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Ways and Means committee approves minutes, introduces four RS bills on hunting, agriculture, emergency vehicles and specialty plate
Summary
The Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Chairman Ehlers, approved the minutes from its Feb. 13 meeting and voted to introduce four request statutes (RS) covering hunting, agricultural protection areas, emergency vehicle definitions for wildland firefighters, and a specialty license plate.
The Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Chairman Ehlers, approved the minutes from its Feb. 13 meeting and voted to introduce four request statutes (RS) during its session.
The introduced RS bills cover (1) a 10% cap on nonresident participation in state hunts and deregulation of outfitter tag allocation (RS32394), (2) clarifications to Agricultural Protection Area (APA) ordinances and creation of a voluntary fund with an emergency effective date (RS32390), (3) an added definition to recognize certain wildland firefighters as emergency vehicles (RS32402), and (4) a specialty license plate called “Appeal to Heaven” with proceeds directed to the highway distribution account (RS32383). Each motion to introduce passed by voice vote.
RS32394: hunter caps, outfitter allocation, opt-in marketing Representative James Petzke, who represents District 21 in Meridian, presented RS32394. "This RS does 3 things. First, it seeks to reduce nonresident hunter crowding issues. It puts a 10% cap on each hunt in the state for nonresident participation,"…
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