HF 1866

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to game and fish; adding legislative members to the Game and Fish
Oversight Committee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055,
subdivision 4b.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to
read:

Subd. 4b.

Citizen oversight subcommittees.

(a) The commissioner shall appoint
subcommittees of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4;
review the proposed work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes
in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant
information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for
improvements in the management and use of money in the game and fish fund.

(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following subcommittees, each comprised
of at least three affected persons:

(1) a Fisheries Operations Subcommittee to review fisheries funding, excluding
activities related to trout and salmon stamp funding;

(2) a Wildlife Operations Subcommittee to review wildlife funding, excluding
activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and turkey stamp funding and
excluding review of the amounts available under section 97A.075, subdivision 1,
paragraphs (b) and (c);

(3) a Big Game Subcommittee to review the report required in subdivision 4,
paragraph (a), clause (2);

(4) an Ecological Services Operations Subcommittee to review ecological services
funding;

(5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of enforcement, support
services, and Department of Natural Resources administration;

(6) a subcommittee to review the trout and salmon stamp report and address funding
issues related to trout and salmon;

(7) a subcommittee to review the report on the migratory waterfowl stamp and
address funding issues related to migratory waterfowl;

(8) a subcommittee to review the report on the pheasant stamp and address funding
issues related to pheasants; and

(9) a subcommittee to review the report on the turkey stamp and address funding
issues related to wild turkeys.

(c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees new text begin ; one member of the senate, appointed by
the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration;
and one member of the house, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, new text end
shall form a Budgetary Oversight Committee to coordinate the integration of the
subcommittee reports into an annual report to the legislature; recommend changes on a
broad level in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a
forum to address issues that transcend the subcommittees; and submit a report for any
subcommittee that fails to submit its report in a timely manner.

(d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a
biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15
of each even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations
to the commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural
resources finance.

(e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except that the chair of the
Budgetary Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not
be the chair of any of the subcommittees.

(f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee must make recommendations to the
commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural
resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.

(g) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the
Budgetary Oversight Committee and subcommittees do not expire until June 30, 2010.