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Committee reviews bill to require Aug. 15 deadline for hunting and fishing rules and guides
Summary
Representative Brad Slaw introduced House Bill 44029 to the House Committee on Natural Resources, saying the bill would require the Natural Resources Commission to adopt any hunting and trapping orders by Aug. 15 and would require the Department of Natural Resources to publish the annual hunting and fishing guide by that same date.
Representative Brad Slaw introduced House Bill 44029 to the House Committee on Natural Resources, saying the bill would require the Natural Resources Commission to adopt any hunting and trapping orders by Aug. 15 and would require the Department of Natural Resources to publish the annual hunting and fishing guide by that same date.
"This bill would ensure that the users of our natural resources had sufficient time and ability to be knowledgeable of the rules that they have to follow," Slaw said, arguing that late adoption of rules has sometimes meant rules took effect after a season began.
The measure would make rules adopted after the Aug. 15 deadline effective for the following hunting or fishing season and would require the DNR…
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