SB  50-EXTENDING BOARD OF VETERINARY EXAMINERS                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
SENATOR ELTON,  sponsor, read from the Legislative  Budget and Audit                                                            
Report:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     In  our  opinion the  Board  of  Veterinary  Examiners  is                                                                 
     operating in an efficient  and effective manner and should                                                                 
     continue to  regulate veterinarians. We believe  the Board                                                                 
     is  safeguarding   a  public  interest  by  insuring   the                                                                 
     competence and integrity  of those who hold themselves out                                                                 
      to the public as practitioners of veterinary medicine.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  DEANNA   THORNELL,  Chair,  Board   of  Veterinary   Examiners,                                                            
supported SB 50.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR TORGERSON moved to pass SB 50 from committee with                                                                       
individual recommendations along with whatever fiscal note that                                                                 
comes with it. There were no objections and it was so ordered.