03/21/2013 10:00 AM House FISHERIES

                      HB 110-BARBED HOOKS                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
10:10:13 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO.  110, "An Act prohibiting the use  of barbed hooks                                                               
in certain freshwater areas."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
10:10:57 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  FEIGE  moved  to  adopt  the  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute  (CS)  for  HB   110,  Version  28-LS0360\C,  Bullard,                                                               
3/20/13,  as the  working document.   There  being no  objection,                                                               
Version C was before the committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
10:11:23 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON directed attention to  the new language, included in                                                               
Section  1 as  subsection (b),  which read  [original punctuation                                                               
provided]:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     The Board of  Fisheries may prohibit the  use of barbed                                                                    
     hooks  in  a  freshwater   fishery  coincident  with  a                                                                    
     fishery for a species that  may not be retained under a                                                                    
     regulation adopted by the Board of Fisheries.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON also  pointed out  the change  to page  1, line  12                                                               
referring  to  the  definition  of   a  barbed  hook,  which  was                                                               
clarified in  the CS at  the behest  of protection officers.   He                                                               
further stressed that the committee  is not imposing a management                                                               
mandate on the Board of Fisheries through adoption of HB 110.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
10:13:17 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KREISS-TOMKINS moved  to report  the proposed  CS                                                               
for HB 110, 28-LS0360\C, Bullard,  3/20/13, out of committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
Without  objection CSHB  110(FSH),  was reported  from the  House                                                               
Special Committee on Fisheries.