                                                                             
     "An Act relating to annual rental fees for mining claims, and                                  
     providing for reduced royalties during the first three years of                                
     production."                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 344(RES)                                                                 
     "An Act relating to annual rental fees, statements of annual labor,                            
     and production royalty for mining claims; and providing a cure for                             
     abandonment."                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representatives Masek and Dahlstrom, Co-                                   
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                              
                                                                                                    
Do pass (7):  Heinze, Lynn, Stepovich, Wolf, Kerttula, Masek,                                       
Dahlstrom                                                                                           
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (2):  Gatto, Guttenberg                                                           
                                                                                                    

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The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 344(RES):                                                
                                                                                                    
1.  Fiscal, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                              
                                                                                                    
HB 344 was referred to the Finance Committee.