Amendment AA8-AB24

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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 8, TO 2011 ASSEMBLY BILL 24

April 14, 2011 - Offered by Representatives Molepske Jr, Milroy and Danou.

AB24-AA8,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB24-AA8,1,2 1. Page 1, line 5: delete "and bear" and substitute "bear".

AB24-AA8,1,3 2. Page 1, line 6: after "requirements" insert ", and requiring a study".

AB24-AA8,1,4 3. Page 4, line 24: after that line insert:

AB24-AA8,1,5 " Section 14. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB24-AA8,1,8 (1) The department of natural resources shall conduct a study evaluating the changes in the laws regulating bear hunting under this act including all of the following:

AB24-AA8,1,11 (a) An evaluation of reports made to the department or to its employees, or about which the department or its employees are aware, concerning conflicts between bear hunters and landowners.

AB24-AA8,2,3 (b) An evaluation of reports made to the department or to its employees, or about which the department or its employees are aware, concerning conflicts among licensed hunters.

AB24-AA8,2,5 (c) Changes in the number of bear hunting licenses sold by the department attributable to the changes in the laws regulating bear hunting made by this act.

AB24-AA8,2,7 (d) An evaluation of safety problems, if any, attributable to the changes in the laws regulating bear hunting under this act.

AB24-AA8,2,9 (e) Changes in hunting patterns, if any, attributable to the changes in the laws regulating bear hunting under this act.

AB24-AA8,2,12 (2) The department shall report the results of its study to the standing committees of each house of the legislature with jurisdiction over natural resources matters no later than July 1, 2014.".

AB24-AA8,2,13 (End)