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Committee advances bill to lengthen game bird farm licenses, put fee into statute
Summary
The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee advanced House Bill 105, a department-requested housekeeping bill that would set the game bird farm license fee in statute, extend licenses from one to five years and align expiration dates with other FWP licenses to reduce administrative burden.
The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee voted to advance House Bill 105 after a department presentation describing the measure as a “red tape” housekeeping change to game bird farm licensing.
Ron Howell, chief of law enforcement for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, testified that the bill removes unnecessary statutory language, "establishes the fee for a game bird license in statute rather than by rule, extends the license period from 1 year to 5 years, and changes the expiration date to be consistent with all other FWP licenses." Howell said the department expects the change to cut paperwork and improve customer service.
The department asked the committee to embed a $300 fee for the license in statute. Representative Perry asked why the fee was being moved into statute rather than determined by rule; Howell and Warden Captain Phil Kilbreath said the department believed certain commercial licenses were appropriate to codify rather than set by administrative rule to reduce repeated rulemaking.
No opponents testified in the hearing. After the presentation and questions the committee took executive action and, by a voice vote the chair declared unanimous, moved HB105 to the full House floor for further consideration.
The bill’s primary changes — fixing a per-license fee in law, extending the renewal interval to five years, and aligning expiration dates with other FWP licenses — are intended by the agency to reduce annual administrative work for both licensees and department staff. The department recommended a do-pass on the measure and said it would stand by to answer further technical questions on implementation.
The committee did not receive an online testimony stream for HB105, and no informational witnesses opposed the measure during the hearing. The next step is consideration by the full House.
