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Committee hears bill allowing OSPI superintendent to designate Board of Natural Resources representative
Summary
A House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee public hearing on House Bill 1609 considered a bill to let the state superintendent of public instruction use a designee on the Board of Natural Resources; staff said only the governor currently may use a designee.
The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 14 heard testimony on House Bill 1609, a bill that would allow the superintendent of public instruction to name a designee to serve on the state Board of Natural Resources.
Lily Smith, staff to the committee, told members that the Board of Natural Resources currently has six members, including three who represent executive-branch officials: the governor, the commissioner of public lands and the superintendent of public instruction. "Of those, only the governor may use the designee on the board," Smith said in a staff briefing. "House…
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