04/30/1994 11:40 AM Senate RES

 SENATOR MILLER announced  HB 266  (ELIGIBILITY FOR GUIDE-OUTFITTER            
 LICENSE) to be up for consideration.                                          
                                                                               
 SENATOR GAIL PHILLIPS, Sponsor, said this bill does affect the                
 guide-outfitter/master guide-outfitter licenses.  It seeks to                 
 extend the Big Game Commercial Services Board's statutory authority           
 to June 30, 1997, broaden the statute in one section to enable                
 compliance with a court decision in Cobb v. State, and reenact and            
 define the master/guide license.                                              
                                                                               
 SENATOR ZHAROFF asked how a person became a registered guide.                 
                                                                               
 PAUL JOHNSON, Chairman, Master Guide Commercial Service Board, said           
 there are 2 different ways.  One system goes through a class A                
 guide which tries to assist those in rural areas.  The other way is           
 to become an assistant guide for 3 years.                                     
                                                                               
 SENATOR ZHAROFF said one of the complaints he hears a lot is that             
 the master guides don't live in the state.  MR. JOHNSON said there            
 are legal constraints, but they have pursued having a different fee           
 for out of state guides.  There aren't really that many.  He said             
 the Board was trying to work with local people to protect them if             
 the federal government takes over, because of the subsistence                 
 issue.                                                                        
                                                                               
 SENATOR MILLER said it his intent to work on the bill over the                
 weekend and bring it back on Monday.