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Conference committee clarifies intent language on walleye capital requests and requires grant agreement before municipal fund release
Summary
A legislative conference committee reviewed language changes to a bill’s Section 19 that would make future capital requests for walleye propagation part of the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s annual capital budget request and agreed to require a grant agreement between the state and a municipality before releasing housing infrastructure funds.
A conference committee formed from the two institutions’ institutions committees reviewed and clarified language on capital funding for wildlife propagation and municipal housing infrastructure, but did not take a final vote.
The committee examined Section 19, which addresses intent language tied to walleye propagation, and debated a separate provision that would require a grant agreement to be in place between the state and a municipality before release of funds for municipally owned or long-term leased housing infrastructure. John Gray, counsel to the committee, read the walleye provision aloud: “So is the intent of the general assembly that the Department of Fish and Wildlife initiate and submit any future requests for capital funding to…
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