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Committee amends and concurs on House Bill 106, adjusting sign spacing and fee language for shooting preserves
Summary
The Senate Fish and Game Committee amended House Bill 106 to change required sign spacing for shooting preserves to one-quarter mile and required a minimum of two signs per preserve, then voted to concur in the bill as amended; senators cast voice votes with several recorded aye-by-proxy statements.
The Senate Fish and Game Committee took executive action on House Bill 106, a bill revising shooting preserve requirements. Senator Hertz offered an amendment changing a provision that originally required signs "every 250 feet or less" to a spacing of one-quarter mile and adding a requirement that each shooting preserve must have a minimum of two signs regardless of size. "...decided to put in there, at 1 quarter mile," Hertz said when explaining the amendment and noted the department supported the change.
The committee adopted the amendment by voice vote. The record includes several senators voting "aye by proxy" during the voice vote: Senator Novak, Senator Smith, Senator McGillivray (recorded as "aye by proxy"), Senator Nolan and Senator Ellsworth were named in the hearing record as having voted aye by proxy. The chair declared the amendment passed.
Senator Hertz then moved that House Bill 106, as amended, be concurred in by the committee. The committee again approved the motion by voice vote; the hearing record again shows multiple "aye by proxy" statements for committee members. The chair announced the bill would move to the floor.
No additional debate or roll-call tally was recorded in the hearing; the minutes show the committee concluded business and adjourned. The chair reminded members of an upcoming hearing on a separate bill (wolves) scheduled for Thursday.
