HOUSE BILL NO. 97                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act  extending  a provision  relating  to  noxious                                                                    
     weeds,   invasive   plants,   and   agricultural   pest                                                                    
     management  and education;  providing for  an effective                                                                    
     date by  repealing the  effective date  of sec.  2, ch.                                                                    
     102, SLA 2008; and providing for an effective date."                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
11:28:59 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
JEANNE  OSTNES,  STAFF,  REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSON,  explained                                                                    
that HB 97 eliminated the sunset  date for a position in the                                                                    
Department  of Natural  Resources (DNR).  She explained  the                                                                    
position's importance.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman mentioned  one  fiscal note  from DNR  for                                                                    
$101,100 in  general funds to continue  funding the invasive                                                                    
weeds and agriculture pest coordinator.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Hoffman MOVED  to report  HB 97  out of  committee                                                                    
with individual recommendations  and the accompanying fiscal                                                                    
note(s). There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB  97  was REPORTED  out  of  committee  with a  "do  pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and  with  one previously  published  fiscal                                                                    
note: FN 1 (DNR).