HB 154-FISHERY BUS. TAX/FISHERIES RES. LAND. TAX                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOTT  announced that  the committee  would hear  HOUSE BILL                                                               
NO. 154, "An Act relating to  security for the payment of fishery                                                               
business  taxes and  to payment  of estimated  fisheries resource                                                               
landing taxes  and penalties."   He  reminded the  committee that                                                               
CSHB 154, version 22-LS0638\O, Utermohle,  4/20/01, is before the                                                               
committee.   Therefore,  he  requested a  motion  to rescind  the                                                               
committee's action in adopting version O.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  PORTER  moved  that  the  committee  rescind  its                                                               
action  in adopting  CSHB  154,  version 22-LS0638\O,  Utermohle,                                                               
4/20/01.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE JOULE  objected.  He  inquired as to  the previous                                                               
action of the committee on HB 154.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOTT informed  the committee that at the  first House Rules                                                               
Standing  Committee  hearing  [on  April 20,  2001]  on  HB  154,                                                               
version  O  was before  the  committee.    The [April  25,  2001]                                                               
hearing on HB 154 was recessed to the call of the chair.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOULE related  his understanding  that version  O                                                               
was before the committee and  that Chair Kott was requesting that                                                               
the committee rescind its action in adoption of version O.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOTT agreed with Representative Joule's understanding.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOULE withdrew his objection.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Therefore,  the  committee  rescinded   its  action  in  adopting                                                               
version O and thus CSHB 154(FSH) was before the committee.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE PORTER moved to report CSHB 154(FSH), version 22-                                                                
LS0638\J, out of committee with individual recommendations and                                                                  
the accompanying fiscal notes.  There being no objection, CSHB                                                                  
154(FSH) was reported from the House Rules Standing Committee.