HB 295-SALMON HATCHERY PERMITS                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:06:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCKAY announced  that the first order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 295, "An  Act relating to salmon hatchery permits;                                                               
and  authorizing the  sale  of salmon  to  permitted persons  for                                                               
stocking lakes."  [Before the committee was CSHB 295(FSH).]                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:06:47                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  MCKAY moved  Amendment  1 to  CSHB  295(FSH), labeled  33-                                                               
GH2383\S.1, Bullard, 3/22/24, which read as follows:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete "relating to salmon hatchery permits; and"                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete all material.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCKAY explained  that his office introduced  Amendment 1 to                                                               
HB  295 in  response to  public  testimony that  was received  in                                                               
previous House  Resources Standing  Committee meetings.   He said                                                               
that the  proposed Amendment would  entirely remove Section  2 of                                                               
HB 295  and said that  his concern with  the section was  that it                                                               
would have removed the public  process surrounding the management                                                               
of fish hatcheries.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:08:12 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER  removed his  objection.  There  being no                                                               
further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:08:29 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  RAUSCHER moved  to report  CSHB 295,  Version 33-                                                               
GH2383\S,  Nauman, 3/15/24,  as  amended, out  of committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There being no  objection, CSHB 295(RES) was reported  out of the                                                               
House Resources Standing Committee.