05/01/2005 01:00 PM Senate FINANCE

                                                                                                                                
     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 75(RES)                                                                                
     "An Act relating  to the powers and duties of  the commissioner                                                            
     of  fish and game,  Board of  Fisheries, and  Board of  Game in                                                            
     promoting and preserving  fishing, hunting, and trapping in the                                                            
     state; and repealing  the power and duty of the commissioner of                                                            
     fish  and game to assist  the United  States Fish and  Wildlife                                                            
     Service in  the enforcement of federal laws regarding  fish and                                                            
     game."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This  was the first  hearing  for this  bill in  the Senate  Finance                                                            
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
KEATH  HILLIARD,  Staff to  Representative  Mike Kelly,  the  bill's                                                            
sponsor, stated  that SCS CS HB 75(RES)  was an improved  version of                                                            
the original bill.  The bill was introduced to preserve  and promote                                                            
"the cultural  heritage of  hunting, fishing,  and trapping"  in the                                                            
State.  Such   a  bill   would  be  consistent   with  the   State's                                                            
Constitution  dealing  with  "the  common use  and  sustained  yield                                                            
elements  in regards  to our natural  resources".  The major  change                                                            
that occurred in the Senate  Resources committee substitute, Version                                                            
24-LS0359\L  was the removal  of "the current  Statutory  obligation                                                            
that the commissioner  of Fish and  Game work with the federal  Fish                                                            
and Wildlife Department to enforce all federal regulations".                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Green understood  that Version "L" included a title change.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
M. Hilliard affirmed and  noted that the title change resolution has                                                            
not yet been developed.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Green  ordered the bill HELD  in order to allow  the Senate                                                            
Concurrent Resolution for the title change to be developed.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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