House Natural Resources committee reports campground-residency bill and approves vessel-license fee change
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Summary
The House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism voted to report three bills, including House Bill 54 30 on temporary residency at campgrounds and House Bill 52 10 with an H‑1 substitute that raises a vessel-permit application fee from $1 to $25. All recorded motions prevailed in roll-call votes.
The House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism advanced three bills on a voice and roll-call sequence, including a campground temporary-residency measure and a vessel-licensing change that raises a permit application fee.
The committee, chaired by Chair Martin, took up House Bill 54 30, sponsored by Representative Schmidt, which the chair described as establishing new provisions for temporary residency at campgrounds. Representative Bonack moved that the committee report HB 54 30 with recommendation; after a roll-call on the motion the clerk announced the motion prevailed and Chair Martin stated, "House bill 54 30 is reported with recommendation." The clerk recorded ten recorded yes votes, zero nays, and seven members recorded as "pass" in the transcript; the clerk announced the motion prevailed.
The committee also considered House Bill 52 10, sponsored by Representative Alexander, which would allow individuals to list multiple vessels on the same license and to list the same vessel or vessels on multiple licenses upon written notification to the Department of Natural Resources. Representative Alexander presented an H‑1 substitute and said the language was "virtually unchanged" except that, at the department's request, the permit application fee was changed "from $1 to $25," which Alexander called "agreeable," and noted the original statute dated to about 1970.
Representative Allen moved to adopt the H‑1 substitute for HB 52 10. The clerk conducted a roll-call vote and announced 17 ayes, 0 nays and 0 passes; the motion prevailed and Chair Martin announced, "House bill 52 10 is reported as H‑1."
Shortly thereafter Representative Fairbairn moved to report a bill referenced in the transcript as House Bill 50 10 as H‑1; the clerk again conducted a roll-call vote, announcing 17 yays, 0 nays and 0 passes, and the motion prevailed. The committee concluded by scheduling future meetings during the State of the State on the 25th and reconvening on Wednesday, March 4, and then adjourned.
The transcript includes the committee votes and the brief description of HB 52 10's H‑1 substitute (notably the fee increase request by the Department of Natural Resources). The record does not provide additional fiscal detail, secondary agency analyses, or a cited statute name beyond an approximate year for the prior statute ("1970 ish").