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Finance Committee hears request to cover Fish & Game permit-review staff and salary increases
Summary
Senate Bill 239 (replace-all amendment) would appropriate positions and dollars to cover endangered-species permit review and to make permanent salary increases at Fish & Game. The department said it may need to cut positions unless additional general-fund support is provided.
Sen. David Waters introduced a replace‑all amendment to Senate Bill 239 asking the Finance Committee to appropriate funds to sustain Fish and Game operations: funding for permit-review staff to meet endangered-species and alteration‑of‑terrain review obligations, and $2,000,000 to cover previously authorized salary increases.
Waters said a summer study had identified a potential multi‑million dollar gap in sustaining the agency’s operations, and he described the amendment as a placeholder to align the committee’s response with the governor’s forthcoming budget. The amendment would…
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