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SF 35 Senate Long Description

Authorizing the commissioner of natural resources to coordinate and +participate in efforts to promote national laws and educational programs relating+ to lead fishing tackle to promote uniform laws and create incentives for the +use of nonlead tackle; requiring the commissioner and the director of the +office of environmental assistance to provide public education relating to +concerns about lead fishing and to promote the availability of nonlead fishing +tackle; authorizing conservation officers to provide information to anglers +relating to lead tackle and to provide samples of lead free sinkers and jigs and +the commissioners of health and the pollution control agency (PCA) to +report to the legislature with recommendations to mitigate health hazard concerns; authorizing the director of the OEA in consultation with the DNR +commissioner to make grants to conservation organizations and angler associations +to assist in reducing the use of lead fishing tackle(mk)