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SF 1652 Senate Long Description

Relating to game and fish; providing for lead tackle awareness and +education; authorizing the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to coordinate+ and participate in efforts to promote national laws and education +programs relating to lead tackle; requiring the commissioner and the director of the +office of environmental assistance to provide public education relating to +concerns about the tackle 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; +requiring the commissioners of health and the pollution control agency (PCA) to +report to the legislature on the health hazards associated with the home +manufacture of lead fishing tackle, authorizing recommendations to mitigate the concerns +associated with the health hazards; authorizing the director of the OEA in +consultation with the commissioner of natural resources to make grants to +conservation organizations and angler associations to assist in reducing the use +of lead fishing tackle (ra)