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Fish and Game seeks authority for raffles, wants repeal of fish-food statute deemed inactive
Summary
Fish and Game asked the committee for authority to run raffles and collect donations through a revolving account and proposed repealing a statute authorizing the sale of fish food, saying vending machines are nonfunctional and the account generates no revenue.
Fish and Game told the work session it wants statutory authority to collect raffle proceeds and donations in a revolving account to raise additional revenue for the agency’s operations.
“This would be creating an accounting unit that would allow us to collect funds from raffles and donations and let it be a revolving account,” Stephanie Simic said. The department described raffles as a different fundraising tool than standard donations and said the proceeds would support department operations when available.
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